En tvåtimmarsworkshop om MakeyMakey, Scratch och digital kompetens - Väsby Lärlabb Friendly, helpful and intelligent. He can sense and respond, and learns as you engage with him. Här är ett tvåtimmarsupplägg på en workshop om digital kompetens, MakeyMakey, Scratch och dilemma-samtal om digitaliseringen av samhället, ett upplägg som jag körde för Breddenskolan i Väsby. Uppdraget var att ordna en utmanande men rolig workshop innan sommarlovet för lärare och fritidspedagoger. Nästa läsår drar vi igång ett fortbildning med tematiska träffar, diskussioner och läsuppgifter kopplat till de nationella IT-strategierna för skolan och makerkultur – så detta var ett sätt för Per Falk att presentera sig, prata om innehållet i höstens fortbildningsinsats samt arbeta upp lite förväntningar, ingjuta lite mod och släppa dem på ett sommarlov med ett skratt. Mitt upplägg: Presentation 12:30 – 13:00 Här använde jag mig av min presentation nedan, och tog verkligen avstamp ur Kickstarterkampanjen för Jibo. Programmering 13:00 -14:10 Dilemman 14:10 – 14:25 Two stars and a wish
How to Start a Makerspace When You're Broke Everyone’s Favorite Excuse I’ve had the honor and privilege of sharing with hundreds of librarians and educators about our makerspace. Unfortunately, I see many educators hold back on starting a makerspace because of funds. I’m always hearing excuses like: “I’d love to do (insert cool Maker activity) at my school, but we don’t have a budget for that.” What many people don’t realize is that the idea that you need a lot of money to start a Makerspace is a myth. Share Your Vision with ALL THE PEOPLE You want to start a makerspace. Recycled materials can make for awesome projects Seek out Donations Never discount the value of donated materials. Consider putting out a bin for donations of recycled materials. We first started our makerspace with bins of K’nex found in a storage room Work with What You’ve Got Since you’ve started sharing your vision, you might have found out that your school already has some maker supplies lying around. Our Epic LEGO Wall was funded through DonorsChoose Like this:
Maker & DIY Programs Maker enthusiasts: anyone can edit this page. Please share your resources here! You may also be interested in our STEM Resources page and our Teen Programming Guidelines from YALSA (.pdf) Activities Congressional App Challenge (for teens)Digital Learning DayDo Now (weekly activity for teens to do via social media from KQEDHour of CodeMaker Party (hosted by the Mozilla Foundation)6 Second Science Fair (create a Vine video showing off your science project & use the hashtag #6secondscienceTeen Read WeekWeek of Making, June 17 - 23 (sponsored by the White House) Resources Makerspaces & ongoing maker programming Have a makerspace, pop-up maker space, mobile maker lab or ongoing maker programming at your library, school, museum or youth center? Funding Organizations Research & Reports
Behind the Scenes of a Makerspace -- Campus Technology Learning Spaces Behind the Scenes of a Makerspace The Rutgers University Makerspace has become a hub of creativity on campus. Here’s how it manages operations, equipment, projects and more. Four years ago, Rutgers University in New Jersey opened the Rutgers Makerspace — a place where students, faculty, staff and other members of the community can learn to use equipment such as 3D scanners and printers, laser cutters, cutting and milling machines, electronics, and power and hand tools, for both university-related and personal projects. How the Makerspace Operates Rick Anderson, co-director of the Rutgers Makerspace, had previously co-founded the community hackerspace Fubar Labs before the university recruited him to help launch its own makerspace. The makerspace is open Monday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. One of the student staff members is Mohit Chaudhary, who started working at the Rutgers Makerspace as an undergraduate student. Types of Equipment in the Makerspace
Makerspace in the Library! I Created A Little Makerspace To-Go.....It Even Includes A Makerspace Mobile Too! On Monday and Tuesday of next week I have the honor of presenting to a variety of educators including administrators, teacher librarians, technology coordinators, and classroom teachers at the TIES Conference in Minneapolis. My presentations focus around makerspaces and the importance of the make movement and these spaces in education. By definition makerspaces are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. In libraries they often have 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and hardware supplies and tools, and more. I love seeing what my friends and others are doing with makerspaces. It was so much fun to create one in the library at Van Meter. They are everywhere and it is exiting to follow this movement that is creating change within communities, education, and especially the lives of our children. In fact, a makerspace can be any size. even a bag to make it "to-go". I have been gathering materials together for the last several months. PuppetEdu,
How to transform your media centers into makerspaces Even with tight budgets, it’s possible to repurpose your libraries or media centers into 21st century makerspaces For many of us in education, budget cuts are always a possibility. The challenge becomes how to make our services and programs truly stand out to stakeholders, so that we’re truly transforming what we’re doing to meet the needs of our students in today’s world. Our “a-ha” moment about how to make this rebrand a reality came at a tech conference. We approached the Brevard Schools Foundation and shared our vision. We conducted a great deal of research on the internet, at conferences, and through collaboration with others who were already implementing a similar program. In terms of products for the project, we decided to fund items in categories such as 3D printing, coding and robotics, building and construction, electronics and circuits, consumables, and other materials. Next page: Our 5 best tips for getting started
Makerspace Resources and Programming ideas | Create, Collaborate, Innovate Create Collaborate Innovate Posts on Making Sign up for this MOOC offered by Exploratorium: Tinkering FundamentalsSign up for Google’s Maker Camp and Google Science Camp.Follow and read the blog over at Exploratorium’s Tinkering Studio or sign up for their tinkering course!Find cool stuff and Make it at your Library!Need ideas? Favorite Maker Tools Invent to Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary StagerInvent to Learn Guide to Fun by Josh BurkerScript Changers: Digital Storytelling with Scratch by Kylie PepplerSoft Circuits by Kylie PepplerShort Circuits by Kylie PepplerArt of Tinkering by Karen Wilkinson and Mike PetrichMakerspace Playbook by Maker MediaBig Book of Makerspace Projects by Me! Check out these Great Blogs from other Makers The Tinkering Studio Blog : This R&D lab on the floor of the Exploratorium is a maker’s dream! More Great Books for Your School Library Makerspace Diana Rendina has a great post and pinterest board on this topic! I’ve learned so much from my Twitter PLN.
