Knitting Club – Reflection on Successes and Challenges
With the school year coming to an end, I am reflecting back on the knitting club. Knitting as a whole developed a large following at Queen Victoria School. It started before the Makerspace was opened…
List of Resources/Purchases
Here’s what we purchased and used this year: Sewing Machines, iron and ironing board, fabric Knitting supplies–needles, yarn, looms Hand tools–drills, saws, hammers, wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, hardware Little Bits electronics kits Kanos Arduinos Makedos Makey…
Connecting Poetry to Making and Design-Thinking
April is National Poetry Month. Our students are creating a collection of poetry, writing daily, and choosing their top 5 poems to create a multimedia journal. This will culminate with a Poetry Slam in May….
SEWING CLUB
A dedicated work space, a few deeply discounted bundles of material sourced at Lens MillHouse, many meters of washed and upcycled curtains, sheets, pillow cases and other random fabric finds from our local thrift stores,…
Knitting Club
Knitting is alive and well in our Makerspace! I must say I am very surprised at how quickly this has taken off and the immense interest some of our students have shown. Before the winter…
Going beyond teacher as learner
We strive to be “lifelong learners”, not only in our careers but in our everyday lives. We knew that we would need to be sponges in this TLLP; none of us knew much about the maker…
Hamilton Maker Faire
The four of us dropped by the second annual Hamilton Maker Faire this morning. Maybe hoping for inspiration, definition, activity ideas for next year? Not having any previous experience, we had no expectations. What we found…