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Mister Schuermann
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K to 6 #HeForShe Librarian at the Peel District School Board 🇨🇦 Prime Minister's Award Recipient 2024.
Hard Fun, Good Trouble, Learn By Doing.
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Mister Schuermann @mrschuermann.bsky.social · Nov 7
Honoured to be a recipient of the 2024 'Canadian Prime Minister's Award' for excellence in teaching STEM ✨🇨🇦 Many thanks to everyone at Peel DSB who contributed to the nomination 🙏

More info here ➡️ www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...

#STEM #EduSky
#MakerEd #OntEd
#SchoolLibrarian
#FutureReadyPeel
Images of the 2024 national award winners for teaching STEM / STEAM
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A few @megabrights.bsky.social alumni highlighting Ayah Bdeir & her 'LittleBits' while producing a Women's History Month featurette in the Library for @teacherpatel.bsky.social's iMovie project 💡📢

#FutureReadyPeel #EduSky
#MakerSpace #EdTech
#SheInnovates #STEM
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Movie making at the Peel District School Board Littlebits prototyping modules
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Expanding the toolbox of each student for multiple means of expression💡📣

...Grade 4 modern learners discovering how to document their work in Minecraft using built in cameras & journals that can export as PDFs.

#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerEd #UDL #TLsky
#EdTech #Minecraft
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Documenting Minecraft work in the library Co-created rules for safe and equitable Minecraft play in schools at the Peel District School Board
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Launching 'Book & Build' for our quick primary STEM classes.

Started with 'I will take a nap' by Mo Willems & a question.

Learners made cardboard beds, LEGO hammocks, paper slide beds + more as they built solutions💡

#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerSpace #STEAM
#EduSky #TLsky
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Read / watch / listen to a story followed by a guided inquiry prompt Making solutions in the library at the Peel District School Board
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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I feel selling roadside eggs on #Halloween is asking for trouble 🥚🎃🙃
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Grade 4 members of our visual literacy club getting dramatic with an EPIC read-aloud 😀📚

#KidLit #TLsky #ComicBooks
#LiteracySkills #ReadingIsEpic
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October 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Updated a curated list of MakerEd, library & Future-Ready resources...

➡️ Linktr.ee/Schuermann

#EduSky #TLsky #OntED
#MakerSpace #STEM #EdTech #SheInnovates
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Modern learning teacher-librarian in Canada. Prime Minister's Award winner for 'Excellence in Teaching STEM' 2024. Microsoft Innovative Education Expert.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Grade 2s building, coding & crafting the stadium & other fan gear for the Jays ahead of game 1 during today's STEM classes in the library makerspace ✨🐦⚾ Go Jays!

#EduSky #STEM #MakerEd
#BlueJays #WantItAll
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LEGO fan gear! Making a stadium for the Jays in Minecraft Go Jays! Coding fans on the way to Skydome
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Somebody brought in a toy truck today. 🚛

Learners were wondering if it travel all the way across the LLC with one push. 🤔

A dozen ramps later & a little teamwork...success! 🏆

#GrowthMindset #STEM #SimpleMachines #Teamwork #FutureReadyPeel #Collaboration #TLsky #EduSky
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Members of the @capedcrusaders.bsky.social reading through 'Avengers: No More Bullying' recently.

Good one-shot comic to help build a positive learning culture at the Peel DSB ✨

#FutureReadyPeel
#TLsky #EduSky #KidLit
#Comicbooks #Marvel
#ReadingIsEpic
Leading grade 4s in the reading of the comic using iPad as a document cam
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Hark!! We had a podcast! ⚡

Listen here ➡️ youtu.be/SEUOa77Fcc8?...

#KidLit #TLsky #EduSky #EdTech #Podcast #Makerspace #Comicbooks #SchoolLibrarian
Caped Crusaders Comic Book Club - EPiC Chat Podcast - Episode 1 - Originally aired Jan 2015
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October 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Giant congratulations 🎉 to the Peel students & Mme Coulson's coaching team for the win at the international finals for the World Robotic Olympiad 🤖🏆 Team 'AgriBot' placed 3rd overall for their sustainable farming solution.

Watch them here ➡️ youtu.be/cQRfeyVarFg?...

#MakerEd #STEM #FutureReadyPeel
Panama WRO Presentation 2025 - 3rd Place
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October 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Ms Marvel ⚡ Jubilee ✨ Northstar ❄️+ more!

