A question we’ve been asked before, and a common concern among educators and librarians, is the expense that can be involved in putting together a makerspace. In the past, we’ve featured a guest post detailing a successful, low-cost middle school … Read more >
Hello Makers and Maker-Affiliates!
Sorry about the tardiness of the post this week! Today will be a classic format of “5 links make a blog post.” Cheers!
1. Happy Birthday, Grace Hopper! 12/09/06 is the birthday of Computer Science’s Amazing … Read more >
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 >
Ah, ’tis the season for Black Friday, when shoppers invade big box stores looking for gifts. But what should you buy for the maker kids on your list? That’s a question we’ve fielded a few times recently. Here are some … Read more >
As you have may have heard in a previous post, we here at Makerbridge recently had the opportunity to attend LITA Forum 2013. Fortunately for us, one of the main themes of the conference was makerspaces in libraries. We’ve … Read more >
Welcome to new and recent MakerBridge community members! This past weekend, MakerBridge visited LITA Forum, and we had a lot of interest and great questions. We decided to put together this welcome post to help answer some of the … Read more >
This past weekend, the MakerBridge team attended LITA Forum in Louisville, Kentucky,, an annual conference for professionals involved with new and developing technologies in libraries. We planned to attend in order to present a poster about MakerBridge and to speak … Read more >
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 >
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays of the year. As a kid, it was obviously for the candy and because I loved dressing up. I haven’t been able to dress up the last few years because of … Read more >