Category Archives: Professional Development
STEAMers Think Tank, Rochester Hills Public Library
Thanks to the Rochester Hills (MI) Public Library for hosting today’s STEAMers Think Tank Unconference Missed dose : Take this drug when needed but viagra 100 mg not more than one tablet a day. Intake of herbal male enhancement supplements … Continue reading
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Presentation at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s Beyond the Numbers Conference
Hello! It’s been a while! Team member Wendy Stephens and I are presenting about our project at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s Beyond the Numbers Conference, an economic data conference for librarians, today. Polyps: Benign growths in the … Continue reading
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SLJ Story About Upcoming Workshops
I was delighted to be featured in this online School Library Journal story on SLJ’s upcoming online maker workshop series. News today: it will also run in January’s print issue! Here’s an excerpt: Kristin Fontichiaro adds that librarians should consider what’s best for … Continue reading
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Booklist Webinar on Early Elementary Making Coming 10/20!
Please join me for a free Booklist webinar, sponsored by Cherry Lake Publishing, on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 2pm Eastern / 1pm Central. Here’s what I’ll be talking about: If it is suitable, can prevent or delay the onset of … Continue reading
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On ISTE and Products vs Pedagogy
I didn’t go to ISTE this year, and not just because it overlapped with ALA. Over the past few conference visits, I’ve been uncomfortable about the overall lack of depth of ideas. There seems to be a lot of cheerleading for … Continue reading
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Howdy, MACUL!
Mayank Khanna and I are delighted to be at the MACUL conference. Here are some handy resources: Envisioning Your Makerspace slide deck Sustaining Your Makerspace slide deck Assessment in Your Makerspace slide deck CTE Makeover Challenge Fact Sheet CTE Makeover … Continue reading
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IMLS Blog: “Free to the People”
To celebrate the national Week of Making, IMLS is running a series of blog posts about the maker movement. Here’s a snippet from today’s post from Corey Wittig of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: There’s an idea that today’s youth are Digital Natives—naturals … Continue reading
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Booklist Webinar: Hacking Fashion
Here are some resources for today’s webinar: Slide deck Project Runway-inspired challenge Overview of our Silhouette Cameo t-shirt stencils project, including handouts Cherry Lake Publishing Makers as Innovators web page Postural syndromes are pain caused by stress on the soft … Continue reading
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Making Maker Learning for K-8 Educators, Day 2
On behalf of Michigan Makers, particularly Sandy Ng, Alex Quay, Amber Lovett, and Stephen Liu, as well as special guest Jeff Sturges of Mt. Elliott Makerspace, thank you to everyone who attended our two-Saturday conference Making Maker Learners on April … Continue reading
Making Maker Learning Workshop for K-8 Educators, Day 1
Howdy! Thank you to everyone who attended today’s workshop on Making Maker Learning. Here are the resources from today’s workshop: Slide deck List of maker activities Blank templates for board games Need dice for your board game? Try these paper … Continue reading
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