GETCA 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to GETCA 2025! We are excited to see you soon...

9:00am MST

Python & PDFs - Authentic Python Programming Tasks

Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

Learn how to use the open source "ReportLab PDF Toolkit" to create PDF documents with Python code. Explore how this may be used to create authentic tasks for students: such as automatic invoice generation for a business.

Speakers

Colin Veldkamp

Gaming Library/ Self-Paced Classroom

Colin Veldkamp is a Computing Science teacher at Harry Ainlay High School. He has a BSc with a specialization in Computing Science, an After Degree in Education (Math major/PE minor) and has taught Computing Science for eight years. Colin knows that there are 10 types of people in... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Centre High - Room 310 Centre High

CTS/CTF, General Interest/Wellness

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Room Details Centre High - Room 310 (Centre High, Max capacity for 32 people)
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10:20am MST

Python & Google Sheets / Gmail APIs - Authentic Python Programming Tasks

Thursday February 27, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST

Centre High - Room 310

Learn how to use the Google Sheets & Gmail APIs in your Python programs. Explore how this may be used to create authentic tasks for students: such as automatic invoice mail out for a business.

Speakers

Colin Veldkamp

Gaming Library/ Self-Paced Classroom

Thursday February 27, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST
Centre High - Room 310 Centre High

CTS/CTF, General Interest/Wellness

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Room Details Centre High - Room 310 (Centre High, Max capacity for 32 people)
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1:00pm MST

Come Drape with Me! Fashion Draping for Beginners

Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00pm - 3:20pm MST

Centre High - Room 310

Fashion Draping is a technique that involves the manipulation of fabric on a form to create clothing designs. Through a series of demonstrations and practice, this half day workshop will provide teachers with the basics for fashion draping with a focus on the curricular outcomes of the fashion course FAS3150 Draping. Teachers will be required to bring a body form, straight pins, fabric scissors, hand needle and thread, 2-3 meters light weight muslin, an erasable marking pen/pencil, fabric measuring tape and a couple packages of 1/4” twill tape. Come Drape with me, everyone Welcome!

Speakers

Janette Nawton

Owner, The Sewing Lab

A certified teacher and designer, I have been working as an instructor and seamstress in some sort of capacity since I was 19 yrs old. Out of high school I attended Yvonne Yuen School of Design in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, earned my diploma in Fashion Design and was invited to teach... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00pm - 3:20pm MST
Centre High - Room 310 Centre High

CTS/CTF, Drama

Company English
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Room Details Centre High - Room 310 (Centre High, Max capacity for 32 people)
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