Exciting times ahead #iLabsNewtown

Tomorrow is day 1 of our 10 week program. We begin with @MCreateInnovate leading a STEAM workshop. #innovation #creativity #csforgood #interactivity #STEAM

A great first day in iLabs creating scribblebots with Kate from @mcreateinnovate . Soldering was a favourite skill with the students. #steam #creativity #ilabsnewtown @ Newtown School instagram.com/p/B7MJI9UH8DJ/…

A video montage of our first day in the lab learning how to work with motors. As you can see, a fun day of discovery learning was had by all. Thanks to Make Create Innovate for their help! facebook.com/10247918124940…

This Saturday's workshop will use Micro:bits and block coding to develop a Step Counter and also an app to track the moisture in soil. #wearables #environment #iot Micro:bit Educational Foundation Newtown School instagram.com/p/B7a5IItnKey/…

Students discovered how to use a micro:bit computer for measuring soil moisture content and as a wearable device. #micro_edu #coding #inventions Newtown School instagram.com/p/B7ikc9mDjGW/…

Are you: Keen on trees? 🌳 All abuzz for bees? 🐝 Fanatic about fauna? 🦋 Then #globalgoal15 is the one for you! Get involved with our do your :bit challenge to help Life on Land here: microbit.org/do-your-bit/ #globalgoals #ecotech #microbit #doyourbit

This week, our students learned about LinkedIn with expert advice from Prue McCormick, LinkedIn director via a live stream from Sydney! Breakout groups developed a profile for the iLabs, adding video and pictures to the content. Great enthusiasm was shown by all.

Web Development @ iLabs. Really excited about this Saturday’s class where students will learn how to develop their own web page (using HTML & CSS), presented by Alex Meyer, IBM. Looking forward to seeing the… instagram.com/p/B8O2PxfnSw4/…

Coming up this week - What exactly is Internet of Things: Exploring IoT this week with our student's and working on developing projects for Sustainable Global Goals #makingadifference #socialgood #newtownschoolw

Today students uncovered the mysteries of Internet of Things (IoT). Follow the link to see how they got on! m.facebook.com/story.php?stor… #ilabsnewtown #newtownschoolwaterford #SDG #IoT

Free online workshops in August. Students, aged 8–14 years, will learn how to create motorised Scribblebots and use LED/Circuitry. Teachers will learn to deliver these workshops online or in the classroom. To find out more, go to newtownschool.ie/innovationlabs/

Thank you to Kevin Pim Kevin Pim & Brian Healy RedRose CPS giving their time this week to help finish NIL’s Social Innovation for Good program online. Was so nice to build a little community and connect. #socialinnovation Techstars Startup Weekend #techstars

#edchatie #edtech #education Elaine Fennelly Voice for Teachers

Free Online STEAM Workshops for Students will be available from Newtown Innovation Labs on 25th & 26th August. Students, aged 8 - 14 years, will learn how to create motorised Scribblebots and use LED/Circuitry. To… instagram.com/p/CEBm3fUjwrW/…

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