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Code → Shapes → Art ✨Introduce coding the creative way! With "Geometric Art with Lynx," students draw, trace, fill, and ...
09/23/2025

Code → Shapes → Art ✨

Introduce coding the creative way! With "Geometric Art with Lynx," students draw, trace, fill, and randomize geometric designs while learning coding basics.

Teacher + student guides included!

➡️➡️➡️ https://bit.ly/4nKUC1W

Lynx Coding

Exciting news! 🎉 I’ve just published my micro:bit Coding – Lesson Resource Bank on Teachers Pay Teachers.This resource i...
09/18/2025

Exciting news! 🎉 I’ve just published my micro:bit Coding – Lesson Resource Bank on Teachers Pay Teachers.

This resource includes 11 scaffolded lessons (Grades 3 and up) that bring coding, math, and problem-solving together in meaningful ways. Each lesson is curriculum-aligned, fully supported with teacher slides, student instructions, pseudocode cutouts, planning sheets, and direct micro:bit simulator links.

Whether you’re teaching with physical micro:bits or just the online simulator, this bundle makes it easy to integrate coding into your classroom.

👉 Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4gqyaZy

Teaching AI Literacy: From Vision to Classroom PracticeAI isn’t on the horizon anymore — it’s already here. Our students...
09/08/2025

Teaching AI Literacy: From Vision to Classroom Practice

AI isn’t on the horizon anymore — it’s already here. Our students are experimenting with chatbots, image generators, and recommendation systems every day. The real question for educators is: how do we guide them to use AI with purpose, integrity, and critical awareness?

Global frameworks like the OECD and European Commission’s draft, Empowering Learners for the Age of AI, offer a powerful vision. But vision alone doesn’t ease the daily challenge of lesson planning. Teachers need tools they can use tomorrow.

That’s why I created the AI Literacy in Action: A Practical Framework and Planning Tool — designed to bridge global policy with Ontario classroom practice.

Here’s what AI literacy can look like:
-In a Grade 7 Language lesson, students compare AI-generated news with CBC Kids News to spark critical thinking about bias.
-A Grade 4 student uses an AI image generator — then reflects on how to make the work authentically their own.
-A Grade 8 Math class solves problems first, then uses AI to decide when (and when not) to trust the tool.
-A Grade 6 Science group builds a simple “sorting robot” to explore how algorithms and human choices shape outcomes.

These aren’t add-ons. They’re everyday lessons reframed through the lens of AI.
My goal is simple: to give educators confidence, and to give students agency. Together, we can make Ontario classrooms leaders in preparing students to thrive in the age of AI.

👉 Read the full blog and connect if you’d like to explore how this framework can help support your teaching practice, school or distric: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/teaching-ai-literacy-from-global-vision-everyday-practice-stewart-payfc

👩‍🏫 Teachers & Leaders — Want to harness the power of AI in your classroom?My Microsoft Copilot PD Toolkit has everythin...
09/03/2025

👩‍🏫 Teachers & Leaders — Want to harness the power of AI in your classroom?

My Microsoft Copilot PD Toolkit has everything you need: a ready-to-use slide deck, prompt bank, and interactive worksheet.

Whether you’re running a staff workshop, district PD session, or exploring on your own, this toolkit helps you:
✨ Save planning time
✨ Model responsible digital citizenship
✨ Engage students with innovative AI-supported lessons

Perfect for teachers, coaches, and administrators looking to take the next step with AI: https://bit.ly/MSCopilotPD

🚀 AI in Math Classrooms: Not If, but HowAs a new school year begins, many educators may be wondering: How can we guide s...
08/18/2025

🚀 AI in Math Classrooms: Not If, but How

As a new school year begins, many educators may be wondering: How can we guide students to use AI tools—like chatbots—in ways that strengthen their learning?

In my latest blog post, I explore how AI could:
✅ Support purposeful practice
✅ Deepen mathematical discussions and dialogue
✅ Amplify—not replace—the teacher’s role in assessment and instruction

I also share a classroom-ready example you can try right away, and I’d love to hear your feedback if you do!

👉 Read the full post here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reimagining-math-education-ai-purposeful-practice-deeper-stewart-wukoc

Let’s reimagine math education together—with AI as a partner, not a substitute!

...recently updated with a Teacher Summary Sheet--outlining each project version--at https://bit.ly/45rECeX
07/30/2025

...recently updated with a Teacher Summary Sheet--outlining each project version--at https://bit.ly/45rECeX

🚀 Start the new school year with a spark! I’ve developed a 3-part Scratch project series designed for Ontario Grades 7+ ...
07/30/2025

🚀 Start the new school year with a spark! I’ve developed a 3-part Scratch project series designed for Ontario Grades 7+ math classrooms.

These scaffolded coding activities bring algebraic reasoning, number patterns, and computational thinking to life—while engaging students with interactive challenges and visualizations!!

🎯 Highlights for Teachers:
✅ Aligned to the Ontario math curriculum
✅ Scaffolded difficulty and coding complexity
✅ Perfect for introducing patterning and linear relations in September

🎯 Key Learning for Students:
✅ Visual to symbolic understanding of number patterns.
✅ Scaffolded algebraic reasoning using variables and missing terms.
✅ Strong integration of Ontario Math Curriculum expectations.
✅ Builds confidence in computational thinking via Scratch-based interactivity.

Check them out through this Scratch studio: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/50729933

And for additional coding resources and ideas to help spark students' creativity and challenge their thinking, check out my website and "Coding in the Classroom": https://flippedpl.weebly.com/coding-classroom.html

Let’s code, think, and explore math together this fall!

🎉Excited to announce the relaunch of the Flipping the Focus website!Over the past month, I’ve redesigned my site to bett...
06/27/2025

🎉Excited to announce the relaunch of the Flipping the Focus website!

Over the past month, I’ve redesigned my site to better support K–12 educators and leaders across Ontario:

✨Streamlined Homepage & Navigation: Find “Work with Me,” Portfolio, and Resources at a glance
✨My Work in EDU: See examples of workshops, links to coding guides, and AI-assessment projects
✨Embedded LinkedIn Newsletter: Gather evidence-backed insights on blended learning, formative assessment, and GenAI in the classroom
✨Fresh Blog Content: Dive into reflections on equity, technology integration, and assessment innovation (June 2025 feature: “Reimagining Assessment in the Age of AI”)

Whether you’re looking for PD, collaboration, or thought partnership on reimagining assessment, everything is in one place.

Explore the new site and let’s connect: https://flippedpl.weebly.com

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