Natasha Singer wrote a few weeks ago in the New York Times about the impact Silicon Valley is having in and on public education. This is part of an ongoing series that I’ve been waiting for some time for someone outside … Read more >
Make has republished the letter TechShop CEO Dan Woods to his membership in which he announces a change in focus from standalone membership-driven makerspaces to a licensed model inside existing institutions like schools:
… Read more >Today TechShop is making a fundamental change in
This week’s guest post is a review of the novel Makers by Cory Doctorow written by Thao Huong Nguyen, a Master’s of Science in Information (MSI) candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information. Learn more about Huong here.… Read more >
This guest post is by Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña, and was originally posted on her blog. Zoë is a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Information, and you can learn more about her on her website. In … Read more >
Come join us this summer throughout Michigan for free professional development! To register, visit http://makinginmichiganlibraries.eventbrite.com .
Hope to see you there!
Our guest post this week comes from Will Hopkins, a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Information.Through interviewing his father, Will gains insight into a life of making and what it is for an individual to be … Read more >
Our guest post this week comes from Nicco Pandolfi, a Master’s of Science in Information (MSI) candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information. In this post, Nicco explores Matthew Crawford’s book The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming An … Read more >
I’m noodling these days on the theme of program evaluation — those times when we step aside and take stock of what we’ve done, what we’re planning to do, where we’re succeeding, and where we’re failing. It’s also a time … Read more >
One of the themes for the Computers in Libraries (#CILDC) conference last week was makerspaces. Most of the makerspace content was concentrated into a single track on the last day of the conference, which meant that I didn’t … Read more >
This past week, I was lucky enough to attend the very first New York State Maker Summit, held in Albany, NY. This one-day gathering brought together makers from all across the state (seriously, all across the state–check out the map … Read more >