Category Archives: Participatory Learning/Engagement
NQ MakerFest Today, noon – 4pm!
Happy Study Day, everyone! Take a study break and join us for North Quad MakerFest today in Space 2435 in North Quad on the University of Michigan campus. Click the image below for details! North Quad MakerFest | North … Continue reading
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Tomorrow is North Quad MakerFest!
Join us in Space 2435 in North Quad (105 S. State Street, between State, Huron, and Washington Streets in Ann Arbor) for this Saturday’s North Quad MakerFest from noon – 4pm! Click the image below to learn more. North … Continue reading
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Makerspaces in Academic Libraries (and some developing metaphors of mine)
When a team of us gave a webinar presentation for Booklist in October on Creating a Makerspace Culture, we didn’t focus much on academic libraries (as Booklist is a publication focused on school and public libraries). And we got a bit of pushback … Continue reading
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Libraries and Literacy
Check out Buffy Hamilton’s blog post on libraries and literacy on DML Central. From the final paragraph for some meaty questions: How might a library engage in a closer self-examination to see the larger patterns of their literacy sponsorship? How … Continue reading
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HBR: “Tactile Intelligence”
From “Why Kids — and Workers — Need to Get Their Hands Dirty” by Dorothy Leonard and Tim Bridges on the Harvard Business Review blog: Children in the U.S. today interact much less with their physical environment than they used to. Few … Continue reading
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Connected Librarians Day: The Library as Makerspace
Steve Hargadon has christened today Connected Librarians Day, and I’ll be speaking at noon Eastern on “The Library as Makerspace”: Defined as groups of creators who come together to design, plan, and create products using both digital and non-digital tools, … Continue reading
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Free PDF Copy of Ito et al’s Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media via kwout If you’re interested in kid-driven learning, especially in informal, peer environments, then Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New … Continue reading
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New Connected Learning Report from DML Central
Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design via kwout Released Tuesday by Mizuko Ito and her Digital Media and Learning team and currently burning a hole in my school bag — can’t wait to read it! I love this quote … Continue reading
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Video: Mimi Ito at UMSI
This week, we were delighted to have Mimi Ito, anthropologist and scholar of digital media and youth, visit the University of Michigan School of Information as the annual speaker for the John Seely Brown Symposium. Ito’s Imbalances in the pelvis, … Continue reading
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The Two Kinds of Commencement
I’ve always wondered how “commencement” got to mean “leaving familiar ground” (commencement as graduation) and “starting new things” (commencing the journey). Today is definitely one of those dual-definition days. This morning, on the SLM blog, I posted my last post. … Continue reading
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