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After hearing you speak at the NCSLMA conference in 2014, I was inspired to start a Maker Space in my media center even though it was my first year. With my Technology Facilitator we wrote a $81,000 grant and won it to start Maker Space! My students loved being able to create their own projects, chose their tools and materials. I loved how they would share with me constantly what they made. It was an awesome year, then I moved to Tennessee. Time to start over!

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Many times during the week, students come up to me and say, "I want to read this book, but I can't check it out because it's not in my reading range."  So frustrating! When I tell them that they can check it out anyway and read it for FUN, because they WANT to, there is almost always a sigh of relief from the student and a smile on their face as they respond, "OK!"  Letting them know that's OK and allowing them that freedom of choice is empowering.
-Jennifer Spengler

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I'm co-sponsoring our SGA made up of 3rd & 4th graders. Students campaigned, gave speeches & voted. Now they have a voice in different service learning projects our school will participate in this year and the opportunity to propose new ideas for our school.

(Laura Hartley)

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Finding out how students perceive the library can be invaluable and can improve your student engagement overall. - This article has a link to our recent student survey http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/survey-the-students/

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I let students have the freedom to choose how they use their library time by offering 8-10 learning/maker stations.