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#Crowdsourcing Copper Tape Organization

I love conductive tape. Copper tape, fabric tape, adding double-sided sticky tape to aluminum foil, foil insulation tape, and more. However, after my last workshop for educators, my super skinny copper tape ended up like the above. I don’t mind unraveling and recoiling since it’s like unraveling a ball of yarn and a similar zen … Continue reading #Crowdsourcing Copper Tape Organization

#FETC – Challenge Based Learning in the #Makerspace and More Events!

I’m excited about this upcoming workshop I’m leading with Diana Rendina at FETC in two weeks! There is still time to register and I’ve even got a promo code if you need it. This interactive workshop will get you up and running with design challenges in your makerspace. If you missed the live Makey Makey … Continue reading #FETC – Challenge Based Learning in the #Makerspace and More Events!

Live Chat- #MakeyMakey Q&A Educator Series

I’m stoked to be a part of the Makey Makey Jedi Series next week! Join in live to ask me about making, literacy, Makey Makey, poetry, and libraries! Check out these posts: Makey Makey Lessons, Makey Makey Poetry , Makey Makey Bookdrop , Invention Literacy PBL and then tune in live next week to ask your burning questions about my Makey Makey … Continue reading Live Chat- #MakeyMakey Q&A Educator Series

Wrap Up 2016-Top Posts and #makered Publications

Top 10 Most Popular Posts for Readers These are the most visited posts written during 2016! A Library and a Makerspace: It’s not an either/or What is a Makerspace? Short and sweet post with a great downloadable graphic. Review of Makey Makey Go and Inventor Booster Kit: This is a review, but also includes a Michael … Continue reading Wrap Up 2016-Top Posts and #makered Publications

Save the Dates! #FETC, #bigmakerbookclub, #SXSWedu, Pinecrest Innovation Institute

I’ve got lots of great events just around the corner! I had to write up a post so you can save the dates for all of these upcoming events in 2017 (and to keep track of all of the links for myself!) #Bigmakerbookclub GHO: January 19th, 2017 Cassie Janda and Karyn Lewis were excellent moderators in … Continue reading Save the Dates! #FETC, #bigmakerbookclub, #SXSWedu, Pinecrest Innovation Institute

Project- Light Up Poetry with Chibitronics “Love to Code” Arduino Board

Programming Goodies! About two months ago, I was honored to get to receive a prototype of a “Love to Code” Arduino board that Jie Qi and Chibitronics are currently working on. (If you don’t know how much I love paper circuits and Chibitronics, then read this post before going any further.) The first thing I had … Continue reading Project- Light Up Poetry with Chibitronics “Love to Code” Arduino Board[image error]

Resource: Hacking Poetry with Makey Makey

Last spring I hacked poetry month with pencil drawings, Scratch Programming, and Makey Makey. Then this fall for the SLJ Summit, Aaron and I led a few brave librarians through the process of hacking poetry with Makey Makey. What I love about this activity, is that by having students visualize poetry with drawings, they think … Continue reading Resource: Hacking Poetry with Makey Makey

Plum Geek Wink Robot Review- More Love for Arduino

In my last post, I discussed my laborious journey toward learning to program Arduino projects. If only I’d had a wink robot by Plum Geek! This cute bug-looking robot was actually designed to help educators teach students the Arduino programming environment (see Wink for educators). The lessons developed by Plum Geek are a great way to teach students … Continue reading Plum Geek Wink Robot Review- More Love for Arduino

For the love of Arduino -Getting Started

My History with Arduino I’m not sure of the way most people learn the complicated process of programming Arduino projects because I only know my own convoluted journey. I started the hard way following projects from the Arduino Starter Kit by building photo sensor theremins and electronic magic 8 balls. Here is one of my first … Continue reading For the love of Arduino -Getting Started

What a Makerspace can mean for the Writing Classroom -Takeaways from NWP Annual Meeting

Session Info In our interactive session for “Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom,” we really let our participants drive the learning. We started out with an introduction for each expert presenter (here is our slidedeck with presenter info and resources we referred to during the session.) Then the rest of the learning was … Continue reading What a Makerspace can mean for the Writing Classroom -Takeaways from NWP Annual Meeting