Library-Related Makerspace Resources
- Thinkers and Tinkers: The Maker Movement: This excellent website is a Professional Development Workshop for Middle School Teachers and Teacher-Librarians offered through the University of Alberta TLDL Program.
- Make it @ Your Library: This site was created with the intention of “helping librarians realize makerspace projects in their communities” and represents a collaboration with Instructables.
- A Librarian’s Guide to Makerspaces
- Where the Magic Happens: Library Maker Programs / The Maker Issue
- Advocating for Makerspaces in Libraries
- Library Makers Blogspot: A blog from the Madison Public Library, focussing on “hands-on learning for all ages”
- Evaluating Technology for a Makerspace
- ISTE 2015: Takeaway Tips for a Library Makerspace
General Makerspace Resources
- MakerED
- Curiosity Hacked
- Built by Kids: The ABC’s of DIY
- Howtoons
- Invent to Learn
- The Maker Day Tool Kit
- Makerspace Canada
- Make Magazine
- Makerspace Playbook: School Edition
- Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show
- Makerspace Classroom
- 10 Makerspace Curriculum Wins from 2014 – 2015
- The Stages of Being a Maker Learner
- Makerspace Pinterest Board
Makerspace Project/Activity Ideas Resources
- Instructables.com
- Makedo Shop
- Imagination Foundation: Global Cardboard Challenge – Just Build it!
- Edudemic: 12 Unexpected Ways to Use Lego in the Classroom
- 100 Free Lego Learning Ideas/Printables
- Engage Elementary Students With Stop Animation!
- Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Craftster
- Upcycle That
- Cut Out and Keep
- Makey Makey Lesson Plans
- Creative Prompts for Kids: Start With Lego
Makerspace Articles
- Edutopia: Building the Makerspace of Your Students’ Dreams
- Emerging Ed Tech: Reasons and Research – Why Schools Need Collaborative Learning Spaces
- Teacher Librarian: Educational Makerspaces – The Philosophy of Educational Makerspaces
- Teen Librarian Toolbox: 5 Truths about Making and Makerspaces in our Libraries
- How a 21st Century Librarian Enhances Student Learning
- Leading the Maker Movement
- Mindshift: How to Turn your School into a Maker Haven
- Mindshift: Want to Start a Makerspace at School? Tips to Get Started
- Harvard Wants to Know: How Does the Act of Making Shape Kids’ Brains?
- Edutopia: Starting a School Makerspace from Scratch
- Tech Crunch: Enabling Makers to Create “The Next Big Thing”
- Libraries are the Future of Manufacturing in the United States
- Year One With a 3-D Printer
- Making Ideas Tangible: How 3-D Printers Will Transform the Classroom
- 20 Tips on How to Work With Students Who Have a Hard Time Collaborating
- I Want a Makerspace. Now What?
- Tinkering Fundamentals
