Four White Walls
I feel fortunate, overwhelmed, excited, and anxious about starting a makerspace from four white walls. I converted an old textbook room into a makerspace at my last school and for some reason [...]
Makerspaces A to Z: Enterprising
I recently launched a new blog series, Makerspaces A to Z. You can read all about the letter A, B, C and D. Thank you to all those who shared their thoughts about those posts using the [...]
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Empathy: Empowering Students, Changing the World!
Education literature and blogs agree that teaching empathy in the classroom is difficult. “Empathy refers to various ways of being oriented and responsive to the thoughts, actions, feelings, and [...]
6 GREAT Makerspace Practices That You Need to See
One of the goals of my newest book, The Kickstart Guide to Making GREAT Makerspaces, was to highlight best practices in makerspaces around the world. Since the book’s publication, I have [...]
Makerspace Stories and Social Media: Leveraging the Learning #HackingPBL
This post is #10 in a series of 10 posts that serve as extensions of the 10 chapters in Hacking Project Based Learning, which I coauthored with Erin Murphy. This post, coauthored with Laura [...]
MAKE Time for Learning in the Summer…At Home!
For me, one of the most powerful pieces of the Maker Movement is that it is based on the belief that regardless of race, gender or even age, there is something in it for everyone. Makerspaces in [...]
