Can You Teach Creativity? My Journey as a Teacher and Maker

Making Sense of History in the Makerspace

Scanning for the Laser Cutter

At a recent conference I had a chance to see a Glowforge laser cutter in action. This is a wonderfully…

The Thing With Thingiverse

As a Makerspace teacher and coordinator I manage several 3D printers for student and teacher use. The issues…

BITlab Year in Review

27 Projects that add making to the whole School

The School Makerspace: If You Build It, Will They Come?

Digital Cycloramas

A cyclorama is the original 360 image. They were especially popular in the late 19th century, and in an age before movies…

Building a Culture of Making; Not a Cult

“Experience is the teacher of all things.” This little bit of educational wisdom comes…

Making for Social Good

I’ve recently started teaching a new class in the Makerspace called Making for Social Good. It seems to me that often…

Making Across the Curriculum

One of the missions of the BITlab is to help every class add a making or technology component to their…