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  • Spotlight on Maker Education

    Spotlight on Maker Education. (2017). Education Week.  Available at https://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/products/spotlight-on-maker-education.html Summary The Spotlight on Maker Education article is a collection of Education Week articles packaged together, with an editor’s note: As the […]

  • Opportunities and Vignettes for Library Makerspaces

    Opportunities and Vignettes for Library Makerspaces

    Chang, S., Penney, L., Wardrip, P., Anderson, A., Craddock, I., Martin, C.K., Millerjohn, R., & Stone, N. (2019). Opportunities and Vignettes for Library Makerspaces.  Available at http://makered.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMLS-LibraryMakerspaces2019_WPweb_final.pdf Summary This white […]

  • Making Sense: Can Makerspaces Work in Academic Libraries?

    Making Sense: Can Makerspaces Work in Academic Libraries?

    Burke, J. (2015). Making Sense: Can Makerspaces Work in Academic Libraries? In ACRL 2015 Proceedings (pp.497-504). Portland, OR: American Library Association. Available at https://sc.lib.miamioh.edu/bitstream/handle/2374.MIA/5212/Burke.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Summary This paper speaks to the […]

  • Libraries Are Not Neutral — Opinion

    Libraries Are Not Neutral — Opinion

    Eckert, C. (2016, August). Libraries Are Not Neutral — Opinion. School Library Journal.  Available at https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=libraries-are-not-neutral-opinion Summary This opinion piece elaborates on the perspective and stance that libraries are not neutral. […]

  • Learning labs in libraries and museums: Transformative spaces for teens

    Learning labs in libraries and museums: Transformative spaces for teens

    Institute of Museum and Library Services. (2014). Learning labs in libraries and museums: Transformative spaces for teens. Available at https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/1/AssetManager/LearningLabsReport.pdf Summary Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services […]

  • Maker-centered learning: Empowering young people to shape their worlds

    Clapp, E. P., Ross, J., Ryan, J. O., & Tishman, S. (2016). Maker-centered learning: Empowering young people to shape their worlds. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Book available for purchase. Summary […]

  • Building a Culture of Repair in Maker Education

    Over the past few months Agency by Design Oakland and Maker Ed have partnered with The Culture of Repair Project to consider how to ignite an interest in repair within maker-centered learning and the broader K-12 landscape. Our working group recently had the opportunity to present our repair research at the annual Maker Ed Convening.…

  • The National Science Foundation and making

    National Science Foundation (NSF). (2017). The National Science Foundation and making. Available at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=131770 Summary This fact sheet from the National Science Foundation (NSF) elaborates on the projects and efforts […]

  • Equity in STEM-rich Making: Pedagogies and designs

    Ryoo, J. J., & Calabrese Barton, A. (2018). Equity in STEM-rich Making: Pedagogies and designs. Equity & Excellence in Education, 51(1), 3-6. Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2018.1436996 and http://invincibility.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1.-INTRODUCTION.Equity-in-STEM-rich-Making-Pedagogies-and-Designs.pdf Abstract This brief […]

  • The Promise of the Maker Movement for Education

    Martin, L. (2015). The Promise of the Maker Movement for Education. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 5(1), 30-39.  Available at https://doi.org/10.7771/2157-9288.1099 Abstract The Maker Movement is a community […]

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