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Registration Open for 4T Data Literacy Conference!
Registration is open for the free 4T Virtual Conference on Data Literacy! Click here to register. Click here for a flyer you can download and share with colleagues. Place your first order in a small number of cases: Abrupt decrease … Continue reading
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STEM in Libraries webinar coming 4/28!
There is a national push to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and STEAM (STEM plus art and aesthetics) in schools, libraries, and cultural centers. Yet few librarians have STEM backgrounds! In this free, hour-long webinar sponsored by Cherry … Continue reading
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Would you schedule an upcycling challenge in your library?
(cross-posted from the MakerBridge blog) Recently, I read a post on the “Feathering My Nest” blog. Blogger Lacey describes an upcycling challenge she was invited to be a part of. She wrote: I’m so excited to have been invited to be … Continue reading
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National Maker Plan at SWSWedu
I’m delighted to be participating in a panel discussion with Teresa deFlitch of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburg, Tim Carrigan of the Institute of Museum and Library Studies, and Kathy Ishizuka of School Library Journal on national maker planning … complete … Continue reading
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Back from Capitol Hill and National Maker Faire
We are back from a whirlwind few days at the Capitol Hill and National Maker Faires. It was a great opportunity to see some familiar faces, meet some new ones, and consider the many organizations, companies, and not-for-profit groups … Continue reading
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Looking Ahead to Capitol Hill Maker Faire
Along with several other library programs, Michigan Makers has received a delightful invitation from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Congressional Maker Caucus to exhibit at the first Capitol Hill Maker Faire, so MSI student Amber Lovett … Continue reading
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Defining making
(Cross-posted from MakerBridge) A few weeks ago, Sharona blogged about Debbie Chachra’s “Why I Am Not A Maker” essay for The Atlantic. This is one of those articles that has gotten passed around in makercommunities. Chachra makes a provocative statement: that by setting up the … Continue reading
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Video from Corporate America: Cotton Makers
An interesting corporate approach to Besides this, it may also cialis generika lead to depression, mood swings or suicide. Nevertheless, when you toss in sexual medicines, the patient is more most likely to achieve maximum benefit. side effects from viagra … Continue reading
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PACE-ing yourself when planning maker learning
As maker learning moves from informal settings like makerspaces and libraries and into K-12 classrooms, I’ve found it useful to spend some time thinking about how to effectively frame that learning in the context of school. In the Michigan Makers work … Continue reading
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Making as a Family: Two New Reads and a Classic
Earlier today, I was handed a battered copy of Brandenberg and ALIKI’s What Can You Make of It? This 1977 Greenwillow “Read-Alone” book tells the story of a family of mice. What the father mouse considers junk (empty egg cartons, juice … Continue reading
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