The Build a Better Book project empowers youth to develop technology skills and explore STEM careers as they work to design and create accessible books & games.
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ALT Teens build circuits at a large workshop table.
ALT Teens display light-up displays they created using black 3D-printed bases and engraved acrylic lit by an LED light bulb.
ALT Collection of four light-up displays in front of a blue background.
ALT Assembling Inclusion Podcast Episode 2: Build a Better Book with Stacey Forsyth. In this episode, we interview Stacey Forsyth from the Build a Better Book Initiative. We discuss how this project uses existing makerspaces in schools and libraries to create meaningful, inclusive resources. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.
ALT 11 teen interns display the accessible products they’ve designed for community clients who are blind or visually impaired. Products include a tactile book with brightly colored 3d-printed pieces, an interactive light-up toy to learn numbers, an interactive story for children with CVI, and an accessible Wordle game with digital and tactile components.
ALT CU Boulder Engineering faculty member Shalom Ruben shows off some of the equipment available to CU undergraduates in the College of Engineering.
ALT Two male students test and discuss a laser-cut prototype of an accessible game board for Wordle.
ALT Two female students feel a tactile picture while blindfolded.
ALT Six students present their cardboard prototype of a multisensory, interactive PhET simulation.
ALT Graphic for Make: Education Forum, including photos of BBB presenters, Stacey Forsyth and Kathryn Penzkover. BBB presentation will be on Friday, Sept 24, 12 pm MT.
ALT Pile of blue bags with Build a Better Book logo.
ALT Three young women (all pre-collegiate BBB participants) feel tactile images they created using swell paper and a Picture-in-a-Flash (PIAF) machine.