Active Learning | Kristin Fontichiaro's Blog About Learning, Teaching, Making Things, and Libraries Building professional capacityTeacher-librarians are well positioned to impart data literacy to teens, but who’s giving instructors the resources and support that they need to do so?Kristin Fontichiaro, clinical associate professor at University of Michigan’s School of Information, and Jo Angela Oehrli, learning librarian at University of Michigan Library, were up for the task. As principal investigators of the two-year IMLS-funded project “Supporting Librarians in Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information Literacy Instruction,” they set out to design materials for high school librarians looking to foster data and statistical literacy skills in their students.
Makerspace in the Library! Makerspace Resources and Programming ideas | Create, Collaborate, Innovate Create Collaborate Innovate Posts on Making Sign up for this MOOC offered by Exploratorium: Tinkering FundamentalsSign up for Google’s Maker Camp and Google Science Camp.Follow and read the blog over at Exploratorium’s Tinkering Studio or sign up for their tinkering course!Find cool stuff and Make it at your Library!Need ideas? Favorite Maker Tools Invent to Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary StagerInvent to Learn Guide to Fun by Josh BurkerScript Changers: Digital Storytelling with Scratch by Kylie PepplerSoft Circuits by Kylie PepplerShort Circuits by Kylie PepplerArt of Tinkering by Karen Wilkinson and Mike PetrichMakerspace Playbook by Maker MediaBig Book of Makerspace Projects by Me! Check out these Great Blogs from other Makers The Tinkering Studio Blog : This R&D lab on the floor of the Exploratorium is a maker’s dream! More Great Books for Your School Library Makerspace Diana Rendina has a great post and pinterest board on this topic! I’ve learned so much from my Twitter PLN.
Makerspace Starter Kit The hot new Makerspace Movement is NOT new to Murray Hill Middle School. Eighteen years ago we designed and opened the school with the idea that we would have creation labs in the Media Center, GT room, and the TV studio. We started with video production, iMovie, Specular LogoMotion, Hyperstudio, and animation with Hollyood High kids. Here's an example of an EARLY (2003) video production called Bookfellas, featuring some Guy Ritchie-esque film direction techniques. These kids are now all grown up and we've kept evolving, too! It's OK to Start Small! I re-purposed some of my empty study carrels for this Makerspace center at the top corner of our library. As I asserted in a recent blog post about new Ed Tech trends, fads, & tech -you can start small and You Don't Have to Marry It! For the Duct Tape Craft Cubby, I used a spring loaded curtain rod to hold the duct tape rolls, bought a bright blue colored shower caddy for the scissors and other tools. Amazon Delivers! FUND Me!
Maker & DIY Programs Maker enthusiasts: anyone can edit this page. Please share your resources here! You may also be interested in our STEM Resources page and our Teen Programming Guidelines from YALSA (.pdf) Activities Congressional App Challenge (for teens)Digital Learning DayDo Now (weekly activity for teens to do via social media from KQEDHour of CodeMaker Party (hosted by the Mozilla Foundation)6 Second Science Fair (create a Vine video showing off your science project & use the hashtag #6secondscienceTeen Read WeekWeek of Making, June 17 - 23 (sponsored by the White House) Resources Makerspaces & ongoing maker programming Have a makerspace, pop-up maker space, mobile maker lab or ongoing maker programming at your library, school, museum or youth center? Funding Organizations Research & Reports
The Maker Space Difference: Amazing Inquiry, Shared Learning | Tech Tidbits Students work with the new 3-D printer. “Is it true? Do we have a 3-D printer?” When I put our new 3-D printer in the window of the school library, not only were my own maker space students interested, but the rest of the school seemed to take note. Some of you have been curious about how this new maker space project is coming along, so here’s an update. The library unofficially opened our maker space in January after receiving all kinds of goodies from a DonorsChoose fundraiser and other grants. The purchases tumbled out of boxes and students explored each item. Thingiverse nameplate The students and I decided to meet after school every Wednesday to learn all we could together. The students have programmed and raced the two Sphero Robotic Balls, even trying them under water! Collectively, our goal was to learn as much as we could so that students and staff would be ready to explain how each thing worked at our Makerspace Open House during our parent-teacher conferences in February.
Launching a Makerspace: Lessons Learned From a Transformed School Library | MindShift | KQED News Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort. New Canaan High School librarian Michelle Luhtala recently jumped headfirst into creating a makerspace in her library and documented what she learned, how her space changed and how it affected students along the way. Her experience was very different from elementary school librarian Andy Plemmons, whose makerspace started with a 3-D printer obtained through a grant and blossomed into a core teaching resource at his school. Luhtala is blessed with a big library, but for most of her career it has been dominated by large bookshelves. Over time, Luhtala has pared down her collection as she increased the digital reading material the library offers, but in order to make room for a makerspace she cleared out 7,000 books. A floor plan of shelving in Luhtala’s library in 2011.
