Category Archives: Makerspaces/Hackerspaces
Making Maker Learning Workshop for K-8 Educators, Day 1
Howdy! Thank you to everyone who attended today’s workshop on Making Maker Learning. Here are the resources from today’s workshop: Slide deck List of maker activities Blank templates for board games Need dice for your board game? Try these paper … Continue reading
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#LibraryMade
This week is National Library Week, and this year’s theme is “Unlimited Possibilities at Your Library,” complete with a social media hashtag of #LibraryMade, in which patrons are encouraged to share their library-facilitated creations. It’s a theme at the forefront … Continue reading
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Upcoming Webinar 4/30: Makerspaces, Hacking Fashion, and e-Textiles
We’re planning a webinar on one of our Michigan Makers group’s favorite things to do: upcycling and adding to thrift shop clothing! Join us for this upcoming webinar. Follow the links on Booklist’s site to register. Injection: When erectile dysfunction … Continue reading
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Making Maker Learning Workshop for Librarians and Fellow Informal Educators
Howdy! Thank you to everyone who attended today’s workshop on Making Maker Learning. Here are the resources from today’s workshop: Slide deck List of maker activities Blank templates for board games Need dice for your board game? Try these paper … Continue reading
Free maker learning conferences in Ann Arbor 3/28 OR 4/18&25
Howdy! Please help us spread the word! Thanks to funding from the U-M Third Century Initiative and the UMSI Founders Fund, Michigan Makers is hosting two free Making Maker Learners conferences for those who work with K-8 students in formal or informal … Continue reading
On My Mind: Information Literacy in the Design, Tinkering, and Building Process
Two things crossed my desk this week that have been do-si-do’ing in my head. After a few years of seeing my information literacy work in one silo, my maker work in another, and my role as an instructor of contextual inquiry in … Continue reading
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Michigan Makers featured on University of Michigan home page!
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Silhouette Cutter in Our Makerspace … and Betabrand’s Design Studio
A couple of summers ago, we heard that some maker groups were having success having a Silhouette Cameo in their makerspace and that it was helping to attract more girls into their K-12 maker project. We bought one for Michigan … Continue reading
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Join Us for the JSB Symposium and Invited Guest Cory Doctorow – Thurs., 11/20
Have some time this Thursday, November 20? Join us for UMSI’s signature event, the John Seely Brown (JSB) Symposium, featuring author, BoingBoinger, and activist Cory Doctorow. 11am – public lecture You need to consume this herbal pill daily two times … Continue reading
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Provocations
Cross-posted to the MakerBridge blog The kids in our elementary after-school makerspace have a huge affinity for physical making. Give them the choice between having a glider competition in the hallway or a screen-based creation activity and they’ll pick the … Continue reading
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