Makerspaces in Schools: How to Create STEAM Connections In our makerspace, our students are learning both formally and informally, discovering new things about science, engineering and more. They are gaining such skills as creativity, problem solving, and collaboration, and they’re having fun while doing it. Our makerspace truly is an invaluable STEAM resource for … Read more
Curriculum Connections in Makerspaces In an article I wrote for Florida Media Quarterly, I describe ways that I’ve built curriculum connections into my makerspace. I get this question often, so I wanted to describe a few of the things I’ve done at Stewart. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Nor am I saying … Read more
The Stewart 2015 MakerFair In April, we held our second annual Stewart MakerFair during our final parent conference night of the year. Last year’s Mini Makerfaire was focused more on introducing our community to what we had started with our Makerspace program. This year, our program was already well-established, so we created a fun event focused … Read more
I don’t remember exactly when the first conversation happened, but somewhere through chatting on Twitter and the interwebs, Colleen Graves and I decided that it would be awesome to connect our Maker kids. I have an afterschool group that meets on Mondays at the same time as her group, even though we’re in different time … Read more
The Makerspace Resource Library I’ve been a Maker in one form or another for a long time, way before that word was even common. I learned how to sew from my mom in high school. In college, I learned how to knit and crochet from my best friend. I frequently dabbled in other crafty enterprises … 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