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August 29, 2017
Makerspaces.com Giveaway!
Hey dear readers! There are only a few days left to enter the Makerspaces.com #evilmakeybook giveaway! Five separate winners will win a Makey Makey and copy of the Evil Genius Makey Makey project book (a new book I co-wrote with Aaron Graves! ) If you aren’t familiar with Makerspaces.com, Andrew runs a great giveaway every … Continue reading Makerspaces.com Giveaway!
August 19, 2017
Invention Literacy Wrap – Up 2017
This year’s Invention Literacy PBL was hard fun and a great experience! I was stoked to try out this PBL with two different English classes.In April/May both a 9th grade ELA and 10th grade ELA teacher came to the library to explore the invention literacy concept. Mrs. Melvin’s classes explored materials as the intro to … Continue reading Invention Literacy Wrap – Up 2017
August 1, 2017
Announcing #Evilmakeybook winners!
Congratulations to these three winners randomly selected from blog post comments via this giveaway post. (If you are a winner, please send your full name, email, and address via this contact form.) “Jen: I was inspired by all of the early ideas shared in the Makey group. I am looking forward to going #beyondthebanana with a … Continue reading Announcing #Evilmakeybook winners!
July 26, 2017
Makey Makey Certification Workshop at Mess Labs
Earlier this month I led a Makey Makey certification workshop for educators and makers in downtown Dallas at a hip new makerspace called Mess Labs. It was a jam packed day of learning about Makey Makey, circuits, and invention literacy. For the better part of the morning, participants explored how Makey Makey worked, hacked poetry, … Continue reading Makey Makey Certification Workshop at Mess Labs
July 19, 2017
#evilmakeybook and #makeymakey Giveaway!
20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius is out! It is in full glorious color and in it we share fun project ideas on how to integrate lots of maker tools for your physical computing whims. We hope you have fun taking our ideas further with the ultimate digital duct-tape – the MAKEY MAKEY! To … Continue reading #evilmakeybook and #makeymakey Giveaway!
June 16, 2017
#ISTE 2017 – Tips and Tricks
ISTE is just around the corner, and it’s in Texas this year! I loved Nicholas Provenzano’s post about ISTE tips, so I thought I’d share a few of my own. Bring a re-usable water bottle. Texas is HOT in the summer, ya’ll. Most conference centers have water inside, but if you bring your own bottle, … Continue reading #ISTE 2017 – Tips and Tricks
June 12, 2017
Pinecrest Innovation Institute- Wrap Up
I just got back from Florida and had so much fun facilitating a “Low Floor High Ceiling Workshop” alongside Josh Burker! Josh built this amazing wiki as a resource to which I added ideas for Makey Makey and Paper Circuits. We hope you had fun at our #makered workshop, Pinecrest Innovation Institute! @joshburker #makelearning https://t.co/QedxrWVtLS … Continue reading Pinecrest Innovation Institute- Wrap Up
May 26, 2017
Invention Literacy PBL- A Visitor’s Perspective
As I’m wrapping up the last round of this year’s invention literacy PBL, I wanted to share a visitor’s perspective. New middle school librarian, Kelly Korenek, came to visit during the beginning of our building phase, and she sent me this note after leaving the buzz of Mrs. Feranda’s students prototyping: Dear Colleen, Thank you … Continue reading Invention Literacy PBL- A Visitor’s Perspective
May 11, 2017
Budget Crunch- Makerspace Items from Follett and Mackin
Hypothetical Situation: It’s the end of the school year, and your principal has $1,000 dollars for you to spend on makerspace items from Follett or Mackin, but you have to spend it ALL by next week. What will you order? First off, I don’t ever like to answer these types of questions for other libraries. … Continue reading Budget Crunch- Makerspace Items from Follett and Mackin
May 9, 2017
Maker Mindset and our Invention Literacy PBL
(If you haven’t read my other posts on invention literacy, this project was inspired by Jay Silver. Read more posts about invention literacy at RHS here.) I had some visitors in my library makerspace last week that were wanting to add an aspect of maker education into their own libraries. As they walked around our space, … Continue reading Maker Mindset and our Invention Literacy PBL
