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Craft and the Modern Maker Movement

Amber August 11, 2015

Craft and the Modern Maker Movement

"…we know that the human hand is a wonderful and exquisite instrument to be used in a hundred movements exacting delicacy, direction and force; every such movement is a cause of joy as it leads to the pleasure of execution and the triumph of success. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, Handcrafts, How to be a..., Local Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Charlotte Mason, David Lang, handcraft, homeschool, homeschoolgeek, Maker, Maker Culture, MakerSpace Charlotte, William Morris, Zero to Maker

Welcome  Secular Homeschoolers!

Amber August 10, 2015

Welcome Secular Homeschoolers!

Good morning! Thanks for visiting our blog. We have an exciting week planned for you and we are so looking forward to our conversations. Before we get off the runway did you notice that the Professor  has a construction cone on his head?! That's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, Challenges, Construct, How to be a... Tagged With: design process, homeschool, homeschoolgeek, homeschoolscience, iteration, iterative design, paper airplanes, Robotics, usfirst

Printrbot Simple Metal

David April 21, 2015

Printrbot Simple Metal

We recently bought a Printrbot Simple Metal 3D printer to use around our home office. I learned about this printer from Scott Hanselman and his 3D printer shootout. Having limited experience using printers (I also have access to a Cubify printer.) I was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology Tagged With: 3D printing, adjust the z axis, homeschool, Homeschool Dad, printrbot simple metal

Meet Us At The CMLibrary Idea Box

Amber March 31, 2015

Meet Us At The CMLibrary Idea Box

Tuesday, March 31st at 12:00pm Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Main 310 N. Tryon St We will join the MakerSpace guys at Idea Box at noon tomorrow (12 and up only). We will be on hand to learn and share. Our twelve year old will be in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, MeetUps Tagged With: 3D printer, adobe illustrator, Charlotte MeetUps, Design, homeschool, homeschool science, Idea Box, Khan Academy, Kids Programming, LED, lynda.com, Maker Space, Minecraft, pixel art, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, scratch, Snap Circuits, stopmotion animation, vine

Five More Favorite YouTube Channels

David March 24, 2015

Five More Favorite YouTube Channels

Here are five more YouTube channels that we love.  If you missed it you can also read our first post Our Top Five Favorite YouTube Channels for Math and Science. Numberphile is filmed and produced by Brady Haran and focuses on mathematics.  It...  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Reviews, Science Tagged With: homeschool, Math, Numberphile, YouTube

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