Lego Makerspace
Dear Lego, we want building bricks not beauty tips
In my home and in my libraries I am a huge champion of Lego. They are, to me, a great STEM/STEAM tool that make for a solid foundation for my Mobile Makerspace. I was, personally, a little dismayed when they introduced Lego Friends “for girls”, because Lego was the perfect gender neutral toy. But honestly, […]
App Review & Lego MakerSpace Fun: Giffer – Using Legos to tell stories and learn how to make Gifs
Because of time, space and money, my library MakerSpace is primarily Lego based. But that’s okay, there is a lot you can do with Legos. Last night I met with a group of Tweens and we used our Legos and an App to create Gifs. Most of the Tweens there didn’t know what a Gif […]
TPiB: Bristlebots, take II (or what happens when you give teens space to be creative)
Since the SRC was science themed this year, Christie and I knew that we wanted to do a small robot program. We did a lot of research and came up with some various ideas, but ultimately we decided to do these small robots called Bristlebots or Brushbots. It turned out there were pre-made kits you […]
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