Legos
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 […]
LEGO and the MakerSpace Movement: Writing Prompts, Avatars, and More (a guest post by author Lyn Miller-Lachmann)
Last year I researched and wrote a proposal to create a mobile MakerSpace for my library branch, which was approved. We now have the Mobile MakerSpace in two of the three branches of my library. Because of our space limitations, it had to be mobile so it could easily be moved in and out. […]
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