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Thoughts & Creations from our junior & intermediate young womxn's 'MakerEd' Innovation Team! bit.ly/megabrights
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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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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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AI Animation Fun!!
#AIinEdu #MakerSpace #RainbowCloudHeadMan
October 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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girlswhocode.bsky.social
AI may be transforming the world, but it’s Gen Z who will define what that world looks like. As the first generation to grow up with AI, it’s time for their voices to be heard.

Learn more about how Gen Z feels about AI and check out the full story on a blog. 🔗
girlswhocode.com/news/genzand...
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 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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Great memories coming back while visiting my old school site before joining the central board resource team at Peel District School Board.

Glad to see all the @megabrights.bsky.social & @gobots.bsky.social award banners are still up!

#STEM #MakerSpace #TLsky #EduSky #EdTech
MegaBrights award banners from 2017 earned by the student STEM team I coordinated at Aylesbury PS Gobots award banners from 2016 and 2017 earned by the student STEM team I coordinated at Aylesbury PS
July 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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EPIC news! The @megabrights.bsky.social e-Sports squad qualified as a Minecraft OSEA provincial semi-finalist!

#RedstoneForTheWin
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerSpace #EdTech
A Minecraft eSports squad member collaborating with her team on a build
May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The @megabrights.bsky.social team earned a trip to Microsoft Canada as 'Challenge Champions' in the 'Girls Who Game' junior division ✨ Squad members got to talk to robot heads, get immersed in adaptive video walls & took in a great view 🤖 Many thanks!

#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#MakerEd #EduSky
The girls innovation squad from Peel District School Board takes a look at the CN tower from the Microsoft Toronto venue Talking to a robot host Hosts from Microsoft and Dell technologies show the young women new technology MegaBrights earned a collaboration award through their hardwork in Minecraft
May 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The @megabrights.bsky.social on the 'wheels of steel' 🎧😉 ...micro sequencers to oscillators that are triggered through proximately sensors, all built into dual cardboard 'decks' 🎶

#FutureReadyPeel
#LittleBits #MakeDo
#MakerSpace #MakerEd
#GirlsInSTEM #Music #LearningThroughPlay
May 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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There is much rejoicing as the @megabrights.bsky.social robotics squad keeps making progress daily ✨🤖 ...Read more about their journey here ➡️ tinyurl.com/megabrights-cbc

#GirlsInSTEM #MakerEd #LearningThroughPlay #CodeToLearn

cc @lego-group.bsky.social @mres.bsky.social @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re not just celebrating progress, we’re accelerating it! 🚀✨ We’re equipping 5M girls, women & nonbinary individuals with the tools to lead & thrive. Let’s #AccelerateAction together & change how culture embraces women as future leaders in tech! 🫶 #FivebyFive
March 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Hark! We are on CBC News ✨ tinyurl.com/megabrights-cbc

#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#MakerSpace
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By 6, kids think boys are better than girls at computer science. These programs aim to change that | CBC News
At age six, kids are typically building up their reading skills and starting to discover interests, but some also already hold the stereotypical belief that boys are better than girls at computer scie...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Members of the @megabrights.bsky.social team leading a finger-knitting workshop for primary learners, while making connections to Black heritage month & computer sciences 🧶🧑🏾‍💻 at the Peel District School Board.

#FutureReadyPeel
#GirlsInSTEM
#Textiles
#MakerEd
#EduSky
February 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Full STEAM ahead for the @megabrights.bsky.social with our brand new 'LittleBits' collection!

New to these tools? They are the ultimate in magnetic prototyping modules to assist with engineering design & design thinking ➡️ bit.ly/littlebits-projects 💡

#FutureReadyPeel
#SheInnovates
#MakerSpace
Girls STEM / CODE club in the library at the Peel District School Board
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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The #GirlsInSTEM @megabrights.bsky.social team building hard skills & soft skills in preparation for our upcoming 'Skills Ontario' regional competitions in the LLC at the Peel District School Board 💡

#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerEd #MakerSpace
#SheInnovates
#EduSky #TLsky #EdTech
Empowering modern learners with mechanical engineering Empowering modern learners with design & contruction Empowering modern learners with robotics
March 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Newly minted @MegaBrights.bsky.social squads bonding by creating hype videos using 'Apple Clips' 🎬✨

