Posts by Lindsey Own
STEM & Maker
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Your Makerspace Needs
Many makerspace components are commonly known. Here are 10 ideas for useful materials that might surprise you.
Leadership
Take a Tour of Our School’s Makerspace
I've shared lots of small details about our school's makerspace but I've never shared the space in its entirety. So here is a virtual tour via panoramic photos of the whole space to provide a better idea of how we've organized it.
Personalized Learning
9 More “Maker” Projects Invented By Teachers
By: Lindsey Own. This year's DesignDoDiscover conference proved how creative teachers can be when they have the tools, mentorship, teams, time and space to dig into their ideas. Here are descriptions of nine teacher invented "maker" projects shared there.
Leadership
Prepping a Learning Space to Grow into a Makerspace
After visiting dozens of makerspaces in preparation for our design, and now a year into our newly-built makerspace, I can offer the following recommendations to those beginning design for new builds.
EdTech
Introduction to Design for the Laser Cutter
In our makerspace, the laser cutter is by far the most popular piece of equipment. However, many are nervous about using it as the design process can feel overwhelming. Here are detailed instructions to help anyone get started.
EdTech
15 LGBTQ Books From Preschool To High School
As faculty advisor for her school's Sexuality and Gender Alliance club, teacher Lindsey Own recently had the chance to read LGBTQ books for all ages for a book fair, and shares some recommendations for parents, teachers and students to read.
Personalized Learning
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Your Makerspace Needs
A makerspace teacher experienced a few surprises as her school's makerspace developed, including a shortage of unexpectedly critical makerspace items. Here are 10 items she recommends you have on hand from the beginning.
Personalized Learning
Radical Student Choice: Student Designed and Demonstrated Projects
Takeaways and lessons learned from Adventure Days -- two full days when no middle school classes are held and each student pursues a project of their own design to showcase at the end of the second day.
Personalized Learning
#FETC | Incorporating STEM and Tinkering Across the Primary Grades
Getting Smart Teacher Blogger Lindsey Own shares four projects from Finalists for the FETC STEM Excellence Awards. The four projects will be presented at FETC. They represents a range of subject areas and levels of student independence.
Personalized Learning
A Challenge to Bring Making Into Hour of Code
For Hour of Code, dig deeper below the surface of computer science. I'll even offer a specific activity to try out, even if you're not a computer science expert: Challenge your students to build a mechanical 4-bit Boolean adder, inventing their own physical logic gates.