Does your library have a makerspace, or are you looking to get started with one?
4. Luhtala uses issuu, which creates online flipbooks out of PDFs, to help organize New Canaan High School library’s makerspace materials.
While the makerspace has a photo album that students can flip through to help them generate ideas for their next projects, it’s hard for multiple students to access it at once.
Luhtala created a digital photo album that can be accessed online so students can plan their projects from anywhere. She also uses school library’s Instagram account to showcase student makerspace projects.
5. For teachers looking for opportunities to expand their classroom or library outreach, MackinVIA offers free solutions both teachers and students can use through their four key areas: Groups, Categories, Advanced Search, and Backpack.
MackinVIA can be used to generate assignments for the class, interact online with the class and view their assignments, favorite digital content and add it to the digital backpack, highlight and take notes within the online books which can be saved to Google Drive or OneDrive, and much more.
Enhance learning and add functionality to your library with Luhtala’s entire A to Z list of apps in the edWebinar, “Virtual Library Program Development.”
About the Presenter
Michelle Luhtala is the Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut and was one of five school librarians named as a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal in 2015. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala.
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