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INSPIRATION 
In addition to the Make Space book mentioned in the About Page, the following works served as inspiration:
  • Invent to Learn - Sylvia Lebow Martinez and Gary Stager
  • Creating Innovators - Tony Wagner
  • Drive - Daniel Pink
  • Design, Make, Play - Margaret Honey and David Kanter
  • The Makerspace Workbench - Adam Kemp
  • Makerspace Playbook, from Maker Media
  • Making Things Move - Dustyn Roberts
  • Creative Schools - Ken Robinson

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORKS
  • K12Makers.com - From the website: "Welcome!  Digital fabrication labs, maker spaces, innovation labs are popping up in K-12 schools all over the country (and the world!) but are still rare enough that many of us aren't living in close vicinity to many other similar labs. Let's build a virtual community of lab directors/administrators/coordinators/enthusiasts so we can share our best practices, tips, tricks, challenges of managing and running such labs. Consider this a forum for all things about digital fabrication in K-12 education - equipment reviews, conference/workshop announcements, rumors about new gadgets, troubleshooting problems, advice about vendors, cool resources for projects, etc. "
  • Makerspace.com - This site, from Make, is in beta. It is intended to be an online place for makers to showcase their work and share their stories.

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, MENTIONS
The following are links to recent presentations and publications 
  • Coding, Making, 3D printing and Learning - From Technology & Learning Magazine, April 2015
  • Making it Happen - Presentation from CUELA, Fall 2014
  • The New Shop Class, by Joan Horvath - Joan interviews John about PIRL and Creator's Studio
  • PIRL, Project & Idea Realization Lab - Presentation at ATLIS 2015
  • Culture, Environment, Meaning: Critical Issues for Makerspaces - As part of the presentation at ATLIS 2015, we created a shared google doc to allow newcomers and veterans to weigh in on these topics. This is an open doc, so contributions are ongoing
  • Creator's Studio video for K12Online 2015
  • Favorites - Tools & Materials - Slide deck from Maker Educator's Evening, Sept. 22, 2016. Various contributors
  • An "Extraordinary" Approach to Bringing Design into Any Classroom - Education Week article
  • A Sailboat Inspired Canopy - A spotlight on our canopy at Architect Magazine.

ANNUAL CONFERENCES
Constructing Modern Knowledge - In the summer New Hampshire
Do, Design, Discover - Castilleja School and Marymount School each host this on alternative summers
Fablearn - In the fall, Stanford University
Makerfaire - The big ones are in NYC in the fall, and San Mateo in the spring
Tinkering Fundamentals - This is a free, online course from the Exploratorium, through Coursera.
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