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New Connected Learning Report from DML Central
Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design via kwout Released Tuesday by Mizuko Ito and her Digital Media and Learning team and currently burning a hole in my school bag — can’t wait to read it! I love this quote … Continue reading
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Slides: Makerspaces and Libraries
Along with my student colleagues Victoria and Ellen, I spoke today about makerspaces and libraries. Interested? According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use discount cialis http://downtownsault.org/downtown/services/ and Health (NSDUH). This can result in huge monetary loss as … Continue reading
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Our New Makerspace Project
This is a year full of new projects, including a new makerspace initiative with a local middle school. We ask the students to keep science journals that combine sketches, reflections, pasted-in reference sheets, and more. Our host librarian has been … Continue reading
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Disney Research Transforms Light Bulbs with 3D Printing
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The Two Kinds of Commencement
I’ve always wondered how “commencement” got to mean “leaving familiar ground” (commencement as graduation) and “starting new things” (commencing the journey). Today is definitely one of those dual-definition days. This morning, on the SLM blog, I posted my last post. … Continue reading
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Learning 2.0 Conference is Underway!
The Learning 2.0 virtual conference (free!) is now underway through August 24. Tune in for free keynote webinars from amazing folks like Audrey Watters, Lee Rainie, and Yong Zhao, and a series of concurrent sessions as well. On Tuesday morning … Continue reading
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“A Place Where Ideas Can Come to Life”
The public library in Westport, Connecticut, opened its own Maker Space amid the stacks earlier this summer. Its first maker-in-residence, Joseph Schott, described a makerspace as “a place where ideas can come to life.” I couldn’t agree more with Schott’s … Continue reading
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Makerspace: Inspiration for your Desktop/Laptop
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Makerspaces: A Programming Newbie Bakes a (Raspberry) Pi
Dear colleagues in school makerspaces, If you’re like me, you’re spending your summer thinking about how to best maximize your limited budget, students’ enthusiasm, and overall resources. So the $35 Raspberry Pi minicomputer (aka RasPi) seems like a perfect fit. (Available for purchase here and … Continue reading
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How to Solder: A Comic
For those of you exploring makerspaces, you’ll want to get your hands on this how-to comic giving you safety tips and techniques for using a soldering iron when applying leads to a circuit board. Plus, it’s issued under a Creative … Continue reading
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