Uncategorized March 7, 2022
A good bootcamp
Code bootcamps and robotics programs — they’re a dime a dozen. Look at any school, after-school program, or library and …
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Uncategorized November 11, 2021
To Design is to Understand
Tim Ingold describes thinking through making — a concept he interrlates with design — as a line that meanders, much …
Uncategorized April 8, 2021
Micro-credentialing and Certificates
I was recently prompted to write my thoughts on an article from McKinsey titled “How to transform higher-education institutions for …
Uncategorized January 19, 2021
Remembering
Cognitive science tells us that the further we get away from an event, the fuzzier our memory of it becomes. …
Uncategorized January 6, 2021
Tinkering, Not Making
Making implies the construction of something from constituent parts. We “make” dreams come real or “make” dinner. Making means putting …
Uncategorized June 20, 2020
IRL student employee Jake Juracka on IL PPE
Nice interview video of Jake Juracka — one of my recently graduated IRL employees — put out by Studio CDM.
Uncategorized June 19, 2020
More PPE Heading Out
We’re still chugging along at IL PPE. A bunch more shields and masks out to local schools, hospitals, and assisted …
Uncategorized June 18, 2020
Looking to make masks?
We have a long list of tutorials by Pam Daniels and others over on the Illinois PPE website on how …
Uncategorized June 13, 2020
IRL Annual Report
7,234 check-ins before we shut down due to the pandemic, 142 events hosted, and 40 Chuck-E-Cheese references. Check out our …
Uncategorized June 9, 2020
Letter from the Director – IRL Year Report
We started a tradition at the IRL last year of writing an end-of-year report. As a part of that, I …