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Educator Innovator
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
At the Millvale Community Library in Pennsylvania, toddlers and kids gather weekly to work on creative projects. On those days the library morphs into a “makerspace,” overflowing with sewing supplies, circuitry, yarn, and electronics. For several years YOUmedia has operated “learning labs” in libraries across the country.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 21, 2017
Students design and make things to meet a social need or good. Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. Some libraries are putting these in a Learning Commons. (See Compassion-based engineering. Innovation Week.
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Educator Innovator
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Library makerspaces, including members of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, offer students a chance to design, tinker, and build critical thinking skills. Libraries are all about inquiry,” says Valerie Jopeck, a former librarian and current education specialist for a large public school district in Virginia.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
JUNE 19, 2017
We're excited to announce our third Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Makerspaces," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 11th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). There has been a lot of talk about makerspaces in libraries over the past four years. and at the Library 2.0
The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 19, 2017
To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. When students meet a problem that they can’t Google, they must venture forth with teamwork, creativity, and tenacity — all things that they need to be successful. Josh Stumpenhorst has students flying drones in his library.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 29, 2014
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User Generated Education
JUNE 8, 2017
If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. The big question even today is “how do you fit everything in that is expected of you and meet the needs of all students?”. Post by Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. jackiegerstein and Barbara Bray @bbray27. Crossed posted at [link].
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