Apply to be an ideaLAB Maker-in-Residence!
The ideaLAB, Denver Public Library's makerspace in the Central Library, is a great place for generating creativity, innovation, and learning. We'd also like to help foster those things in our...
View ArticleStudio Reservations, 1:1 Appointments, and Other ideaLAB News
Have you been interested in using the recording studio in the ideaLAB for your artisanal firewood podcast or your death-metal concept album about a dinosaur detective, but you don't want to come down...
View ArticleDevCamp 2015
This summer, 62 teens from across Denver took a dive into web development with the help of local developers and the library at a DevCamp. What they made was pretty amazing.DevCamp is a free web...
View ArticleWant to learn 3D modeling?
Want to enter the world of 3D printing but don't know how to make something to print? Ever since we set up our 3D printers in the ideaLAB, I've seen the same pattern happen repeatedly with people...
View ArticleSummer's for MAKING!
While Summer of Reading kicks off here at Denver Public Library, the ideaLAB and the Community Technology Center are gearing up for our Summer of Tech - and there's so much you can do! Here's the run...
View ArticleCoderDojo + Prototyping + Pizza = Awesome
This spring, the CoderDojo has covered Scratch, robotics, JavaScript, Processing, and Rasperry Pi. Now we're on to our most important subject: PIZZA!Well, not just pizza. Pizza and prototyping! In this...
View ArticleCreate 3D-Printed Picture Books in the ideaLAB!
Our family ideaLAB workshops in March will be a little different than usual - we're hosting the team from Tactile Picture Books Project for two days of workshops with the end goal of creating 3D...
View ArticleNew ideaLAB Hours for Families and Adults!
If you haven't heard about it already, the ideaLAB is DPL's makerspace, located in the Central Library in the Community Technology Center. What's a makerspace? Well, it's a place for making stuff -...
View ArticleEnter the CoderDojo
We're happy to announce that, starting in January, the ideaLAB will be hosting a CoderDojo, organized by some terrific partners in the community from SendGrid and Talent Lattice!What is a CoderDojo?...
View ArticleHour of Code at the Library!
Last year, 15 million students (children and adults) dipped their feet into programming in one week for the Hour of Code - this year, we're going for 100 million, and Denver Public Library is proud to...
View ArticleFamily LAB: Toy Hack!
12.13.14 Toy Hack is BACK! We're providing a stack of old, broken toys and a bunch of tools. Your job? Break things apart and make something EVEN MORE AWESOME. Take it home and give your friend or...
View ArticleideaLAB Now Open for Families!
We're happy to announce the launch of Family ideaLAB next month! Starting in October, every second Saturday of the month from 11am to 1pm will be all ages in the ideaLAB, our makerspace in Central....
View ArticleCoding As a Trade
One of my coworkers recently left an interesting Wall Street Journal article on my desk - it was a short piece by Christopher Mims about how programming should be thought of as a trade, more akin to...
View ArticleTeens learning web development at the library: DevCamp wraps up!
Last Friday, we wrapped up DevCamp, a two-week crash course in web development for teens. Over six days, 24 teens learned the basics of HTML and CSS - with a bit of JavaScript sprinkled on top - and...
View ArticleTeens - Make your own electronic instrument in the ideaLAB!
UPDATE: Registration for the workshop is now FULL. You are welcome to still fill out the registration form, but you will be placed on a waitlist.Do you like music? Do you like electronics? Do you like...
View ArticleSummer of Tech 2014 is Going to be SO RAD.
Teens! (Parents of teens!) Looking for something to spice up your summer? Bored of lazing around the house? The ideaLAB's Summer of Tech 2014 TECH BLITZ will have have you out of the house and making...
View ArticleCreate 3D-Printed Picture Books in the ideaLAB!
Our family ideaLAB workshops in March will be a little different than usual - we're hosting the team from Tactile Picture Books Project for two days of workshops with the end goal of creating 3D...
View ArticleNew ideaLAB Hours for Families and Adults!
If you haven't heard about it already, the ideaLAB is DPL's makerspace, located in the Central Library in the Community Technology Center. What's a makerspace? Well, it's a place for making stuff -...
View ArticleEnter the CoderDojo
We're happy to announce that, starting in January, the ideaLAB will be hosting a CoderDojo, organized by some terrific partners in the community from SendGrid and Hack4Colorado!What is a CoderDojo? Led...
View ArticleHour of Code at the library!
Last year, 15 million students (children and adults) dipped their feet into programming in one week for the Hour of Code - this year, we're going for 100 million, and Denver Public Library is proud to...
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