The “Twenty Things” Toolbox

The Seymour Papert archives at The Daily Papert

Cynthia Solomon’s History of Logo web site

Recommended Reading (coming soon)

Resources from Invent To Learn

Making & Learning

• Making & Learning – Essential reading and videos for understanding how making supports learning
• Effective Teaching – Teaching and pedagogy that supports maker education
• Maker Education – Guides, resources, communities, events, and organizationssupporting making in K-12 education
• Making in Libraries, Museums, & Community Centers
• Fab Labs & FabLearn
• Educator Websites – Sites and blogs by educators showcasing maker projects in schools, libraries, and community organizations
• Videos Everyone Will Love – Fun and inspirational videos about making

Projects & Resources

• Project Collections & Inspiration – Online project libraries and collections, tutorials, good starter projects, and project books
• Books for Your Makerspace – A starter set of books every makerspace should have for makers and their families
• Magazines
• Clubs & Competitions
• Makerspace & Hackerspace Directories
• School and Makerspace Design – Space design for active, creative spaces, makerspaces, and storage ideas

Tools, Tech, Supplies, & Software

• What to Buy & Where to Find It – Buyer’s guides, vendors, places to purchase supplies, and shopping lists
• 3D Printing & Fabrication – Project model collections, 3D printing, lasercutters, vinyl cutters, CNC machines, software, and outsourcing services
• Physical Computing – Makey Makey, Arduino, micro:bit and other MDBs, and programming
• Wearables & E-textiles
• Raspberry Pi
• Robotics & Robotics Kits
• LEGO Engineering
• Electronics – Resources for teaching electronics, electronics kits, and circuit design
• Programming Languages – Logo, Scratch, other block-based languages, Python, Processing, Minecraft & programmable worlds, app and game makers
• Biomaking
• Inventors, Inventing, & Citizen Science
• Creative Materials Old & New – Squishy Circuits, cardboard, creativity software, filmmaking, and photography
• Copyright & Intellectual Property

Pedagogy, Support, & Research

• Seymour Papert & Constructionism – Books and papers by Seymour Papert, resources on constructionism
• Reggio Emilia Approach
• Programming Education – Resources for teaching programming, organizations supporting programming and computer science education, amd research
• Tinkering, Creativity, & Play
• STEM & STEAM
• Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
• Research Snapshots – Selections from recent research supporting educational making, fabrication, robotics, programming, scaling maker education, PBL, pedagogies that support making, STEM, STEAM, design, and links to research groups

More about making, tinkering, and engineering

• Professional Development & Curriculum – Professional development opportunities for making in education, curriculum (focusing on PBL and Engineering)
• History, Future, & Maker Movement
• Author Websites