Steph Piper

Thanks so much!!

It's been a huge effort, but my new kids book, Skill Seeker Young Maker Edition is coming out soon - Perfect for holiday activities! I'm so happy with how it's turned out and excited for kids to enjoy these. Available in mid November ready for Christmas.

Wow great! Canberra is also the location of the Makerspace Symposium this year, the place to be!
Any movement on the talks from this year's Everything Open being uploaded? I still get asked for videos of this!

Cheers!!

A sneak peek at my new book, Skill Seeker: Young Maker Edition. The image includes some infographic pages including 'What is a Makerspace?', 'How a 3D printer works', and 'Electronics Basics', plus an electronics skill tree page. To use the book, kids will be able to color in sections to show their growth over time.

Interested in becoming a Book Beta Tester?

Skill Seeker: Young Maker Edition is suitable for 8-12 year olds, and covers 12 maker skill areas. Kids will be able to color in sections to show their growth over time.

Sign up to be notified of beta testing here: www.makerqueen.com.au/beta-testers

Another great project made in the UniSQ Library Makerspace. I love how this turned out, and a great sustainable, low cost, fun project! #makerspace #cardboard #pepakura #geodesicdome

Tawny Frogmouth Owl looks curiously at a 3D printed goose model.

The Library Makerspace 3D printed goose made a new friend at the UniSQ Expo today! (Tawny Frogmouth Owl, native to Australia)

Love how this one turned out, a powerful resource! Thanks @tomesandtech.bsky.social !!

Yay for January's @everythingopen.au !
@sjpiper145.bsky.social and I have completed an "Academic Research Skills" Skill Tree - github.com/sjpiper145/M...
#academicsky

A skill tree template for embedded systems. Just color in the boxes of anything you've already done to visualise your progress, identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things. Start at the base in the basics and progress to more advanced as you move up.

If you're trying to learn Embedded I love the Skill Tree made by @embeddedfm.bsky.social . Color in the boxes of anything you've already done to see your skill level and identify skill gaps. Free on the skill trees project: github.com/sjpiper145/M...

Skill Seeker: Maker Edition: A Practical Way to Track Your Growth and Level Up Your Maker Skills|Paperback Skill Seeker: Maker Edition is a practical solution for tracking growth and leveling up your skills. There is an overwhelming amount of things to do, from learning a new tech skill like 3D printin...

Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skill-seek...

Booktopia:
www.booktopia.com.au/skill-seeker...

A photo of the Skill Seeker: Maker Edition book next to colouring in pens and pencils.

Disappointed this isn't real yet? You might love my Skill Seeker book - an off screen way of tracking these maker skills by colouring in the boxes, finding your scores and visualising them in a video game dashboard just like this one. Available through most major stockists!

A user interface mockup of an example app that could track skills. It includes a map of connected Maker Skill Areas, covering 15 different areas such as 3D printing, laser cutting and woodworking. There's another, smaller skill map for personal goals, including Life goals, Travel goals and Cosplay projects.

A user interface mockup of an example app that could track skills. It includes a skill level bars covering 15 different areas such as 3D printing, laser cutting and woodworking. The user has clicked on Laser cutting, and a smaller menu has opened showing the skill areas to complete next.

Ever wanted to be able to track your skills like a video game? I now have commercial licences available for software developers to build apps like this. Make it easy for users to level up their skills, build a portfolio and gamify their learning. Check it out here: github.com/sjpiper145/M...

Excited to finally have licences available for software developers to use the Skill Trees Project for digital skill tracking. Thanks for being one of my first sponsors @youyoubilly.bsky.social !!

A flatlay image of a variety of electronics kits and stationary available on my Maker Queen AU Etsy shop. A banner reads 'Easter Holiday 20% off Sale, All Kits books and stationary!' at the top.

Time to grab a bargain right in time for the Easter Holidays - This weekend only!

makerqueenau.etsy.com

Yes, thanks so much!

A skills dashboard page showing my skill levels from 3D printing to electronics, sewing, woodworking and more. A look inside my colored-in Skill Seeker book.

A look at my Electronics Skill tree, with colored tiles finished, and highlighted tiles as my future goals.

Today I'm reflecting on my goals with my Skill Seeker Book. By coloring in the boxes of everything I've already done in these skill trees, I can track my skill levels.

It's made me realise that I want to diversify my projects away from 3D printing and into more laser cutting and CNC projects.

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much! 💖

A soldering kit featuring a goose holding a soldering iron and a library book in a snap out kit design.

I've created a new soldering kit design for library makerspace students to get inducted on the electronics bench. Needed a larger design to avoid coin cell batteries. A few things to fix but really happy with how this one turned out!

I'm always happy to donate, I love what you're doing!! Keep up the amazing work, it's a community service!

A large organized pile of soldering kits from the makers mentioned in the post. They are all neatly packaged, aesthetic, and fun looking.

A box of around two dozen pairs of electronic nipper and wire stripper tools.

A box of a large amount of various solder spools.

I've been pushing my fundraiser, but I wanna share the incredible supplies we've been given already.

Kits from @alpenglow.bsky.social @sjpiper145.bsky.social, @clomads.bsky.social. Tools from @flashingjanet.bsky.social

Legends. Look them up.

More requests below ⬇️

The template comes from Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social and you can make your own thanks to Shane Gadsby at schme16.github.io/MakerSkillTr...

Not standard, kind of experimental but working significantly better than grades & scores as they pick the next project then see progress immediately.

Today's Awesome Moment in Class: Adv Coding using Skill Trees @sjpiper145.bsky.social for tracking learning.

Average over 18 students
40.44skills overall
33.67 skills learned just this term
3.74 skills explored per week

Thanks to @alsweigart.bsky.social for his books on Python

#EduSky #EduData

Wow, that's great progress to see and glad it's going well! I'd love to add a copy of that one to the repository if you feel comfortable sharing, looks like a good one!

A cute graphic of a happy computer and printer with the speech bubble "New Skill Tree: Try AI" next to a printed copy of the Try AI Skill Tree template. This template is half colored in, and to use the template, just color in anything you've already completed. You can use it to gauge your skill level, identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things.

Huge thanks to Dave Drodge for submitting the 'Try AI' skill tree, just colour in the boxes of anything you've already done to identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things.

Visit the growing repository of templates up on Github to grab a free copy!

github.com/sjpiper145/M...

Cool!!

New achievement stickers are now available! Excited that these have arrived and I had a great time adding these into my Skill Seeker book.

Thanks so much for the share, I love seeing these spaces!

YouTube video by RebelbotJen Industrial Plaid by Jen Costillo and Kyle Chan - audio tour experience

My voice is finally recovering a bit so I made some #audiotour #voiceover to bring my #etextiles work to you.

youtu.be/9tK43c3Qt9I?...