When I first built our Epic LEGO wall back in Sepetember 2014, I had no idea how much the concept would resonate with people. Since then, I’ve seen dozens of amazing LEGO walls and variations of LEGO walls (including several in Canada!). I’ve seen people create mobile walls, walls that can covert into tables, LEGO circulation … Read more
I normally tend to stay away from “stuff” lists when it comes to talking about makerspaces. I believe that the stuff that goes into a makerspace should be based around the needs of the students and the school, not on a checklist of items to get. But this list is different. The holiday season is … Read more
LEGO Wall Round-up: Celebrating a Year of Awesome One year ago today, I put up that last brick and finished building our Epic LEGO Wall at Stewart. Since then, I’ve been awed and humbled to see so many other schools build LEGO walls. In classrooms, in libraries, in hallways, on old mobile whiteboards. I can’t … Read more
*Build of the Week is a regularly occurring segment on Renovated Learning where I share some of the awesome stuff my students have been making over the past week.* My school is a NASA Explorer school, so naturally my students were very excited about the Orion launch a few weeks ago. This inspired a lot of … Read more
*Build of the Week is a regularly occurring segment on Renovated Learning where I share some of the awesome stuff my students have been making over the past week.* This build isn’t actually from this week, but is instead something my students made last month. I finally got all the videos and photos together this week. … Read more
*Build of the Week is a regularly occurring segment on Renovated Learning where I’ll share some of the awesome stuff my students have been making over the past week.* My kids amaze me every week with the stuff they come up with in our Makerspace. I’ve converted our video storage room into the Maker Room, and … Read more
Check out this time-lapse video of our Epic LEGO Wall as it was created.
I’m starting up a new regularly occurring segment on Renovated Learning where I’ll share some of the awesome stuff my students have been making over the past week. I’m still trying to figure out exactly what to call it (Build of the Week? Project of the Week? Feature Friday?) so if you have any 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
I’ve been dreaming up the idea of a LEGO wall for a long time. I don’t know exactly when I first got the idea, but I do know that it came from seeing a LEGO wall on Pinterest sometime last spring. The image stuck with me in my head, and I kept thinking about it. … Read more