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Author Signing at Mini Maker Faire this Sat and SXSWedu News!

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Saturday November 5th, Aaron Graves and I will be signing our Big Book of Makerspace Projects at the Lincoln Park Barnes and Noble at 5:00 pm. Come out and have us sign your copy of your book and enjoy the mini-maker faire at B&N too! We’d love to meet you and talk about making stuff!

I’m also excited to announce that I’ll be joining Jay Silver in Austin this spring and leading a Core Convo around Invention Literacy at SXSWedu! See our session info here! And if you haven’t read up on Invention Literacy, read Jay’s original article that changed the way I view making in our makerspace. Then read up on how I used this concept to collaborate with an awesome teacher at my school in post one, two, and three of my three part series on Invention Literacy!

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Plus, I’ll be speaking about this maker-focused PBL at the National Writing Project and other ways of incorporating making and literacy and collaborating with teachers! Can’t wait to see old friends and make new ones! (I was a writing project member in 2005, an avid teacher consultant for many years and used to annually attend this conference, so I’m stoked they invited me to speak at this one!)

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Author Event- Speaking and Signing at Denton Mini Maker Faire

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Book Debut

I’m so excited! After months of hard work, our Big Book of Makerspace Projects made it’s debut at the World Maker Faire this weekend AND is shipping out this week in the US!

I’m so excited for the book to finally meet some makers, but even more excited to see what you create and how you hack our projects!

Speaking and Signing

Plus, Aaron and I are getting ready for our first author event!

Next weekend, we’ll be talking about writing as a form of making during the 2nd annual Denton Mini Maker Faire on October 8th at 1 pm.

TWU maker and art educator Colby Parsons will be moderating the discussion. Parsons is interested in the creation of the book itself as a maker activity, so we will be sharing our process in researching maker projects, making, and writing maker projects. And in the spirit of all the work we all do as maker educators, Colby, Aaron, and I hope we can inspire and empower you to have the confidence to achieve your own creative goals. At 2 pm, Aaron and I will sign books at the Barnes and Noble booth. If you are interested in coming, you can RSVP through FB here or Goodreads here.

Can’t wait to see you there!