Library Makerspace websites. Maker Education Initiative – Every Child a Maker. Raspberry Pi. Resources. New Ideas for Better STEAM Programs. It was full STEAM ahead during the third week of SLJ’s online Maker Workshop. The lively group of public and school librarians (and Twitter followers using the #LTCmaker hashtag) heard from two leaders in the initiative to add art to STEM-based maker spaces, aka STEAM. Allison Vannatta of littleBits’ global education team shared news of their innovative electronic module kits. She was followed by Arapahoe (CO) Library District Supervisor of tech experience and digital services Nick Taylor revealing the latest development in his maker space realm. Open hardware ingenuity draws younger kids Back in 2011, MIT Media Lab alum Ayah Bdeir had an idea. The result was littleBits, a line of DIY electronics lessons that encourage young tinkerers design and prototype an amazing range of inventions.
There is a huge and growing network of littleBits devotees, sharing ideas and lessons on the Community page of littleBits.cc, as well as on YouTube. The small color-coded modules are logically arranged. Evolution of a Maker Space, From “Monstie Stuffie” Projects to a Giant Catapult. LittleBits activities at the circulation desk in Colleen Graves’s school library. Two years ago, I was asked to write an article for Knowledge Quest about how I created a maker space at Lamar Middle School in Flower Mound, TX.
That first year of programming is so different from what I do now that I thought it pertinent to chart how our maker programming (#Makered) has evolved. During my first year as a librarian in 2012–13 my Teen Advisory Board (TAB) helped me redecorate a small office located behind our circulation desk. My director bought us some reading rockers, chalkboard paint, rain gutters, and 25 licenses for Minecraft. Starting off: “Take and Make” wall and workshops At the time, I wanted to make this room a collaborative room that housed our maker space. How the Lamar Middle School maker space evolved.
In late April 2013, my TAB members helped me pick out some maker workshop ideas from the collaborative Google doc started by librarian P.C. Arduino, Magic 8 Balls, and a Theremin. Making an Educational Makerspace | Table Top Inventing | Connecting Educators & Innovators | Helping Parents Inspire Teens. Wizzbangz S.T.E.A.M with a Bang! - Maker Faire Orlando | The Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth! Our bus will be open to tour and we will display/demo projects that we have worked on with our educational classes and our Curiosity Hacked guild. These will include 3D printed solar car and robot, DIY Arduino Laser tag guns, 3D printed engineering/building tools for use with common house hold items, Mini robotics powered by scratch, Water powered bottle rockets and other hands on actives for adults and children to do.
Categories: 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Arduino, Art, Craft, Education, Electronics, Engineering, Hackerspace, LEGO, Makerspace, Robotics, Workshop Exhibit Location: OMA Parking Lot, Orlando Museum of Art About The Maker Wizzbangz Gwen Thompson first discovered her love for project based learning (PBL) while studying early childhood education. Makerspaces in Schools on Pinterest. Setting Up Your Own MakerSpace. Since you already know that you want to set up a MakerSpace you know that it is an area that provides hands-on, creative ways for students to design, experiment, and invent as they engage in science, engineering, and tinkering.” (definition from edutopia) Before I started making specific plans for a MakerSpace in my library, I started reading everything that I could get my hands on that would inform me about such a space. I read online, searched out other libraries, schools, classrooms, and communities that had MakerSpaces, hit the library and Amazon looking for books about MakerSpaces, visited several MakerSpaces in the area, read blogs about MakerSpaces, and followed makers on Twitter.
Even though I have a MakerSpace up and successfully running, I am still seeking out any information I can that will improve my space for my students. Starting a Makerspace on a Budget? Here's The Equipment You'll Need. Advertisement Most of the things that involve computers are solitary endeavors. Writing. Programming. Building electronics projects. It’s not unheard of for creative-minded geeks to lock themselves away for days at a time, isolated from the world, and hack away on their projects. But the problem is, that’s not particularly healthy. People are social animals who crave interaction, and affirmation. What Is A Makerspace? Makerspaces – also known as ‘hackerspaces’ and ‘hack labs’ – exist to provide a common space (and often the raw materials) for members of the local maker community to work collaboratively on creative projects. Some even offer ‘hotdesking’, where freelancers and remote workers can informally hire a desk for a short period of time. There’s a plethora of reasons why someone might want to open their own makerspace.