New to Clips? Check out this 'low-floor' video tool that most learners can use in minutes ➡️ tinyurl.com/howto-clips

#FutureReadyPeel
#SheInnovates
#MakerEd #STEM
#ShineBright 🌟
1st time video storyboard to hype their new squads as we get to know the software Squads looking through STEM resources Robot Squad!
February 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The @MegaBrights.bsky.social discussing Black excellence in at the Peel District School Board ✨

#SheInnovates
#GirlsInSTEM
#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerEd
Maddy Maxi, e-textiles specialist
February 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Our #SheInnovates #GirlsInSTEM team had an awesome day of hands-on maker fun at the regional-programs 'STEMposium' at the Peel District School Board 💡 Thanks to @mrschuermann.bsky.social for organizing the trip ✨

#FutureReadyPeel #MakerSpace #EduSky #ShineBright
Strong, stable structures using triangular prisms Chemistry work with sensors Paper circuits
January 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The @MegaBrights.bsky.social team putting the finishing touches on our banner signage using yarn following the HILTI Canada 'Women in STEM' workshop...still considering more ways to level-up & amplify ⚡💡

#FutureReadyPeel
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#MakerSpace
#SchoolLibrary
#EduSky
#ShineBright ✨
Grade 5 girls weaving yarn around their wood creation from the HILTI Canada workshop Screws & yarn on a wood banner spelling out "MegaBrights" and "Shine Bright" (which is one of their two slogans) A Grade 4 member learning to use a cordless drill while making our banner signage
December 30, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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The girls maker team tried out JavaScript / Python / CSS while creating body positive, inclusive avatars in the LLC at the Peel DSB ⚡ Many thanks to @girlswhocode.bsky.social !

#FutureReadyPeel
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#MakerSpace #Library
@megabrights.bsky.social #ShineBright✨
#EduSky #CSedWeek
Visit bit.ly/code-an-avatar to try yourself
December 10, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Women in STEM & Modern Industries Workshop💡

...Many thanks to 'Hilti Canada' for showcasing innovative equity of access tools, such as the EXO-S exoskeleton & EXO-T-22 zero-gravity system, while working w the @megabrights.bsky.social #GirlsInSTEM #FutureReadyPeel team in the library at Peel DSB ✨
December 4, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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Adding electricity to origami! ⚡ ...The @MegaBrights.bsky.social upgrading their paper creations with 'Chibitronics' to help them #ShineBright at the Peel DSB ✨💡

Download a few templates here ➡️ bit.ly/paper-chibitronics

#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerSpace #MakerEd
#SheInnovates
#GirlsInSTEM
#Library
'Shine Bright' with MegaBrights ⚡ Paper circuit creation being shown off by a grade 4 maker Empowering modern learners at the Peel District School Board Girls making paper circuits for the first time Electric origami
November 28, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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A few members of the @MegaBrights.bsky.social girls STEM squad working on the latest 'Hour of Code' module in preparation for their mentorship responsibilities during the upcoming 'Computer Science Education Week' 🎶👩‍💻

Try it out ➡️ bit.ly/code-music-lab

#CSedWeek
#MakerEd
#GirlsInSTEM
#EduSky
December 7, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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First meet-up for the relaunched 'MegaBrights' team ✨

...an empowerment & equity of access STEM innovation group of young womxn working in the LLC at the Peel DSB ⚡ Lots more soon💡

➡️ bit.ly/megabrights

#FutureReadyPeel
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#GirlsWhoCode
#ShineBright
#SchoolLibrarian #EduSky
MegaBrights! ✨ STEM 'ChangeMaker' titles on display during our first MegaBrights meet-up LittleBits and other innovative makerspace tech on display MegaBrights making digital avatars in TinkerCAD
October 29, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Today we mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

UNESCO drives the participation of #WomenInScience, breaking stereotypes and challenging biases.

Let's embrace diversity and empower women in STEM for a brighter, more inclusive future!

on.unesco.org/3ZCMvd3
February 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM