Makerspace & Related Links

Links to Makerspace Information

·    Toronto Metro Reference Library has a Makerspace (posted by Cory Doctorow, and thanks to John Gottfried, WKU Libraries, for sending this link):http://boingboing.net/2014/02/06/torontos-reference-library-g.html

·    Makerspace Materials for High Schools:
http://makerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hsmakerspacetoolsmaterials-201204.pdf 

·    Makerspace Playbook (Feb 2013):
http://makerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MakerspacePlaybook-Feb2013.pdf

·    Educause: 7 Things You Should Know about....Makerspaces:
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7095.pdf

·    Maker Education Initiative:
http://makered.org/tag/makerspace/

·    MAKE ezine Tools lists:
http://makezine.com/2013/08/21/stocking-up-school-makerspaces/

·    Michigan Makers Blog:
http://michiganmakers.weebly.com/michigan-makers-blog.html

·    School Library Journal: 4th Annual NYC Maker Faire Welcomes Educators, Kids:
http://www.slj.com/2013/09/events/the-4th-annual-nyc-maker-faire-welcomes-educators-kids/

·    Digital Shift: Meet the Makers: Can a DIY movement revolutionize how we learn?:
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/06/k-12/meet-the-makers-can-a-diy-movement-revolutionize-how-we-learn/

·    Slideshare presentation of Makerspace Webinar:
http://www.slideshare.net/samchada/pci-webinar-emerging-technologies-in-libraries-part-two-makerspaces

·    Dragon*Con 2013 Presentation by Charles Z. Guan:  Maker Resources: Computer Aided Design and Digital Fabrication...:
http://etotheipiplusone.net/stuff/makers2013.pdf

·    Low Tech, High Gains: Starting a Maker Program Is Easier Than You Think:
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/10/k-12/low-tech-high-gains-knitting-arts-and-crafts-bike-repair-anyingall-are-maker-activities/

·    Internet@Schools: Idea Watch:
http://www.internetatschools.com/Articles/Column/Idea-Watch/IDEA-WATCH-Making-Space-for-Makerspaces-91993.aspx

·    Make It @ Your Library:
http://makeitatyourlibrary.org/ and a related website: Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/

·    Business Week: Tech in the Classroom: MakerBot Wants You to Buy a Teacher a 3D Printer:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-12/makerbot-wants-you-to-buy-a-teacher-a-3d-printer

·    iLearn Technology: http://ilearntechnology.com/

·    DIY: Get Skills. Be Awesome: https://diy.org/

·    Lessons Learned from a Pop-Up Makerspace for Kids:
http://makezine.com/2012/08/27/lessons-learned-from-a-pop-up-makerspace-for-kids/

·    Library as Makerspace:
http://librarymakerspace.blogspot.com/

·    Want to Start a Makerspace at School: Tips to Get Started:
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/want-to-start-a-makerspace-at-school-tips-to-get-started/

·    American Libraries: Manufacturing Makerspaces:
http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/manufacturing-makerspaces

·    Inbox: Rubberband Aircraft:
http://inkbox3d.com/blogs/events/9418489-the-rubber-band-aircraft-a-makerspace-activity-for-kids

·    Library as Incubator Project: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org

·    Open Education Database: A Librarians' Guide to Makerspaces:
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/a-librarians-guide-to-makerspaces/

·    The Unquiet Librarian: Library as Makerspace: Creating and Nurturing Communities of Teen Writers: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/library-as-makerspace-creating-and-nurturing-communities-of-teen-writers/

·    Westport Library Makerspace: http://westportlibrary.org/services/maker-space

·    Minnesota museums reinvent themselves as playgrounds for the mind
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/mnmuseums/205431531.html

·    The Pop-Up/Mobile Makerspace Moment: http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2013/11/the-pop-upmobile-makerspace-moment.html  

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