3 Myths About Libraries, Makerspaces And Books
3 Myths About Libraries, Makerspaces and Books Even though they’ve been around since 2013, school library makerspaces still have a lot of misunderstandings surrounding...
Frank Lloyd Wright: Blocks, Play and Makerspaces
Frank Lloyd Wright, Blocks and Play (Post contains affiliate links.) On a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s home in Oak Park, Illinois, we enter...
Creating a Makers Club: Just Get Started
When I first started my makerspace at Stewart, I had no idea what I was doing. I just had three bins of K’nex and...
Read this Book: Click’d: A Novel on Coding & Friendship
I don’t normally review fiction on my blog, but Click’d ties in beautifully with makerspaces and would be a fantastic addition to your library. ...
In Defense of Craft, Play and Tinkering
I love all forms of making. Coding robots, building circuits, soldering things to make stuff light up. Knitting, sewing, crafting, tinkering, taking what looks...
How to Build Creativity (and More ) Through Making
The Four C’s are big in education right now: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration and Communication. We talk constantly about how we need to be...
Demco Post: How to Plan A Maker Fest at Your School
I’ve written lots of posts about the various Maker Fairs (also called Maker Fests) that I did at Stewart over the years I was...
AASL Post: Small Steps to a Makerspace: Maker Mondays
One thing my new school didn’t have when I started was a makerspace. We did have a newly created Virtual Reality Lab (with a...
AASL Post: 6 Book Recommendations for When You Feel Overwhelmed
It can be so easy to get caught up in the rat race of life and find ourselves constantly busy. Especially for educators. Even more...
Being a Maker: Just Create Something Everyday
(Post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase using them, I get a small commission that helps support running this blog) Just create something....