Makerspaces HSDDiane Connors & Lori-Lyn Griffin

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Contents

1. Makerspace?

2. Why Makerspace Programming?

3. Why in the Library?

4. Big Ideas!

5. Considerations

Contents Cont.

6. Materials

7. Funding

8. How We Began

9. Some Items & Resources

10. Your Questions (Alert 30 min. Into Presentation)

What is a Makerspace?

● A Place to Share Tools & Ideas

● Experimentation is Valued

● Students Grow & Share Their Expertise

● Other Names: Creation Station, TinkerLab, SteamLab...

Maker Minds Article: Includes Bibliography

● “tools, inspiration, and process converge”

● “mind-set...an antidote to...standardized tests,...”

● “values open-source thinking”

● “students feel a sense of agency...productive and

motivated”

Fontichiaro, Kristen, and Mollie Hall. "Maker Minds." Book Links: Literature Based Resources for the Curriculum Apr. 2015: 27-32. Print.

Why Embrace the Maker Movement?

● Student Engagement for All

● Student Empowerment/ Confidence

● Connections with Students: Bridge to Literacy?

Why Embrace the Maker Movement?

● Achievement for Students Who Don’t Typically Excel

Academically

● Problem-Solving, Collaboration, Communication and Adaptation

Anderson, Steven W. Alone we are smart but together we are brilliant. We can use the collective wisdom to do great things when we are connected. Digital image. Twitter Web 2.0 Classroom. N.p., 17 Sept. 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2016.

Why in the Library?

CONNECT

EMPOWER

"John Barrow." BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2016. 27 November 2016. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/johnbarrow234812.html

3 of 8 Big Ideas: fr. Dr. Papert’s Ideas Behind Constructivist Learning Labs.

3. “Hard Fun” Doesn’t Mean Easy

5. Learning to Manage Time: Difficult for Most Students

7. Let Students See Us Struggle to Learn

Papert, Seymour. (1999). Eight Big Ideas Behind the Constructivist Learning Lab. Retrieved 26 November

2016, from stager.org/ articles/ 8bigideas.pdf.

Dive In!

● Start Small

● 1 or 2 Basic Activities/ Stations/ Centers

Excellent Resources! KAECHELELIBRARYlearningCommons

Considerations: Schedule

● Fixed Schedule: Centers, Recess (in place of another duty!)

● Flexibly Scheduled LMS: Study Hall, Lunch, Recess,

Advisory Period, Schedule a Whole Day for a Grade, or

Invite a Class in on an Odd Day (school event day)

Considerations: Help from Others

● Volunteers

● Paraeducators

● Co-Teachers: Content and/ or UA

● Visit another School

Considerations: Storage

● Locked Cabinet, Repurposed Book Shelves, Office

● Consumables & Equipment

● Ongoing Projects: May Need to Rotate Classes

Student Access:

Students Help Themselves

Materials

● Recyclables: Paper Towel Rolls, Cardboard, Plastic Egg

Cartons, ...

● Donations: Yarn, Soil, Legos, …

● Share Existing School Inventory

Funding

● PTA, Business Sponsors

● Donors Choose, Adopt a Classroom

● Grants

● Sell Student Creations at School or Community Events

Hampstead Central Elementary

1. Orient Students with a Design Challenge

2. Act Out the Pros and Cons of Group Work (make it brief)

3. Invite an Adult to Take a few Pics (you’re busy with timer)

Begin with a Grade or Grade Levels

1. Schedule via Google Sheet, Sign up form in Library, etc.

2. 30-35 min. Challenge & 5 min. Between Classes

Grades 3 & 4: Orient Teachers & Students

Marshmallow

Challenge

● 18 min. for

Build

● 35 min. Total

Day of Challenge:

1. Present a few slides on Makerspace

2. Quickly Present Expectations for Challenge (Roleplay)

3. Allow Teachers to Quickly Pair Students into Groups of

2-3 (pairs if smaller class size)

Makerspace?

● Share Tools & Ideas● Discover Your Passion● Be Creative● Take Risks

Trice, Cystal. Makerspace Hand. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Jan. 2016.

Roleplay Scenario

One Person Bossy and Overbearing

● The other is shy and tries to contribute

● Then, have the partners evolve to be more effective

● Have 2 or 3 students point out undesirable and desirable

Run the Challenge

Peter Skillman Created & Tom Wujec Workshopped It (TED Talk)

Prototype, Refine. Digital image. Marshmallow Challenge Lessons. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2016. <http://www.macrolake.com/en/book/export/html/743>.

Marshmallow Challenge

Marshmallow Challenge: Kindergarten Students Excel

● Compared to Business Students in College

● Assumption: Marshmallow Light/ Easily Supported

Value

● Shared Experience

● Common Language

● Prototyping & Facilitation

“Those students don’t excel in my class academically, but they won this challenge!?”

Gr. 3 Teacher

My Observation

Some high achieving students struggle with such open-ended/ abstract challenges.

Process Over

Product!

Rubber Ducky Cupcakes. Digital image. Nailed It! Best Pinterest Food Fails Of All Time. BoredBug, n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2016.

<http://boredbug.com/nailed-it-best-pinterest-food-fails-of-all-time/3/>.

Share the Feelings You’ve Experienced!

● Excited● Anxious● Challenged/ Uncertain● Satisfied● Disappointed

Recognize these from Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process

● Classroom Teacher Present

● Brief 15-20 min.

Full Class Keva Planks

1,ooo maple pieces in tote on casters

Middle School Makerspace Collaboration

Four Stations/ Centers

1. Science Videos

2. Digital Citizenship Lesson: Commonsense Media

3. Makey Makey

4. Snap Circuits

4 Centers Over 2 Separate Days/ in Library

● Two Hands-On Centers & Two Not Hands-On

● Day 1: 15 minute Introduction (centers short that day)

● Links & videos are all posted to the library website

Embed Curriculum

56 Magnetic Tangrams$16.59 on amazon

$1 at Goodwill

Amazon.com $84

Recommended Resources

Books

● Worlds of Making by Laura Fleming

● The Art of Tinkering by Wilkinson & Petrich

● The Big Book of Makerspace Projects by Graves & Graves

Recommended Resources

Websites

● Renovated Learning

● Colleen Graves

Click here

● KAECHELE Library Learning Commons (slide 13)

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● Easy● No Login● No Age

Restrictions

4 Question Evaluation

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