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Event Name:
Your Makerspace Why
Competency:
Emerging Technology
Description:
Let’s examine how to design makerspace programming to engage your patrons. We’ll focus on purposeful making, community voice, and inclusive practices. The presenter will also discuss her MakerCare initiative, a maker program empowering patrons to make a difference through creating service based projects. Takeaways include how to build community partnerships and numerous project ideas from simple low cost items to 3-D technology. 
Presenter: Gina Seymour, author and national speaker, is the library media specialist at Islip High School on Long Island (NY). Gina was named to Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers (2017) list as a “Change Agent,” named a 2019 AASL Social Media Superstar Finalist in the category of Social Justice Defender and was awarded the Suffolk School Library Media Association’s School Librarian of the Year in 2014. She is author of Makers with a Cause: Creative Service Projects for Library Youth (2018), a chapter on inclusive makerspaces in School Library Makerspaces in Action and is currently working on a book on how to cultivate social action in the library. Gina shares her work, musings and reflections on her blog GinaSeymour.com and on Twitter @ginaseymour.Event Date:
9/29/2020
Event Time:
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern
Location:
Online via Zoom
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Who Should Attend: Anyone interested in Makerspaces
Competency: Emerging Technologies; Programming
Cost: FREE
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This event is supported by the State Library of Ohio with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Competency: Emerging Technologies; Programming
Cost: FREE
Can't attend on the date or time listed? Sign up anyway! All of our webinars include archive access for later viewing at your convenience.
This event is supported by the State Library of Ohio with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.
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