But it needn’t be expensive, either. 3D Printer 3D printers are a must for any makerspace. There are a plethora of 3D printers to choose from. Laser Cutter Vacuum Former. Re-inventing the Wheel: A Fresh Look at Maker Ed [edWeb2015] | Inventing Zone. Dissecting the Un-Makerspace: Recycled Learning. It starts with a twist, a squeak, and a cheer. Watch out, 1980s cassette player, broken computer mouse, old monitor -- my fifth graders and I are looking for you! Your future doesn't hold a dumpster in it, at least not yet. You, my memory of past innovation, get a second life. Why? Making vs. Before we start taking apart the un-makerspace, we need to look at the maker movement. Evan's catapult with cardboard, popsicle sticks, and rubber bands. Photo credit: Scott Bedley So the making led me to "un-making.
" Why did that little wheel spin when I pushed the play button on that cassette player? My students will have a space to dissect all the discarded and unwanted items and to ask those questions. Making an Un-Makerspace in 7 Easy Steps How can you create an un-makerspace in your class? 1. It can be old stereos, discarded computers, or even VHS machines, but whether it is small or large, your students will learn. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Un-Make It, Break It, Take It Apart. How to Use Recycled Tech Devices as Learning Tools. The idea of dissection in the classroom is nothing new. Science teachers have been delighting (and occasionally sickening) students for decades by giving them hands-on experience with organisms and tools. What is new, however, is the movement to create un-making spaces in the classroom. Giving kids access to old, broken-down electronics and a safe place to take them apart as they seek to answer why and how things work is an effective and environmentally-friendly teaching technique. Makerspaces and Un-Makerspaces In a recent (excellent) Edutopia article, fifth-grade teacher Scott Bedley describes how he created an un-makerspace. He cites the recent maker movement and a trip to a Maker Faire as his inspiration: “A makerspace is a place for students to take raw materials and create ‘things’ using their imagination.
The creativity required and the ‘in-time’ learning that a makerspace provides are powerful. How to Create an Un-Makerspace How to Find Unwanted Electronics Wrapping It Up. Worlds of Learning | The World is Your Platform. Maker Education - About Maker Education. Stocking up School Makerspaces | Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers. Lots of teachers have been asking us how to set up a Makerspace at their school. As part of our Back to School series, we’re sharing an excerpt from the Makerspace Playbook: Schools Edition. Once you have a space where you and your students can work, you’ll want to outfit it with the tools, equipment, and materials your Makerspace needs in order for your students to accomplish their projects. But before you go on a shopping spree and max out your credit card, assess what your Makerspace will actually require.
You don’t necessarily need a fully equipped shop. Sometimes an empty countertop might be more valuable than a fancy new machine. You may be surprised at how many projects can be completed with a few hand tools, along with some simple power tools such as an electric drill, jig saw, and circular saw. For engineering-oriented projects, an appropriate shop would be a traditional woodshop or metal fabrication facility. The Perfect List Ha ha! Budgeting for Tools and Their Care. Show Learners the Possibilities . . . And Then Get Out of the Way. We are living in an age of advanced user-driven technologies, information abundance, and networked, participatory learning. It should logically follow, then, that education should take advantage of these amazing developments. As many of us in education know, it has not. This theme has permeated many of my blog posts: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0 The evolution of the web from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and now to Web 3.0 can be used a metaphor of how education should also be moving, developing, and evolving from Education 1.0 towards that of an Education 3.0.
The Internet has become an integral thread of the tapestries of most societies throughout the globe. Learner Agency, Technology, and Emotional Intelligence All of this is fresh in my mind as I just completed four weeks of summer camp teaching maker education and photo-video apps to 5 to 10 year olds. Facilitating the Process Expectations for Self-Directed Learning Educator as an Observer Like this: Color-Coded Clean Up: Organizing Your Makerspace | Making in School. During the holiday break the Creativity Lab decided to take advantage of the student-free time by transforming the already awesome makerspace we’ve built, to an even more student-friendly place.
The golden rule in organization is this: in the end everything has a place, within the place it functions. To break this down a little, here are a few things to ponder when organizing your space: (1) Everything should have a place. What do we have? How much of it is there? How much space will that need? (2) Try to arrange things by process or within in a place where it functions. Are stations necessary? (3) Adjust as you go.
