As maker learning moves from informal settings like makerspaces and libraries and into K-12 classrooms, I’ve found it useful to spend some time thinking about how to effectively frame that learning in the context of school. In the Michigan Makers… Read more >
This week, we have another post from our Fifth Monday series, in which the MakerBridge bloggers write on the same topic. In this post, we answer the question, “What is one thing you’d like the maker community to do
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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 >
Ada Lovelace Day, observed this year on October 15th, is an annual celebration of women in the STEM fields. The day is named for Ada Lovelace, a female scientist who is considered the world’s first computer programmer.
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Since our posting schedule cycles through four people, some months we are left with a fifth Monday to fill. Thus was born our Fifth Monday post series in which the MakerBridge bloggers write on the same topic. This week, we … Read more >