The Maker Space Difference: Amazing Inquiry, Shared Learning | Tech Tidbits Students work with the new 3-D printer. “Is it true? Do we have a 3-D printer?” When I put our new 3-D printer in the window of the school library, not only were my own maker space students interested, but the rest of the school seemed to take note. Some of you have been curious about how this new maker space project is coming along, so here’s an update. The library unofficially opened our maker space in January after receiving all kinds of goodies from a DonorsChoose fundraiser and other grants. The purchases tumbled out of boxes and students explored each item. Thingiverse nameplate The students and I decided to meet after school every Wednesday to learn all we could together. The students have programmed and raced the two Sphero Robotic Balls, even trying them under water! Collectively, our goal was to learn as much as we could so that students and staff would be ready to explain how each thing worked at our Makerspace Open House during our parent-teacher conferences in February.
Tom Tits Experiment AB - Makerspaceutvecklare till Tom Tits Experiment Tom Tits Experiment har röstats fram som Stockholmarnas favoritmuseum. Vårt stora hus och vackra park är fyllda av föränderliga experiment som lär ut teknik och naturvetenskap på ett spännande, roligt och lekfullt sätt. Nu söker vi dig som kan utveckla vårt Makerspace och ge våra besökare en kreativ och lärande upplevelse. Makerspaceutvecklare på Tom Tits Experiment På Tom Tits Experiment lockar vi fram nyfikenheten och upptäckarglädjen hos våra besökare, stora som små. Makerspace är en del av vår vision och strategi där relevans, kreativitet och eget skapande är nyckelord. Som Makerspaceutvecklare planerar och skapar du ett programutbud för Makerspace digitala del som går i linje med vårt övriga utbud till våra olika målgrupper. I dina arbetsuppgifter ingår även: En stor del av arbetet handlar om hands on-elektronik, digitalteknik, datalogiskt tänkande och kreativ programmering, varför du måste ha god erfarenhet av och kunskap om detta. Personliga egenskaper Krav Meriter Kontakt
(Rethinking) Makerspaces Kids have always made in my library. We encouraged digital and visual and dramatic and rhetorical creativity before, during, and after school. But for a while, I’ve questioned the value of using already heavily used real estate to randomly carve out space for a 3D printer, electronics stations and sewing machines. I had my doubts about the makerspace movement in school libraries. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to chat with Amos Blanton, project manager of the Scratch online community, and a member of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT Media Lab. Amos makes the case for makerspaces as powerful, authentic, relevant learning experiences, and for when and why library may be the very right space to create a makerspace. Here’s the video of our chat and a few of key points to consider before adopting a maker culture for libraries Amos’ key points: School pressures make it challenging to make space for interest-driven learning.
Makerspaces, Participatory Learning, and Libraries – The Unquiet Librarian The concept of libraries as makerspaces first hit my radar last November when I read about the Fayetteville Free Library’s FabLab. As I began hearing more buzz about libraries and makerspaces the first few months of this year, I decided that learning more about this concept and exploring how I might apply the elements of makerspaces to my library program would be a personal learning project for the summer. So what is a makerspace? Modeled after hackerspaces, a makerspace is a place where young people have an opportunity to explore their own interests, learn to use tools and materials, and develop creative projects. The Library as Incubator Project describes makerspaces as: Makerspaces are collaborative learning environments where people come together to share materials and learn new skills… makerspaces are not necessarily born out of a specific set of materials or spaces, but rather a mindset of community partnership, collaboration, and creation. Like this: Like Loading...
Ramverk för datavetenskap i skolan – Omvärldsbloggen I februari tog jag upp Computer Science for All – en satsning från president Obama som syftar till att göra datavetenskap till en integrerad del i den amerikanska skolan, från förskola till gymnasium. Den digitala utvecklingen präglar redan arbetsliv och vardag och är på god väg att forma om samhället, konstaterade Obama i sitt veckotal i slutet av januari. Därför är det avgörande att alla elever lär sig att förstå hur tekniken fungerar och tränas att analysera den kritiskt. Det är lika viktigt att de ges tillfälle att använda den digitala teknikens möjligheter för att utveckla sina skapande förmågor och uttryckssätt. Snart är allt det här lika viktigt som att alla kan läsa, skriva och räkna, påpekade Obama. Flera andra initiativ är på gång parallellt med den här federala satsningen. Ramverket slår fast vad datavetenskap är och föreslår hur ämnet ska hanteras i skolans undervisning. En av grundtankarna är att skapa en bredare ingång till datavetenskapen.