Are things working? Draft a little plan, do a sketch, talk to other teachers that use the space and go for it. Excellent things to have on hand during the process: Other great options, but not required: Magnetic SidingMagnetic Spice Holders for smaller materialsMovable CartsPeg-hole Board At Lighthouse we decided to color code our materials in small (shoe-box sized) plastic bins. Scratch + raspberryPI. Maker Spaces. Edutopia. Quin: My name is Quin and I live on the central coast of California. I really like to do embedded electronics, soldering, hacking, 3-D printing and laser-cutting. It’s really cool seeing your project come to life. I used to do a lot of LEGO stuff, like taking things apart, and a computer is something that you can easily take apart and sometimes not as easily put it back together.
And so I got an interest in that and I went to the Maker Faire in San Mateo in 2011 with my dad and so there I got my first Arduino. This is the Arduino. So here I’m using my phone and when I text it a certain command, like “LED ON”, then it goes through the Internet and comes back to the Arduino. The main thing that’s special about this is that you can program it to do whatever you’d like. This a WeevilEye kit. James Hogeboom: Well, I didn’t know anything about the maker movement until I heard about Quin and it’s pretty fun when you have a gem right there in your own district. Quin: This is filament. The DIY World of Maker Tools and Their Uses. The Maker movement is spreading through schools. You'll see many tools becoming part of unique maker ecosystems in schools based upon teacher expertise and student interests. (For more about the Maker movement read How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.)
Let’s look at the most common tools being used in makerspaces. 3D Printers These devices have a tremendous amount of PR value, so having them can create a "buzz" around the makerspace. Vinyl Cutters Recently named the top tool for makerspaces, the traditional vinyl cutter can be purchased for several hundred dollars. Laser Cutters Using Inkscape and some new lower-end laser cutters can get expensive, particularly if you need to provide the extra ventilation required for a laser cutter.
The Return of the Woodshop An interesting comment from those installing 3D printers in schools is that young people today don't know how things are put together. The Return of Home Ec MaKey MaKey Hummingbird Robotics Kit Arduino Boards Raspberry Pi.
6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace. The Maker movement continues to gain momentum. At this year's White House Science Fair, President Obama invited Super-Awesome Sylvia from Auburn, California to exhibit her water color robot as a representative of the Maker community. At the same event, the Corporation for National Service announced its commitment to place Americorps VISTAs in Maker movement organizations across the country.
Maker Ed is placing those Maker VISTAs in makerspaces to help build their capacity for engaging low-income students as makers. In this spirit, we are starting to see more and more makerspaces springing up in schools across the country. If you are a teacher experimenting with making projects in your classroom, here are some successful fundraising strategies we've seen educators use to fund a makerspace for their school community. 1. Find or Repurpose a Space Finding a room is easier than you think. 2. Start a maker club to raise money for the project, engaging the campus and local community. 3. 4. 5. Designing a School Makerspace.
Makerspaces, STEAM labs and fab labs are popping up in schools across the country. Makerspaces provide hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they deeply engage in science, engineering and tinkering. A makerspace is not solely a science lab, woodshop, computer lab or art room, but it may contain elements found in all of these familiar spaces. Therefore, it must be designed to accommodate a wide range of activities, tools and materials. Diversity and cross-pollination of activities are critical to the design, making and exploration process, and they are what set makerspaces and STEAM labs apart from single-use spaces. Cardboard construction Prototyping Woodworking Electronics Robotics Digital fabrication Building bicycles and kinetic machines Textiles and sewing Designing a space to accommodate such a wide range of activities is a challenging process.
Some schools have chosen to incorporate makerspaces within multiple classroom spaces. PVC Maker Bench Table Plan | FORMUFIT. School Makerspaces: Building the Buzz | Edutopia. If you build it, will they come? Just because you create a makerspace (PDF) in your school doesn't guarantee that your community will embrace it. Students who have had all personal choice removed by traditional educational models can be passive and feel overwhelmed when faced with real-world problems or design challenges. Academic passivity is common in schools where students swallow content and regurgitate it on multiple-choice tests. Students simply want to know how to get the "A. " Teachers may find the role of facilitator (or "guide on the side") uncomfortable if they are used to being the "sage on the stage. " How do you change your culture and ensure that your shiny new makerspace will empower students to acquire 21st-century skills?
Engage Students Encourage and support student-centered work. Establish a culture of learning by doing. Start the first day with something simple like the Marshmallow Challenge. Support Educators Encourage "early adopters" of maker lessons. Start somewhere. Makerspace-Playbook-Feb-2013.pdf. Make it @ Your Library...Part Deux, Denton ISD TIA 2015 - Google Slides. Make it @ Your Library, Denton ISD TIA 2014 - Google Slides.
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