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Block 3

An electronics unit for TAS1O or TAS2O

This session will give you all the necessary resources needed for teaching basic electronics to students in either grade 9 or grade 10. We will quickly go over the unit on electronics (look at the resources and how they are laid out). I will then demonstrate how to use TinkerCad (a free online electronics workbench that runs on a web browser) and to give you a resource that you can share with your students so they can learn how to use TinkerCad. Finally, we will then take what we have learned and apply it to the TAS curriculum. 3 Final TAS Curriculum related assessments will be shared that are related to the unit.

Experience AI – Foundational tools for the classroom

Discover Experience AI, a free program designed to equip teacher candidates with essential skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Developed in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind, Experience AI provides practical resources and foundational AI concepts to help future educators bring AI learning to the classroom. In this interactive session, you’ll explore hands-on activities, ethical considerations, and real-world applications tailored for students. No prior experience is needed—just come ready to learn and gain tools to inspire the next generation of AI-literate thinkers.”

Project Based Learning with Phidgets Education

Explore how Phidgets and its programmable USB sensors can be used in your high school classroom to teach STEM and programming! You will explore hands-on fun and easy ideas on how to utilize the various Phidgets sensors in the classroom to teach coding through project-based learning with various resources and lessons that enhance student learning and skills.

Teaching Algorithms and Time Complexity Analysis in ICS4U

In this session we will explore how role playing and problem analysis can be used to help select appropriate data structures and/or algorithms. We will also explore how AI assistant tools such as the AI assistant in Google Colab can bring a new pedagogical approach to algorithm (Big O) analysis.