October 22

The SAN Script – Wednesday, October 22

The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.

-Pope Francis

 

The power of yet!!

Low Tech, High Gains: Starting a Maker Program Is Easier Than You Think

October 22

 

A busy day at Darien (CT) Public Library’s LEGO Club.

Has the maker movement taken hold in your library yet? Would you like it to? Fortunately, starting a maker space is actually much easier—and less costly—than you may think. Technologies such as robotics, digital video production, computer coding, and 3-D printing may garner the most attention, yet more traditional, hands-on activities can actually instill in kids the same spirit of invention, collaboration, and creative and critical thinking that’s at the heart of the maker phenomenon.

Take your pick: Anything from building with LEGOs to arts and crafts, gardening, cooking, astronomy, knitting, weaving, crochet, jewelry-making, sewing wood working, metal working, bike repair, button making, and even paper airplane construction can be offered in a maker space.

These low-tech experiences are an ideal way for youth services librarians to get their feet wet in the maker arena—and usually with very little investment in supplies, overhead, and outside technical expertise compared with their high-tech counterparts. “It’s not just about 3-D printing,” Rebecca Kane, youth services librarian at Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT, tells School Library Journal. “It can be simpler, like teaching people to knit or recipes. It doesn’t have to be a robot.”

see the rest of the article here – thanks Cathy!

 

St.Anthony Today

assembly fun2run – Juniors – 2:00 PM  In November 2013, Jenny served as a Youth Ambassador for impossible2Possible (i2P) on its expedition to the Peruvian Amazon where she and her teammates ran six marathons in six days down the eastern slope of the Andes to the Amazon Basin. She is using her experience to motivate others and will be including that in her presentation. She is also studying to be a school teacher and is presently in placement at Alta Vista.

Transform your Library with Making: How we Started a Makerspace – 8:00 PM

Join the Librarians Network for a Google+ Hangout and Twitter chat on Wednesday, October 22nd at 8:00 p.m. EST

Guest speaker: Diana Rendina
Topic: Transform your Library with Making: How we Started a Makerspace (and you can, too!)