Goodbye Libr-287!

As everyone else has said, I'm sad to see this class go (that's not to say I'm not happy that it's summer, though!). We read a lot of great books and articles and watched some excellent videos. Some favorite reads for me were Simon's The Participatory Museum and Martinez and Stager's Invent to Learn: Making Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom. When this class is taught again I think that it would be great to sample some of Samuel Papert's actual works, as Invent to Learn inspired me to do. I guess I can admit that I liked least (or, didn't like) the Ideo book, The Ten Faces of Innovation. 


The Maker Faire project was the highlight of the semester for me. I still can't get over how fun that scribble machine is! Having success in the process while stepping outside of my boundaries made me a far more confident maker.  While I was wrapping up my makerspace proposal today I was browsing the Makershed store and the instructions on Make it @ Your Library and had the feeling that I could conquer any of those projects, whereas before I would have stayed away from LED lights and circuits and wires and...

Finally, this was the class that I had the most interaction with my fellow students in. The weekly blog posts brought out a lot of creativity that was fun to watch. My regret is that I didn't become more creative with my reflections.

I wish there were a sequel to this class... "advanced makerspaces?"