AM Sessions
Platform: Virtual

Adobe Spark - Matt Colpitts
A simpler version of Adobe Photoshop. Additionally has a very basic video editor and a great webpage design app. Adobe Spark consists of Adobe Page-Graphic Design, Adobe Video- obviously, video and Adobe page - webpage design. Great alternative for junior high classes or remote learning.

Virtual Tour - EcoPoxy
EcoPoxy will be delivering a virtual tour of their product development and testing facility located here in Winnipeg. This tour will consist of descriptions of all products available, examples of projects that have used their products and a tour of their product testing rooms. You will gain knowledge of their product and how they are willing to work with educators in Manitoba.

EcoPoxy Inc. is committed to creating, manufacturing, and distributing bio-based epoxies made from annually renewable resources and offer the world an alternative to traditional epoxy resins made from fossil fuels. Not only do we want to lower our carbon footprint, but it is our goal to use bio-based ingredients that are currently considered waste. This allows us to create an epoxy that is environmentally friendly and does not take resources out of the global food supply.

Sketch up - Amy Coulling
SketchUp for Schools is "a browser-based SketchUp [online 3D drafting program] for Primary and Secondary schools signed up with G Suite for Education or Microsoft Education". Amy Coulling will show how she has integrated SketchUp into every one of her Woodwork Technology classes using the SketchUp "Curriculum" of video tutorials, a text-based tutorial she made herself called "SketchUp for Builders", SketchUp drafting assignments, and a SketchUp test. During remote learning, Amy even had students complete 3D printing tutorials so they could watch from home as the results printed at school.

Participants can watch the presentation, or if you'd like to follow along as Amy walks you through the SketchUp basics, ensure you have a second monitor or display and a mouse handy. She will share the files for her tutorial and test at the session, as well as a couple of designs she built in SketchUp herself, for anyone that would like them.
The Technology Educators Association of Manitoba (T.E.A.M) is a volunteer organization of Industrial Arts teachers whose main goal is to promote Technology and Industrial Arts Education in Manitoba. TEAM offers professional development opportunities including our annual MTS PD Day sessions and funding for our members .