Making Space for a No-Frills Maker Space Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 4 Driving Question: No Frills Maker Spaces: What? How? Why? I have long been aware that students are often bored or frustrated with conventional classes taught from textbooks. Worse, they seldom understand the relationship between their subjects and real-world applications. WHAT IS A MAKER SPACE? WHY MAKE A MAKER SPACE? HOW START? Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.Pursue personal and aesthetic growth. The maker space also supports our school curriculum as a STEAM school and naturally incorporates our school engineering design process as students think critically about world problems in a non-threatening environment. YOUR FIRST MAKER SPACETo make our maker space, I did not have to build Rome. 1.Start small 2. A List of Starter Resources: 3.
Landscape Photography Tips -- National Geographic By Robert Caputo, From Photography Field Guide: Landscapes and Ultimate Photography Field Guide: Landscapes We've all had the experience: Driving through a beautiful landscape, you stop at every scenic overlook to make photographs sure to capture the grandeur of what you see. You get home, look at the pictures, and find them flat and boring. When we look at a landscape, our eyes travel over it and selectively focus on the elements that we find appealing. Time is the most important investment you can make in getting good landscape pictures. If a river or stream flows through the landscape you are shooting, think about the character of it and how to convey that character in the image. Look carefully for reflections in the water. Photographing forests presents a different set of challenges. As with any photograph, find a point of interest. Whether you are shooting toward a forest or shooting from inside it, look for patterns, lines, and other compositional elements you can use.
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I Created A Little Makerspace To-Go.....It Even Includes A Makerspace Mobile Too! On Monday and Tuesday of next week I have the honor of presenting to a variety of educators including administrators, teacher librarians, technology coordinators, and classroom teachers at the TIES Conference in Minneapolis. My presentations focus around makerspaces and the importance of the make movement and these spaces in education. By definition makerspaces are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. In libraries they often have 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and hardware supplies and tools, and more. I love seeing what my friends and others are doing with makerspaces. It was so much fun to create one in the library at Van Meter. They are everywhere and it is exiting to follow this movement that is creating change within communities, education, and especially the lives of our children. In fact, a makerspace can be any size. even a bag to make it "to-go". I have been gathering materials together for the last several months. PuppetEdu,
Our Learning Commons and Mission The MoHS Library Learning Commons operates on an open schedule that is accessible and welcoming to the entire school community. While teachers can reserve space using our Media Center Reservation System, walk-in visits are encouraged. Beverages, snacks and lunches are permitted. The Learning Commons areas described below are flexible and easily customized to accommodate teacher, student, and community needs. Main Library / Center Common Area Our central space is divided into multiple flexible spaces, such as readers’ lounge areas, several areas with small table seating, and our books, of course!. Studio A & Studio B Available to the school community for creating and recording digital products. Glassroom A semi-private instructional area, featuring a mounted, short-throw projector. Open Classroom An additional instructional area featuring a short-throw projector. Maker Space Genius Bar Creative Classroom Reading Rooms
Photographing Landscapes | Nature Photography Tips Landscape photography is a favorite with professional and amateur photographers alike. There awaits a wealth of natural landscapes filled with beauty and drama, always changing with the seasons. To avoid taking bland images, follow these top landscape photography tips. When you are taking a landscape photograph, try creating a sense of depth by keeping all the different elements of the image in focus. To do this you need to use a small aperture, from f/16-f/22 because this keeps objects in the foreground and background sharp. Wide-angle lenses are preferred for landscape photography because they can show a broader view, and therefore give a sense of wide open space. They also tend to give a greater depth of field and allow you to use faster shutter speeds because they allow more light. Remember to try some interesting angles with the photograph. Use Photographic Filters To get the best possible images, you can make use of two filters in your landscape photography.
The Role Making Can Play in Education and Future Work – Classroom Aid “American kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests.” — By Dale Dougherty Learning by Making In this post “Learning by Making” published on Slate Magazine site, Dale elaborated: “Learning by doing” was the distillation of the learning philosophy of John Dewey. Document for the role making can play in education In January 2012, New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) hosted Design-Make-Play: Growing the Next Generation of Science Innovators. The following document has been produced 2012 report: “Design-Make-Play: Growing the Next Generation of Science Innovators” The Future of Work Like the advocacy on learning coding came from the foreseen shortage of programming human resources in future. This report uncovers major themes, key trends and opportunities to help you grow your business and progress your career into the future. [slideshare id=15878109&doc=future-of-work-summary-presentation-psfk-130106150423-phpapp02] Resources of maker education Maker Education Initiative