Making Doesn’t Have an Age Limit @DianaLRendina @jhunderhill @venspired Went to a session & speaker said making should only happen at elem. level after that it was too late. — Heather Moorefield (@actinginthelib) July 26, 2015 “Makerspaces are too complicated for elementary students. You can only get in depth with middle and high school … Read more
Tinkering Fundamentals: Week 1 Tinkering Fundamentals is a massive open online course (MOOC) put on by San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum every summer. I’m going to be chronicling my six weeks with this course here so you can learn along with me Last summer, I heard about the Tinkering Fundamentals MOOC from my friend Colleen … Read more
(Wordcloud above created from the Twitter posts below) Last week, someone criticized my makerspace as not being a “real” Makerspace because it does’t have power tools and suggested that I research what “real makerspaces” are. Part one of my response to this criticism was my post last week where I looked for definitions from a variety … Read more
Recently, I had the unfortunate experience of dealing with criticism. I was told (not to my face) by a visitor to our school that our library makerspace is not a “real makerspace”. This same person stated that our woodshop is a “real makerspace” because it has power tools. She suggested that I “do some research” on … Read more
We entered the Follett Challenge this year with a video telling the story of how we started the Stewart Makerspace and the impact that it has had on our library and our school. Unfortunately, we weren’t among the winners this time around. Still, I’m so proud of how this video has come together, and I … Read more
I covered Arts and Crafts in my Makerspace Wishlist series back in April. Since then, I’ve had a lot more arts and crafts activities in my library, and I realized that I needed to revisit this and update it. I’m covering some of my favorite craft activities here, as well as some general craft suggestions. … Read more
If you’re the type of person who loves to print instructions out, I’ve created a printable pdf just for you 🙂 Click here for a free download! Building an EPIC LEGO WALL This post is a tutorial on how to build your own Epic LEGO Wall. I’ve had many, many people ask me … Read more
(Post inspired by this TED Talk) My crazy, creative childhood shaped who I am I was a pretty creative and quirky kid. My parents tended to give me a lot of free reign. I spent my time as a child creating my own games to play, both by myself and with friends. I would build … Read more