Technology
This summer is the “Summer of Shirts” in the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH). Every Monday we are teaching our teens a different way that we can make or modify t-shirts. So far we have done Sharpie Tie-Dye, puffy paint, and low-tech screen printing. Last Monday we […]
This past week we spent some time setting up a DIY Fidget Spinner station at the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH). There are no shortage of DIY Fidget Spinner tutorials out there and we tried several and landed on the following three for our DIY Fidget Spinner […]
Avoid these snafus—and design a 3-D printing program that you and your community will love.
The 80-plus engineering challenges on the Curiosity Machine site are inspired by man-made and natural structures.
Like most teen services/ya librarians, I’m heavy in the midst of planning my teen summer reading programming. This will be the second year of planning that incorporates our Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH) and we know based on our experience from last year that our current model […]
Want to start a baking club at your library but not sure where to start? Teen librarian Lindsey Tomsu has you covered.
Remember the scene in Singing in the Rain where Donald O’Connor magically dances on the walls? Remember Fred Astaire’s famous ceiling dance in Royal Wedding? Till now kids’ work with interlocking blocks has been bound to tables and floors and a few installations of LEGO walls. (See Diana Rendina’s epic instructions.) Till now blocks kinda […]
Our fearless reviewer—who just happens to be SLJ's 2015 Librarian of the Year and a maker queen—canvassed the entire Javits Convention Center in Manhattan to find the most exciting innovations coming out this year.
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for sewing and robot-building activities from SLJ's 2016 School Librarian of the Year.
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