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Legos

March 19, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

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, […]

October 7, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

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 […]

January 22, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

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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Makerspace Moments: Creativity and Science with LEGOs (TPiB Lego Challenge Ideas)

December 4, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

As you may know, Christie and I recently put together Mobile Lego Makerspaces for our library system – the Grand Prairie Library System in Grand Prairie, Texas – and we have recently had some of our first “Lego Clubs” at our libraries. If you don’t know, you obviously aren’t reading the blog enough- LOL (we’ve […]

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November 5, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

  My MakerSpace Journey at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County Small Tech, Big Impact: Designing My Maker Space at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH) (School Library Journal article, February 2016) 1 Year Later, What I’ve Learned The Very Beginning Previous library locations My Original Mobile Makerspace […]

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