The Educators' Spin On It
Learning Games and Activites (Check out the STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS POST)
Make it @ your library
Krissy Vensodale Krissy runs an amazing makerspace called the Launch Pad at her elementary school, and she is an fantastic advocate for creativity. She also creates gorgeous posters (many with maker themes) that she makes freely available on her site and she founded the #elemaker hashtag. Did I mention that her job title is Innovation Coordinator?
Expect the Miraculous Andy Plemmons’ blog; in addition to being an all-around awesome librarian, Andy does an amazing job of bringing making into Barrow Elementary School. He collaborates with the University of Georgia and often brings the makerspace into his curriculum collaborations with teachers. He’s also amazing at fundraising and creating big, school-wide projects.
The Daring Librarian Gwyneth Jones is an all around awesome librarian who shares resources relentlessly on her blog. She started a makerspace in her library recently and has taken a balanced approach, starting with a few affordable centers. She also makes amazing posters and graphics and offers them for FREE on her blog.
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Learning Games and Activites (Check out the STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS POST)
Make it @ your library
- Make it @ Your library: Project database for making. Easily sortable by age range, cost, size of groups, etc.
Krissy Vensodale Krissy runs an amazing makerspace called the Launch Pad at her elementary school, and she is an fantastic advocate for creativity. She also creates gorgeous posters (many with maker themes) that she makes freely available on her site and she founded the #elemaker hashtag. Did I mention that her job title is Innovation Coordinator?
- Check out her posts “Innovate is a Verb” and “Let’s not make failure a buzzword.“
Expect the Miraculous Andy Plemmons’ blog; in addition to being an all-around awesome librarian, Andy does an amazing job of bringing making into Barrow Elementary School. He collaborates with the University of Georgia and often brings the makerspace into his curriculum collaborations with teachers. He’s also amazing at fundraising and creating big, school-wide projects.
- Check out his posts on the Pop-up Makerspace at UGA and the Kindergarten Mission to Mars
The Daring Librarian Gwyneth Jones is an all around awesome librarian who shares resources relentlessly on her blog. She started a makerspace in her library recently and has taken a balanced approach, starting with a few affordable centers. She also makes amazing posters and graphics and offers them for FREE on her blog.
- Check out the $350 Makerspace Starter Kit and The Way of the LEGO.
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TED TALKS TO INSPIRE THE MAKER IN YOU
This video is a fantastic introduction to the Maker Movement. Dale Dougherty, founder of Make Magazine, shares about how we are all makers, about how we all need to nurture our creative spirits. Check it out and be inspired.
A key element of the Maker Movement is to bring creativity back into schools and this video reminds us of why this is absolutely essential.