"Eye of the Tiger" Played on a Dot-Matrix Printer — Ah, a good use of the ol' dot-matrix printer!
5mm Diffused LEDs on eBay — These are the LEDs I use most often. Look around for other types, from other sellers, too.
Adafruit Industries — Adafruit was founded in 2005 by MIT engineer, Limor "Ladyada" Fried. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and making the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels.
Agnes the RoboKnitter — Why knit the traditional way when you can get a robot to do it?
Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners — Free, open source online course with excellent video tutorials.
Artful Thinking - Curriculum Connections — A compilation of curricular topics with connections to works of art and thinking routines from the Project Zero organization.
Barb's MakerFaire Website — This is the site I use when I have a booth at local Mini MakerFaire events. Check out the felting tutorial.
CR2032 Coin Cell Batteries — This is where I buy 100 coin cell batteries for $15.00. eBay is the least expensive option for batteries that I could find.
Essential Information on the Maker Movement via CoolCatTeacher — Great, easy to understand descriptions of the Maker Movement and how a Makerspace might be developed in your classroom.
Hack Your Notebook for 21st Century Learners — Great article: See the intersection of Literacy, Learning and Making, and how it engages students.
Hack Your Notebook Resources — Great teacher resources for integrating circuits and journaling.
High-Low Tech Website — This MIT Research Group believes that the future of technology will be largely determined by end-users who will design, build, and hack their own devices, and our goal is to inspire, shape, support, and study these communities.
High School Makerspace Tools and Materials — Also from Makerspace.com
How Does the Act of Making Shape Kids' Brains? — A group of Harvard Researchers are investigating the theory that kids learn best when they’re actively engaged in designing and creating projects to explore concepts.
How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education — Article by Sylvia Martinez & Gary Stager
Information and Download for Turtle Art Software — Start here if you want to try Turtle Art.
Invent to Learn Workshop Shopping List and Resources — A short list of items and resources to get you started building your Maker Space.
Jameco Electronics — Another source to purchase electronic and programming equipment.
Joey Hudy at the White House Science Fair
MakerShed — The official store of Make: Magazine
Making the Case for Making in the Schools — A 33-minute Keynote Address by Sylvia Martinez
Media-Making Toolkit — With a science focus, this site has some great examples, lesson seeds, ideas.
My Blinking Handbag — Barbara's LED Arduino/Lilypad project with a description of the process.
Official MakerFaire Website — Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
Project: Pulse Sensor Pendant — Directions for creating the heart-beat sensor LED Necklace by Super Awesome Sylvia.
Project Zero's Artful Thinking Program — The program has two broad goals: (1) To help teachers create rich connections between works of art and curricular topics; and (2) to help teachers use art as a force for developing students’ thinking dispositions.
Recommended Reading by Gary Stager & Sylvia Martinez — A great list of recommended books for your library!
Researchers Explore What's Missing from Debate on Standards, Testing — Panelists suggested that uniform standards such as the Common Core can lead to more creative teaching, deeper learning and even better tests – if educators and policymakers can reach a consensus on the purpose of tests.
Running a Maker Faire — Based on information learned from the Invent to Learn book and workshop, here is a detailed account of how one school ran a Maker Faire with their students.
SparkFun Products — Educators receive discounts!
Start HERE with Arts Integration - Education Closet — A VERY good place to start!
STEM to STEAM Website — We need to add Art + Design to the equation — to transform STEM into STEAM. The STEM to STEAM initiative, championed by the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), is supported by teachers, researchers, policy makers, students, and businesspeople from RISD and beyond.
Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show — A 12-year old girl's Super Awesome website where she shares excellent tutorial videos, projects and resources for makers of any age!
The Buck Institute for Education (BIE) — Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question, problem, or challenge. This website provides most everything you might need for Project Based Learning.
The Maker Movement: Let them Build it & They'll Learn — Article by Caitlin Tucker that describes how one teacher applied the Maker Movement philosophy to her English curriculum.
Top Ed-Tech Trends - The Maker Movement — Article by Audrey Watters at http://www.hackeducation.com. Great video with Adam Savage (MythBusters) and at the very bottom of the page, the video about Caine's Arcade. Must see!
Turtle Art Activities and Tutorials — From Sugar Labs. Turtle Art is well suited for Elementary School students.
What Engages Students? Kids Speak Out on Engagement — An Edutopia article by Heather Wolpert-Gawron.
Why We Need the "A" in STEAM — An interview with David Cole. David Cole, a San Francisco Bay Area educator and curriculum developer, is currently helping create a STEAM curriculum that combines traditional STEM skills with artistic practices.
Young Bot Builders — This blog is about all things LEGO®, Mindstorms & teaching kids to learn and be curious about the world around them & become good problem solvers.
“Tainted Love” played using Floppy Disk Drives — Crank up the volume and enjoy!