...The grade 4 @capedcrusaders.bsky.social's took a look at 'Marvel Rising' style titles today, amplifying diverse & under-represented comic book heroes.

#KidLit #EduSky #TLsky
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
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Ms Marvel, Muslim hero
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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While collaborating w @teacherpatel.bsky.social, grade 4s are getting perspective on the "low-floor, high-ceiling & wide-walls" of @mres.bsky.social's Scratch by taking a look inside a fan fiction raycaster game by the @megabrights.bsky.social 💡 ➡️ tinyurl.com/megabrights-raycaster

#MakerSpace #STEM
Grade 4 modern learners looking at a graphic novel inspired video game in Scratch
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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It's #LetFreedomReadDay! Take at least ONE action today to defend the freedom to read. When we all #UniteAgainstBookBans, we can make a difference. All you need is 5 minutes to make an impact! #BannedBooksWeek

🧵 Check out the thread below or UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ for some ideas 👇
The freedom to read is under attack. Let's do something about it. Let Freedom Read Day. Banned Books Week. UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ Unite Against Book Bans.
October 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Everypony wants these graphic novels this morning ✨

#TLsky #KidLit #MyLittlePony
#SchoolLibrary
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Students checking-out our newest My Little Pony comic en mass in the school library at Peel DSB.
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Discussing makerspace options in the library learning commons with primary classes that can assist them with multiple means of representing their thinking / problem-solving 💡

#FutureReadyPeel #UDL
#MakerSpace #STEM
#Makedo #Minecraft #Lego
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Tools and artifacts on display in the library at the Peel District School Board Combining 3D-printed parts with cardboard builds & crochet mini-hammocks when making solutions in the LLC Lots of makerspace tools and a little paper treehouse
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Much rejoicing as grade 4 @capedcrusaders.bsky.social members dove into the Kazu Kibuishi 'Amulet' series during a recent meet-up ⚡📚 A classic GN adventure!

#KidLit #Comics #TLsky
#ReadingIsEpic! #RobotHouse
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Highlighting an under-circulated graphic novel series. Grade 4 reading a comic book Learn to draw prompts Club members making deals about who can sign out which book first
October 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Refreshed & revived visual literacy section at our vibrant school library ⚡📚❕

Check it out ➡️ youtube.com/shorts/rsaPq...

#KidLit #TLsky
#EduSky #Comics #GraphicNovels
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Visual Literacy Refresh @ Peel Schools #comicbooks #schoollibrary #graphicnovel #kidlit
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October 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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As educators on colonized land, we mark the National Day of Action for MMIWG2S by remembering lives stolen and murdered. We recommit to teaching truth & standing for justice. #SistersInSpirit #PETL #ETFO #OntEd #OnLab
October 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Just got a custom T-shirt from a pair of gracious colleagues 👕⚡🙏 Always great collaborating with dedicated educators! Many thanks.

#TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork
#FutureReadyPeel
#STEAM #EduSky #LibraryLife #MakerSpace
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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AI Animation Fun!!
#AIinEdu #MakerSpace #RainbowCloudHeadMan
October 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Primary & junior students having critical thinking discussions about AI in schools 🤖🤔 ...this included prompt engineering in Gemini & turning our drawings into animations! Try it ➡️ tinyurl.com/ai-animate

#FutureReadyPeel #AI
#DigitalCitizenship #STEM
#EduSky #TLsky
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AI lesson at the Peel District School Board Prompt engineering with grade 4s to get the best answers to HELP them with their inquiry Lots of artificial intelligence talk about HELPING vs CHEATING on assignments when it comes to using AI assistants like Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT or Microsoft CoPilot in school Getting AI smart cameras to help us with animating our drawings in the school library
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Fantastically fun responses on our new member sign-up forms by young comic book readers ⚡ Looking forward to adventures ahead!!

#ReadingIsEpic
#KidLit #TLsky #GraphicNovels #SchoolLibrarian
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September 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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We're back! #ReadingIsEpic!
September 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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An excellent collection of fanciful kinetic sculpture vids from artists like Rowland Emett, George Rhoads & Arthur Ganson. Great to help inspire students!

💡➡️ youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g00V8EwX0ARRCjGFRT1cnqfOlObkcvw&feature=shared

#MakerSpace #STEM #STEAM #Physics #EduSky #RubeGoldberg #TLsky
Creative STEM Machines ⚙️⚡ - YouTube
A variety of sculptures and machines that combine physics, artistic thinking, engineering and technology. Inventors / artists like Rowland Emett and George R...
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September 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM