I came across an interesting new type of toy online a few months ago - fidget spinners. They're advertised as good for nail chewers, autistic people, children and adults with OCD, ADHD, and a variety of other conditions and issues. I don't know about all that, but I do know they are
During spring break this year, I tried a new program aimed specifically for 8-12 year olds. We met each afternoon for two hours to work on creating paper automata. I had a limit of 25 participants, and required pre-registration in order to attend. Registration started out slow, and about the time I began to get
Fate is a funny thing. A few months ago I got ambitious one week, and wrote and published ( I thought) three blog articles. Unbeknownst to me, it was the same week that the STAR_Net blog was being moved to its new home on this website. For some reason, one of my articles made the
By Leah Kraus, Director of Community Engagement and Experience, Fayetteville Free Library At the New York Library Association's annual conference this fall, Fayetteville Free Library helped facilitate NYLA's 1st annual "Library Makers Showcase." Our library and several others from across the state got to show off some of the cool things going on in our respective makerspaces,
