Learning Together

I’ve just officially expanded Flipping the Focus with online learning experiences, designed to help learners build future-ready, AI, coding, and computational thinking skills through meaningful, engaging projects.

The first featured experience: 🐍Python Story Machine

📖Through a self-paced, 7-module online course, learners can create interactive stories, adventures, and decision-based narratives while developing Python coding skills in accessible and creative ways.

✨Designed for varied audiences and learning contexts, this first experience blends:

✔ Coding

✔ Creativity

✔ Computational thinking

✔ Storytelling

✔ Logic and problem solving

More learning experiences will continue to be added over time, including Turtle Art and Dice Games courses!

🚀 Explore this first experience, bookmark the website, and subscribe to notifications.

https://www.flippingthefocus.ca/online-learning-experiences.html

📢 Now booking Summer Coding & AI workshops 👇

✔️ I lead hands-on sessions within your camp/program
✔️ micro:bit AI + Python creative coding
✔️ Cornwall, Ottawa, and Kingston regions (in-person). Travel possible.

24+ years in education. Real skills. Real engagement.

Check out this post to learn more ⬇️⬇️⬇️

📢 Now Booking: Summer Coding & AI Workshops!

I’m currently partnering with schools, camps, organizations, and community groups to lead engaging, hands-on Coding and Artificial Intelligence workshops for students aged 10–14, as well as educator professional learning.

👉 Important: I provide in-person workshop facilitation as part of your existing camp, program, or learning event. I do not organize or run full camps—I collaborate with your team to deliver high-impact learning experiences within your schedule.

📍 Availability: Workshops are offered in-person across the Cornwall, Ottawa, and Kingston regions. Travel to surrounding or more distant locations may also be arranged.

What Students Will Explore:

➡️AI in Action - Train simple machine learning models and bring AI to life through interactive, physical computing projects.
➡️Creative Coding with Python - Design and code original stories, games, or geometric art, blending logic with creativity.
➡️Vibe Coding & Innovation - A student-driven approach where learners explore, experiment, and create projects that reflect their own ideas.

Key Skill Development:

✅️Computational thinking & problem solving
✅️Creativity and design thinking
Digital literacy and AI awareness
✅️Collaboration and communication
Confidence with emerging technologies

How I Support Your Program:

🙌Seamless integration into your existing schedule, camp structure, or learning event
🙌Flexible formats (single sessions, half-day, full-day, or multi-day series)
🙌Fully facilitated, hands-on and student-centered workshops
🙌Designed to complement your program goals while offering something innovative and future-focused

Why Work With Me:

With 24+ years in education, I bring experience as a classroom teacher, curriculum leader, and system-level consultant in digital learning, coding, and mathematics education.

I specialize in designing learning experiences that are engaging, accessible, and grounded in real classroom practice—helping students build both skills and confidence with emerging technologies.

Learn More/Request Workshops at https://www.flippingthefocus.ca/coding-ai-workshops.html.

If you’re not sure where to start, message me to start a conversation.

Chris Stewart
Founder & Faciltator, Flipping the Focus

Launching this Spring! Growing Up Digital: A Hands‑on AI Learning Lab

What does it really mean to prepare students for a world shaped by artificial intelligence?

This spring, I'm exploring a 3‑part AI Literacy Learning Lab designed not around tools, but around thinking, with teachers and their students. Growing Up Digital is a hands‑on, classroom‑based learning series that helps students:
- understand how AI learns,
- explore how humans collaborate with AI, and
- practice critical thinking, responsibility, and ethical judgment in the age of AI.

Rather than asking “What can AI do?”, these lessons centre on more important questions:
- How does AI work, and what are its limits?
- How do we stay in control of our thinking when using AI?
- Who is responsible for decisions made with AI?

Across three connected lessons, students move from: demystifying AI, to preserving human agency, to practicing thoughtful judgment in real‑world scenarios.

This work reflects a commitment to human‑centered learning, where technology is used purposefully and responsibly in service of students’ growth as thinkers, learners, and citizens.

Grateful to the educators and students who will be helping bring this learning to life!