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CHICAGO - In collaboration with Instructables.com and the American Library Association, Make It @ Your Library introduces www.MakeItAtYourLibrary.org, a new website tailored to librarians interested in implementing makerspace projects in their libraries. Fully searchable, Make It @ your library connects users to projects, based on library-specific search criteria.

Here is a nice resource for establishing Makerspaces.

I like the "Heart Knowledge" piece and was inspired by this article. Thank you!

Champaign-Urbana is lucky enough to have not one but two makerspaces available for the public.

Cheaply made Makerspace

Why to use comics and tools to use

I just met with a book vendor (Worldbook Encyclopedia) and a few of their off-shoot featured text sets are combining graphic novels with informational text. They are called THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE (Life Science set 1, Plant/Animal Science set 2) BUILDING BLOCKS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE, and BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATHEMATICS. There are really great visuals, is kid friendly, breaks down skills without "dumbing" them down. Reviews by SLJ, Booklist. If I have the budget...I would like to look into these. Also the '15-16 Worldbook edition comes with embedded QRL codes that can be scanned by smartphones so it can be multi-media combining printed text as well as digital information. Laura W.

I thought this was fitting given our topic for the week and our activities this weekend.

A lot of nice quick learning opportunities or ways to learn about topics in education.