Week of May 2 - 6, 2016

There's Elk-nition planning and a couple of things like that, but half of my week will be taken up by the IDEAS Conference in Calgary. I'll post reflections on that later.

Week of April 25 - 30, 2016

• Organizing and preparing for upcoming esports tournaments
• Rocket League and Halo 5 on Friday
• League of Legends championship on Saturday
• Drone example videos
• Staff and student flight training at ADW
• Helping out with "Tech Camp Day"
• ElkFest Thursday night

Week of April 18 - 22, 2016

• PBL assistance at CLB
• LTPF committee meeting Tuesday night
• Learning Technologies Spring Planning Wednesday morning
• Teacher support related to classroom Hangouts, Read and Write for Google
• other things as they come up :)

Week of April 11 - 15, 2016

One of my priorities for this week is getting the Programming, Robotics, and Maker Education Junior High Scope and Sequence document mostly finished so teachers on Friday can see what it entails and make contributions. And, of course, I need to finalize some exciting activities for those teachers to participate in on Friday afternoon.

Other notable activities include the Elk-nition planning meeting, participating in an "Introduction to CTF for Administrators" session, and finalizing some plans for the upcoming esports tournaments.

Also on my list are things like helping construct a project-based Science 14 and/or 24 course, helping with the development of Computing Science modules, helping find a good alternative to Remark software, and making sure we get secure exam administration with Google Drive set up.

And I have a backburner project that I'd like some kids to help with. I'm imagining a hardware and app solution for old iPhones to shoot 360 video, similar to this or this. We can design a 3D-printed holder for the phone, and an app that can accept remote control for starting and stopping the video recording. Somewhat non-trivial, but it should be attainable.

Week of April 4 - 8, 2016

Monday and Tuesday I'm at the Invent to Learn - Effective Project-Based Learning with Modern Technology session hosted by the ETCATA and featuring the authors of Invent to Learn, Sylvia LibowMartinez and Gary Stager.

Wednesday is mostly catching up on things, and the Learning Technologies meeting.

Thursday I'm introducing a photography class at Bev Facey to aerial photography using drones, bring both of our Phantoms for them to fly.

Friday I'm hoping to laser cut parts for a MeArm, and then more flying at BFH.

Week of March 29 - April 1, 2016

Spring Break, so I'm not working :)

Week of March 21 - 24, 2016

Based on feedback from Joseph C. and James A., I'm in the process of redefining my work. I've been spending too much time on technical things, fixing and deploying, and not enough time on my actual innovation work.

Some of the big things I'll be spending more time on include

• Developing and promoting resources for computational thinking, programming, robotics, and maker education (e.g. Programming and Robotics in Junior High).
• Supporting CTS teachers in practical uses of CNC machines, 3D printers, etc.
• Organizing and promoting esports.
• Drone training and videography.
• Science and math data collection with DIY sensors.
• Invention Convention planning assistance.
• Office 365 professional learning for teachers (and continuing with Google Apps of course).
• Digital citizenship training and resources.
• Maker kits and carts.
• Learning Commons ideas and support.
• Intra- and inter-district collaboration.

I'm also looking forward to being a part of the UofA's Education Maker Day tomorrow afternoon.