How to Create Makerspace Procedures that Work
How to Create Makerspace Procedures that Work When we set up our libraries and classrooms, we create procedures to help keep things running smoothly....
Maker Projects: The Awesome Cardboard Maker Cave
The Awesome Cardboard Maker Cave Last spring, I gave my after-school Makers Club a challenge – create a unique, interactive project that guests can interact...
3 Reasons Why You Need to Have Tools in a Makerspace
Reflecting on “Defining Makerspaces” Just over a year ago, I wrote my post on Defining Makerspaces. It was inspired after receiving a criticism about...
How to Organize Your littleBits Collection
How to Organize Your littleBits Back in the summer of 2014 when our makerspace was really starting to take shape, I won a littleBits...
How to Start a Makerspace When You’re Broke
You CAN start a makerspace even if you’re broke In my recent post on AASL Knowledge Quest, I decided to revisit and revamp a popular article...
Make & Takes: Let Students Own the Learning
Make & Takes Build Excitement & Engagement A few weeks ago, I was meeting with a group of girls to plan activities we want...
Read This Book: The Art of Tinkering
The Exploratorium & The Tinkering MOOC The Exploratorium is an amazing hands-on science museum in San Francisco. They created a makerspace for their patrons called...
5 Makerspace Books You NEED to Read
What are the best Makerspace books to read? I’ve got a new post up over on AASL Knowledge Quest where I talk about the...
Read This Book: Making Makers
“What is a ‘maker’? Quite simply, makers make things. Some makers build robots, some sew clothes, some prepare food, some design tools, some construct...
5 Easy Ways to Make Space for Innovation
5 Easy Ways to Make Space for Innovation Our school libraries are no longer made up of the rows upon rows of stacks...
