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White House Announces New and Renewed Maker Initiatives
(Reblogged from MakerBridge) Exciting maker news was released by the White House on Wednesday prior to President Obama’s keynote conversation at SXSW. Here are some highlights: Expansion of TechHire to 50 Communities. A year ago today, the President launched TechHire as 21 … Continue reading
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“Sustaining a Makerspace” in Teacher Librarian, Feb. 2016
I was pleased to write about makerspace sustainability for the February 2016 issue of You must be sexually enthused for viagra buy cheap to work. Foot complications: Nerve cheapest price for sildenafil damage in the foot that can last for … Continue reading
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Howdy, MACUL!
Mayank Khanna and I are delighted to be at the MACUL conference. Here are some handy resources: Envisioning Your Makerspace slide deck Sustaining Your Makerspace slide deck Assessment in Your Makerspace slide deck CTE Makeover Challenge Fact Sheet CTE Makeover … Continue reading
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DC Public Library Opens New Lab to Convert Memories Into Contemporary Formats
Love this idea from the DC Public Library: Not sure what to do with your old home movies, audiocassettes or slides? The DC Public Library’s new Memory Lab can help. Launching February 20 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, the … Continue reading
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Maker Mockumentary
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Is obsession with STEM making kids unimaginative robots?
*cross-posted from MakerBridge* Over on Quartz, Darlena Cunha writes about concerns that a solitary focus on STEM is denying students the kinds of open-ended, experiences that a balance with the humanities could offer, going so far as to say that it … Continue reading
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Holiday Shopping for Maker Kids
It’s been two years since we published our last list of recommended holiday purchases for kids, so we’re dusting off that post and updating it for 2015. Here are some of our favorites: Free Coupon Books – create a set of … Continue reading
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Pew: Libraries at the Crossroads
Some interesting findings from Pew’s Spring 2015 data collection and recent report “Libraries at the Crossroads.” Take a look at the least popular ideas in the visual below (Thanks to Pew for providing these embeddable graphics):3D printers and shifting books … Continue reading
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“We’re a pretty personal library … When the toilet is clogged, people come here.”
Delighted to see my local library (Ann Arbor) and a few of our alums (Larry Neal, Josie Parker) featured in yesterday’s New York Times! Excerpts below. Libraries aren’t just for books, or even e-books, anymore. They are for checking out … Continue reading
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Prepping for maker class with the “American Maker” video from 1960
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