Hello, colleagues! We have three PD events this month and hope you will join us! *July 12 - 14* *Making as Learning for Youth* *Centreville, MI* *(in Southwest Michigan near Indiana Border)* Looking to add open-ended, hands-on learning to the youth in your school, library, community center, troop, or civic group? The maker movement offers youth the opportunity to explore the intersection of STEM, technology, design, aesthetics, creativity, and prototyping. In this workshop, you’ll become immersed in exploring the facets of the maker movement. Over the course of three days, you will meet fellow maker mentors, examine multiple possible entry points for developing or refining your maker program, identify pathways for discovering maker and community needs, design and explore possible programming ideas for formal and informal learning, and grapple with how to mesh together open-endedness assessing them fairly, You’ll engage in a variety of hands-on activities, from creating with recycled materials to 3D printing and modeling, robots to LED bulbs, so you can test out multiple materials and tools to see which fit your community best. You’ll come away with concrete ideas you can use to build or enhance making for the youth in your community. Unique to this location is an exclusive focus on youth and a concentrated focus on LEGO hands-on and digital activities. For details and to register, please visit http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu/road-trip *Attendance is free and sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information, in partnership with the Nottawa Township Library. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant RE-05-15-0021-15.* Question? contactmichiganmakers@umich.edu ____________________________________________________________________________________ *July 14 - 15* *4T Data Literacy Virtual Conference * Do your high school students struggle to read and write with data across subject areas? Do they cherry-pick statistics they don't really understand and "like" corporate infographics without realizing they are advertising? Do you wish you could access data sets to add power to your curriculum area? Join a team of curious, inquisitive presenters from around the country as they explore how to support high school students in becoming savvier consumers and creators of data. Registration is free, and so are SCECH continuing ed credits (minimum of 3; maximum of 12) for Michigan educators. Visit the 4T Data Literacy Conference site (http://dataliteracy.si.umich.edu/conference) to learn more and to register. <http://dataliteracy.si.umich.edu/conference/> *This conference is free and organized by the University of Michigan School of Information and the University of Michigan Library with technology support from the University of Michigan School of Education. The conference is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services RE-00-15-0113-15.* Questions? Email us: contact.data.literacy@umich.edu ____________________________________________________________________________________ *July 20 - 22* *Making as Learning* *Alpena, Michigan * *(Northeast corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula)* Looking to add open-ended, hands-on learning to your school, library, community center, troop, or civic group? The maker movement offers youth the opportunity to explore the intersection of STEM, technology, design, aesthetics, creativity, and prototyping. In this workshop, you’ll become immersed in exploring the facets of the maker movement. Over the course of three days, you will meet fellow maker mentors, examine multiple possible entry points for developing or refining your maker program, identify pathways for discovering maker and community needs, design and explore possible programming ideas for formal and informal learning, and grapple with how to mesh together open-endedness with fair assessment of work. You’ll engage in a variety of hands-on activities, from creating with recycled materials to 3D printing and modeling, robots to digital stencils, so you can test out multiple materials and tools to see which fit your community best. You’ll come away with concrete ideas you can use to build or enhance making in your community. Unique to this location will be a workshop on etching, an introduction to soldering, Strawbees, and an Arduino microcontroller workshop. For details and to register, please visit http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu/road-trip *Attendance is free and sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information, in partnership with the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant RE-05-15-0021-15.* Question? contactmichiganmakers@umich.edu ____________________________________________________________________________________ *And coming up in August (details at http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu/road-trip <http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu/road-trip>):* Aug. 2 - 4 Coopersville (near Muskegon and beautiful Lake Michigan) Aug. 8 - 10 Iron River (Western Upper Peninsula near Wisconsin border) Aug. 16 - 18 Benzonia (near Traverse City) Aug. 23 only Saginaw (approx. 90 min. north of Detroit) Aug. 24 - 26 Frankenmuth (Michigan's Little Bavaria, about 90 min. north of Detroit) ____________________________________________________________________________________ -- Kristin Fontichiaro University of Michigan School of Information 4427 North Quad 105 S. 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