Category Archives: Makerspaces/Hackerspaces
IMLS Blog: “Free to the People”
To celebrate the national Week of Making, IMLS is running a series of blog posts about the maker movement. Here’s a snippet from today’s post from Corey Wittig of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: There’s an idea that today’s youth are Digital Natives—naturals … Continue reading
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Support U-M/Brightmoor Maker Space Project!
Please consider supporting the efforts of the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit as they seek matching funds to create a makerspace in their community. These are serious physical circumstances that require instant … Continue reading
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IMLS blog: “And then, we realized we would have no idea what to do with it when we got it”
To celebrate the national Week of Making, IMLS is running a series of blog posts about the maker movement. Here’s a snippet from today’s post from Rebecca Pettyjohn of Madison’s Bubbler: When we decided to get on the Makerspace train at … Continue reading
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IMLS Blog: “No, it smelled like s’mores”
To celebrate the national Week of Making, IMLS is running a series of blog posts about the maker movement. Here’s a snippet from the first post: I carefully followed Leah, a Maker Corps Member, as she opened the door to … Continue reading
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Ed Week Story on School Libraries and Makerspaces
Thank you to Jacob Bell and Education Week for including Michigan Makers and me in “School Librarians Push for More Makerspaces,” which appeared in the May 12 digital edition and the May 13 digital edition. We were especially charmed to see two … Continue reading
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A new reason to promote making among all ages?
Another reason to promote making across generations? New research by Mayo Clinic researchers that finds correlations between mid-life arts and crafts and late-life computer use among elderly and lower risk for mild cognitive impairment, which sometimes develops into Alzheimer’s or … Continue reading
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Youth Bibliography: Maker Mindset
Thank you, Booklist, for posting online our bibliography and article about maker mindset in children’s literature! You can buy Bluze capsules from reputed online pharmacies are quite trustworthy. viagra cheap sale With the names of Order generic soft cialis or cialis … Continue reading
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Booklist Webinar: Hacking Fashion
Here are some resources for today’s webinar: Slide deck Project Runway-inspired challenge Overview of our Silhouette Cameo t-shirt stencils project, including handouts Cherry Lake Publishing Makers as Innovators web page Postural syndromes are pain caused by stress on the soft … Continue reading
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Making Maker Learning for K-8 Educators, Day 2
On behalf of Michigan Makers, particularly Sandy Ng, Alex Quay, Amber Lovett, and Stephen Liu, as well as special guest Jeff Sturges of Mt. Elliott Makerspace, thank you to everyone who attended our two-Saturday conference Making Maker Learners on April … Continue reading
Quotable: On Kids and Tinkering
““There are not enough opportunities in a child’s life to be taken seriously, to be given autonomy and to learn authentically … I And the functions which restrict working are normally the functions, which are not essential cialis prescription for survival. Thinking … Continue reading
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