Hello everyone - I would like to start highlighting some of our makers/artist here at DMS. I’ve created a very short form to help me organize information and if you would like I would love for you to participate.
Not all the questions need to be answered. I tried to make it short.
The last thing you need to do is email me a picture of yourself and a few items you have made.
The writeup will be on the creative arts Facebook account: Redirecting...
Makerspace blog and possibly a small little setup somewhere around makerspace. Ask questions if you have them.
I was trying to write content for the blog but quickly realized the task might be too much for one person… I’ve talked with Nicole about an idea I had for committee chairs to submit one blog entry a month that showcases activity in their area and I’ll be happy to edit.
The biggest problem I came across was the fact that I’m not a SME in all of the wonderful things happening here. But our committee chairs are.
Nicole has agreed to be my trial run in this effort but if any other chairs want in, please, please, please do.
I see it with chairs submitting blogs, and a couple of people editing for content and clarity before it’s published.
edit: @Kentamanos has been talking about having an editor for blog entries for a while. I just tweaked it with suggesting we can ask our chairs to do it.
It’s a good tweak IMO. It does make sense that SME’s (Subject Matter Experts…last friggin entry here: SME - Wikipedia) act as editors, and in theory the committee heads are indeed the SME’s about stuff in their area.
Someone who isn’t an SME (just learned the acronym today, but I can’t stop using it now!) can only potentially make the grammar better and not necessarily be an editor that might ask some good questions for followup etc.
I know that I can get on some Facebook pages with out having to sign in, I suspect that there is some setting when you set up in the Facebook page which allows non Facebook persons to see the content.
There is… You can make your group Public, but this is completely NOT what you want to do. Too much SPAM and hecklers/haters.
A blog for a Makerspace should definitely be a bunch of people and best if everyone would contribute. There are so many things to blog about every day I walk through the various rooms and areas.
Some basic guidelines for success to be followed for each post, whether done by the author/creator or by the editing team are:
Minimum 350 words / no more than ~1,500 - 2,000
Must have atleast 1 large photo or image to go with the post
Titles of posts are most important and should have descriptive wording of the content
Other than accidental typos and profanity the content’s words should be left unedited; formatting should be flexible
Be sure to link/share your favorite blog posts from your own social media accounts
) act as editors, and in theory the committee heads are indeed the SME’s about stuff in their area.