Makerspace library

MAKERSPACES … I tried to ignore them! I tried to deny their growing momentum. I skipped over articles and blogposts where makerspaces were the headline. I averted my eyes when newsletters about them crossed my mailbox. Not that I didn’t find value in them! I ABSOLUTELY did. Honestly, I was just so overwhelmed with the […]

Encourage a love of STEM by creating a maker space at school! These fun and flexible areas can help students develop creative and analytical thinking skills.

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Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.

From large urban libraries to small rural ones, makerspaces are happening. Spaces like these are important because they give people of all ages the opportunity to gain knowledge on their own throug…

Interested in setting up a makerspace?! Congratulations on taking the first step by doing some research. If a makerspace is properly set up and introduced, it can be a great tool for igniting student imagination and curiosity as well as building classroom community. The following are fou

It's important to build a maker culture within your library when you start a makerspace. One great way to do this is to start Maker Mondays, where you have different maker activities available each week.

By: Todd Burleson. An elementary school librarian shares tips that helped him transform a traditional library into an ‘IDEA Lab’ in only four months.

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At AASL Knowledge Quest, I share about five makerspace books that had a huge influence on me when I was starting my school library makerspace back in 2014.