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September | 2014 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. For the first half of September’s Tinker Group meeting, we talked about the Raspberry Pi the $35 microcomputer that runs on Linux and is changing the way that we think about tinkering with technology. Pi-ano waiting to be played. Ready to try the Pi yourself? You can purchase one here. From Adafruit. Also,...
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August | 2015 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. 3D Printers and Filament. Is a 3D printer a good fit for your library? It may seem like a foregone conclusion to have a 3D printer in your makerspace, but spend some time to answer these questions:. Does our community show interest in 3D printing? Do we have the staff who will take ownership? Something I didn’...
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March | 2015 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. Please sign up for what may be the most exciting Tinker meeting ever! We’ll be experimenting with Little Bits. Building marble runs and paper roller coasters, AND touring the recently remodeled children’s area, teen section, and maker space at the Barrington Area Library. Tuesday, April 14. Please sign up here.
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July | 2014 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. Our July meeting took place at the Elmwood Park Public Library where we all learned how to solder electronics! We started with a starter kit from The Electric Goldmine. Here’s a video of what the finished product looks like:. Check out this or any of the myriad soldering tutorial videos available online:.
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May | 2015 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. During April’s meeting we played with littleBits, magnetic modules that snap together to form circuits. LittleBits are very easy to use and are great way to teach children of all ages the basics of circuits. Each module is color coded depending on its function. Can be filtered by the type of littleBits you have.
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October | 2014 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. Come one, come all to the next Tinker meeting! Tuesday, November 11. 413 N Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. Program Room, lower level. Note that the meeting will be at the Cook Park. Location of Cook Memorial, NOT the Aspen Drive location as previously announced. Or Heather Beverley at hbeverle@cooklib.org. Tinke...
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January | 2015 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. It’s time to sign up for our February meeting! We’ll be learning about PicoBoards. And we’ll have a discussion about advocating for technology programming in libraries. Highland Park Public Library. Tuesday, February 10. Auditorium, lower level. Please sign up here. Or Chad Clark at cclark@hplibrary.org.
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Recap: First Meeting | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! Follow me on Twitter. The first ever Tinker meeting was a huge success! Thank you to all who participated. If you weren’t able to make it to the RAILS building, here is a recap of what happened:. Then the fun began as everyone had the opportunity to test both of these programs. Here are some of the results. Great work! February 15, 2013. You are commentin...
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November | 2014 | Tinker
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Connecting library folks who work with kids and teens with STEAM and Maker program ideas. Come to a meeting for a chance to try out new tech and tools! The WordPress.com Blog. Follow me on Twitter. At November’s Meeting four members of Robot Test Kitchen. At the meeting we shared some successes and some things that were not so successful. Then we had some hands on time where everyone could try out a few kits including: Sphero. November 24, 2014. Below are excerpts from the discussion. Consultants tend to...