Canning Your Own Food
In recent years, I’ve met more and more people who can and preserve their own food. When a friend gave me a jar of peach and blueberry preserves that she canned herself, I started thinking about this even more. At … Read more >
LittleBits Space Kit
What am I reviewing?
littleBits Space Kit
Price: $189
Disclosure: littleBits sent me a Space Kit for free so that I could review it.
TL;DR
This is an excellent choice if you want an accessible
An Arduino-powered instrument
This afternoon I celebrated the last day of my long weekend by making a light theremin. “A light theremin?” you ask, “What’s that?” I’m so glad you asked!
Metrix X. (2011). “Thereminvox / Theremin Musical Instrument [photo].” Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrix_feet/5964085902… Read more >
Emily Makes Stuff: Sparkle Squid Edition
Hello world, and greetings from New York City! I’ve been here on a brief vacation, and while that *has* involved normal(ish) New York City vacation things, it has also involved the penultimate step in a project that I began almost … Read more >
Happy birthday, MakerBridge blog!
May marks the one-year anniversary of the MakerBridge blog! While the site did exist before the blog, our blog has become a major part of our efforts to spread the word about making and its intersections with education and diversity … Read more >
A report worth reading: “Incorporating Engineering Design Challenges into STEM Courses”
I was cruising through ERIC the other day (the way you do), when I came across a report by the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE): Incorporating Engineering Design Challenges into STEM Courses. “Engineering design challenges” isn’t … Read more >
Easy things to upcycle
I’ve been hearing a lot about upcycling in recent months. As someone who hates the thought of contributing unnecessarily to landfills, and also as someone who loves free things, the idea of repurposing stuff that I would otherwise be throwing … Read more >
Tools for digital making
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Making digital objects–webpages, gifs, music, you name it–is one of my favorite kinds of making, because as long as I’ve got my computer and a functioning internet connection, I don’t have to worry about other supplies (or mess!). Better yet, … Read more >
Why some technology (or maker!) projects succeed and others don’t
Today I want to talk about technology implementations and why they succeed (or not), because let’s face it–we’ve all read those articles about makerspaces in schools, and we’ve all drooled over the really cool-looking spaces with their laser cutters and … Read more >
Diversity in Making
Here’s something I learned today:
Of all the people featured on the cover of Make Magazine to date, 85% have been men or boys, 15% have been women or girls, and 0% have been people of color.
I woke up … Read more >