Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy

Post-truth — I sincerely hope not!

Posted on 1 September 2020
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A number of years ago, while a student in Central Michigan University’s MA program, the prof entered the classroom on day one apologizing profusely. We checked the time on the wall clock, double checked on wristwatches and on cell phones. No, she was not late so what was it? She...Read more

Restorative Practices

Posted on 29 August 2020
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The storm before the calm — typical of many teachers, I find my stomach churning. Though tired, I didn’t sleep much last night either. Starting August 31, teachers at my school are back to work with PD and prep — sort of — beginning online with colleagues and led by Garth...Read more

Covid-19 and Return-to-School (2)

Posted on 14 August 2020
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Today, I spent an hour with a health and safety expert, the principal and vice-principal and assorted others. They had a look at the robotics lab which is divided into two areas: a classroom area with 9 student tables and a lab area with various work benches, table saw, chop saw,...Read more

Covid-19 and Return-to-School (1)

Posted on 5 August 2020
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Well, not sure how the 2020-2021 academic year will play out but there is a plan! Rather than taking four courses each day, students take two courses at a time on a quadmester schedule, one course in the morning and another in the afternoon. The quad changeover occurs at the...Read more

3D Printer

Posted on 25 July 2020
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I expect delivery of a 3D Printer in August, 2020; officially described as: Artillery®Sidewinder X1 3D Printer 300 × 300 × 400mm print size support for resume printing [after power loss] filament run-out detection quiet operation Reviews are good and YouTube videos impressive; filament spools are available in different...Read more

CNC Router

Posted on 28 June 2020
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Moving forward, it’s time to figure out how to purposefully use a CNC router. There is no room at home for this so I’ll deploy this at the school (though I do retain ownership rights). After doing some research this is the one I selected. Made in China, reviews of...Read more

Robot First Aid Day – with Celt-X (FRC 5406)

Posted on 2 March 2020
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Many thanks to the Celt-X for their hospitality on Sunday, March 1, 2020 – they hosted a first aid day to help First Robotics teams with ailing robots. Ours was a controller problem with the Spark MAX controllers (we have not used them before) and we were able to get this...Read more

Dr. Woodie Flowers Explains Creativity, Engineering and FirstRobotics

Posted on 21 September 2019
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Dr Woodie Flowers is a long-time champion of FirstRobotics and gracious professionalism. Here he provides an interesting and succinct summary of what FirstRobotics is all about — essentially building character, leadership, communication skills and STEAM competencies in all participants, whether youth team member, adult mentor or volunteer. So, why not...Read more

21st Century Skills

Posted on 20 September 2019
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I include the following sentence in my personal statement on Instructional Leadership: Acknowledging that today’s learners are different from previous cohorts, I accept the challenge to collaboratively prepare them for a future that, today, we cannot clearly describe. Many of the jobs that current high school students will have in...Read more

Bullying has Life-Long Consequences

Posted on 28 August 2019
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True Story… Sadly… In the late 50’s and early 60’s, popular TV shows — Combat, Rat Patrol, 12 O’clock High, and the omnipresent war movies and documentaries — made it difficult for me, a small child. You see, to some of my peers, I was the Kraut and, sadly, to...Read more

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