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Thanks for checking out my #MakerspacesAtoZ blog series. In case you missed it, you can catch my previous posts here: A:  Aspirational B:  Boring C:  Combinatory D:  Disobedient E:  Enterprising [...]

Aida Salazar is a celebrated writer and activist. Her middle-grade novel, The Moon Within, received four starred reviews and won an International Latino Book Award. She has several upcoming [...]

I have a confession. Over my 25 years of teaching I’ve developed focusing problems (“Squirrel!). I find myself reading the first few lines of an article, jumping to the end, and then [...]

Children’s book author Laura Purdie Salas shares how to create an engaging and safe writing space in the classroom. Read on for ideas on how to make writing fun and inspire your students to take [...]

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist The holidays are a great time to go see a movie with family and friends. My sons and I love to watch movies that are [...]

3D Printers have become a staple tool in today’s schools, libraries, corporate, and military environments. While we bring our ideas, and inventions, to life, with these versatile, and [...]

As part of my role as a Collection Management Librarian at Mackin, I evaluate new contemporary fiction titles for middle school and high school. This means that I get sneak peeks at the new [...]