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Randi Sonenshine, children’s book author of The Nest That Wren Built and middle school literacy specialist, shares ways to keep communication [...]

Our featured guest author on the Mackin Community blog is Ibtihab Muhammad, the first Muslim American woman to compete for the United States in [...]

It’s like making resolutions, but it’s all about measuring your progress toward keeping them. In practice, I regret that didn’t create formal [...]

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist Millennials have a bad reputation for being lazy, entitled, and [...]

It is the middle of winter, and school is back in session after a long holiday break. Teachers and librarians may be ready to hit the books, but [...]

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

I have a confession. Over my 25 years of teaching I’ve developed focusing problems (“Squirrel!). I find myself reading the first few [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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