HELLO! HELLO! Makerspaces in ECE I am Margaret A. Powers I am Margaret A. Powers Director of STEAM Innovation Innovation & Ed Tech Consultant A Planning Guide for Administrators Serve as a coach, collaborator, and catalyst ❏ Reggio-inspired, global educator exploring ways to Design new, interdisciplinary projects with teachers ❏ Manage the STEAM Studio (makerspace) integrate making, mindfulness, and design thinking in ❏ ❏ Facilitate PD workshops schools. Margaret A. Powers
Agenda » The Maker Movement POLL! » Creating a Space The Maker Movement Tools & Materials to Tinker ⋄ » Designing a Good Project » Maker Mindsets » Questions?
What is the Maker Movement? “ In the Maker Movement, students are asked to innovate, » Grassroots movement focused on do-it-yourself create, and problem solve. They (DIY) making and the creation of new projects and Creators are asked to design, write, products, often for a community. present, and eventually to produce a product.” » Making: Working with your hands, often using new - Edutopia Children need support and exposure to embrace tools and materials, to design and create their roles as tinkerers and creators instead of becoming blind consumers.
Making in the Early Years “Preschool teachers find that by using a maker-based approach in the classroom, Remember to Build on Your Existing Practice they are able to differentiate their Creating a Space » Children learn by doing instruction, leverage students' individual » Apply a constructivist lens interests, and more deeply engage all » Imagine the modern Reggio Atelier children in learning.” Brahms & Wardrip, TYC Vol 9 No 5
It’s a Process What’s Your Why? A Space for Making Empowering all Exposing students to Intentionally infusing Flexible Interactive children to embrace tools and hardware STEAM disciplines » Furniture Accessible Start with WHY Review Assess Plan » Storage their creative that support into everyday Responsive » Lighting confidence? computational learning? » Water access Hub: materials & tools thinking and » Electricity access DAP computer science?
Welcome to the I.D.E.A. Studio Tools & Materials to Tinker
Tools & Materials to Tinker Designing Good Projects
Start with Play Simple STEAM Challenges “ Create is at the root of creative thinking. If we want children to » Let them lead » Build the tallest tower develop as creative thinkers, we » Open one part of the room at a time » Construct a bridge that can hold 2 books need to provide them with more » Use Visible Thinking Routines » Design an airplane that spins when it flies opportunities to create.” Engage curiosity and critical thinking ⋄ » Create a marble maze Mitch Resnick, MIT Media Lab » Document and reflect! » Build a Rube Goldberg machine
Move into Mini Projects Elements of a Good Project Pre-K Putumayo Dancing Robots 1. Purpose & Relevance 5. Connected 2. Time 6. Access Pre-K student programmed 3. Complexity 7. Shareable robots to dance to different Putumayo songs and designed 4. Intensity 8. Novelty costumes so they would be in dressed in traditional garb. Created by Gary Stager
Kindergarten Inventors Dinosaurs Take Shape K students used design thinking to empathize with community Students worked in the Maker Mindsets members and design solutions makerspace to create 3D for problems they were printed dinosaur models and experiencing. share dinosaur facts by acting out scenes in front of a green screen.
How You Think Matters Design Thinking Problem-Solving Collaboration Creative Confidence Stanford d.school method Empathy Growth Mindset Reflection DEEP DT Method
What if …. … . w e h t m i g w o H How did you take a risk today? Questions? I w o n d e r … . Created by : Mary Cantwell @scitechyEDU
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