Alberta Learning Commons 2017 Meeting
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
April 2017
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The Future is Now: Equipping our Learners to be the Leaders of Tomorrow
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Makerspaces Deep Dive Part 1
Makerspaces Deep Dive Part 2
Resources
Resource pages
Renovated Learning Posts
- Our Makerspace Journey
- Starting a Makerspace: Baby Steps
- The Epic LEGO Wall: How to Build One
- Our Awesome Whiteboard Wall
- 10 Tips for Writing Grant Proposals
- 5 Tips for Creating DonorsChoose Projects
- 5 Tips for Starting a Makerspace on a Budget
- Rethinking our Library Space
- The Great Library Makeover Part 1
- The Great Library Makeover Part 2
- Logistics of a Makerspace: Scheduling
- Written Conversation Strategies and MakerEd
- How to run an AWESOME after school Makers Club
- The 2015 Cardboard Challenge
- The Stewart/Lamar Catapult Challenge
- Stewart MakerFair 2015
- Whiteboards for the Win!
Other related articles by Diana:
- Valuable Lessons from My First Makerspace Year (AASL Knowledge Quest)
- Advocating for Makerspaces in Libraries (AASL Knowledge Quest)
- 5 Makerspace Books You Need to Read (AASL Knowledge Quest)
- Makerspaces in Schools: Creating STEAM Connections (Demco)
- Building Curriculum Connections into Makerspaces (Florida Media Quarterly)
Videos:
Recommended books:
- Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
- Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators
- Makerspace Playbook
- The Art of Tinkering
- Worlds of Making: Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School
- Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration
- The Third Teacher
- Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Creative
Products/Vendors mentioned:
- MaKey MaKey
- littleBits
- Sphero
- K’nex Education
- LEGO Education
- Mod Robotics (makers of Cubelets)
- Snap Circuits
- Interior Concepts Collaboration Table
Makerspaces mentioned
- New Milford High School
- Columbus Museum of Art
- Marymount Fab Lab
- Shorecrest Preparatory