Resources for Makers and Educators
I’ve been giving a lot of presentations lately about Making and Education. People often ask me for a list of resources. Here is my attempt to put one together. This list could go on and on. If anyone has any other suggestions, please leave them in the comments and I’ll add them to the list. Thank you. Now get out there and make something!
Email Discussion Group:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/k-12-fablabs
Academic Papers:
The Democratization of Invention Blickstein, Paulo
Kindergarten Approach to Learning Resnick, Mitchel
Tools and Software:
http://www.arduino.cc
http://www.processing.org
http://scratch.mit.edu/
http://www.picocricket.com/picoboard.html
http://www.tinkercad.com
http://www.makerbot.com
http://www.epiloglaser.com
http://www.shopbottools.com
For Project Ideas:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pie/ideas.html
http://www.tinkeringschool.com/projects/
http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/activities/
http://makezine.com/
http://www.instructables.com/
http://hlt.media.mit.edu/
http://openmaterials.org/
www.diy.org/skills
www.makeprojects.com
http://howtosmile.org/
Curriculum:
http://curriculum.makerbot.com/
learn.sparkfun.com
learn.adafruit.com
http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/Tutorials
For Inspiration:
http://itp.nyu.edu/itp/gallery/
http://bildr.org/
http://www.robives.com/mechs
http://www.makingthingsmove.com/resources
http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/
Suppliers
http://www.adafruit.com
http://www.sparkfun.com
inventables.com
http://www.jameco.com
General Resources for Makerspaces
makerspace.com
http://hackerspaces.org
http://www.mtelliottmakerspace.com/?page_id=166
Professional Development:
http://constructingmodernknowledge.com/cmk08/
http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/workshops/summer.html
http://itp.nyu.edu/camp2013/
Books:
Goyal, Nikhil. One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School
Thomas, Douglas; Seely Brown, John. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change
Martinez, Sylvia Libow; Stager, Gary S. Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
Margolis, Jane. Unlocking the Clubhouse
Gershenfeld, Neil. Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop–from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
November, Alan. Who Owns the Learning
Honey, Margaret; Kanter, David. Design Make Play, Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators
Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to see, hear, and feel your world by Tom Igoe
Permalink: http://amzn.com/1449392431
Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers by Dan O’Sullivan
Permalink: http://amzn.com/159200346X
Make: Electronics (Learning by Discovery) by Charles Platt
Permalink: http://amzn.com/0596153740
Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest M. Mims III
Permalink: http://amzn.com/0945053282
Getting Started with Arduino by Massimo Banzi
Permalink: http://amzn.com/1449309879
Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists by Dustyn Roberts
Permalink: http://amzn.com/0071741674
Getting Started with Processing by Casey Reas
Permalink: http://amzn.com/144937980X
Building Wireless Sensor Networks: with ZigBee, XBee, Arduino, and Processing by Robert Faludi
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