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Makerspaces HSD Diane Connors & Lori-Lyn Griffin Shared this Video with Administration Contents 1. Makerspace? 2. Why Makerspace Programming? 3. Why in the Library? 4. Big Ideas! 5. Considerations Contents Cont. 6. Materials 7.

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Makerspaces HSD

Diane Connors & Lori-Lyn Griffin

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Shared this Video with Administration

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Contents

  • 1. Makerspace?
  • 2. Why Makerspace Programming?
  • 3. Why in the Library?
  • 4. Big Ideas!
  • 5. Considerations
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Contents Cont.

  • 6. Materials
  • 7. Funding
  • 8. How We Began
  • 9. Some Items & Resources
  • 10. Your Questions (Alert 30 min. Into Presentation)
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What is a Makerspace?

  • A Place to Share Tools & Ideas
  • Experimentation is Valued
  • Students Grow & Share Their Expertise
  • Other Names: Creation Station, TinkerLab, SteamLab...
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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.

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Why Embrace the Maker Movement?

  • Student Engagement for All
  • Student Empowerment/ Confidence
  • Connections with Students: Bridge to Literacy?
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Why Embrace the Maker Movement?

  • Achievement for Students Who Don’t Typically Excel

Academically

  • Problem-Solving, Collaboration, Communication and

Adaptation

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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.
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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

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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.

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Dive In!

  • Start Small
  • 1 or 2 Basic Activities/ Stations/ Centers
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Excellent Resources! KAECHELELIBRARYlearningCommons

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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)

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Considerations: Help from Others

  • Volunteers
  • Paraeducators
  • Co-Teachers: Content and/ or UA
  • Visit another School
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Considerations: Storage

  • Locked Cabinet, Repurposed Book Shelves, Office
  • Consumables & Equipment
  • Ongoing Projects: May Need to Rotate Classes
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Student Access: Students Help Themselves

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Materials

  • Recyclables: Paper Towel Rolls, Cardboard, Plastic Egg

Cartons, ...

  • Donations: Yarn, Soil, Legos, …
  • Share Existing School Inventory
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Funding

  • PTA, Business Sponsors
  • Donors Choose, Adopt a Classroom
  • Grants
  • Sell Student Creations at School or Community Events
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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)
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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
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Grades 3 & 4: Orient Teachers & Students

Marshmallow Challenge

  • 18 min. for

Build

  • 35 min. Total
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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)

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Makerspace?

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

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

  • Web. Jan. 2016.
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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
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Run the Challenge

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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

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Marshmallow Challenge: Kindergarten Students Excel

  • Compared to Business Students in College
  • Assumption: Marshmallow Light/ Easily Supported
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Value

  • Shared Experience
  • Common Language
  • Prototyping & Facilitation
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“Those students don’t excel in my class academically, but they won this challenge!?”

  • Gr. 3 Teacher
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My Observation Some high achieving students struggle with such open-ended/ abstract challenges.

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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/>.

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Share the Feelings You’ve Experienced!

  • Excited
  • Anxious
  • Challenged/ Uncertain
  • Satisfied
  • Disappointed

Recognize these from Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process

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  • Classroom

Teacher Present

  • Brief 15-20 min.

Full Class Keva Planks

1,ooo maple pieces in tote on casters

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Middle School Makerspace Collaboration

Four Stations/ Centers

  • 1. Science Videos
  • 2. Digital Citizenship Lesson: Commonsense Media
  • 3. Makey Makey
  • 4. Snap Circuits
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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
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Embed Curriculum

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56 Magnetic Tangrams $16.59 on amazon

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$1 at Goodwill Amazon.com $84

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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
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Recommended Resources

Websites

  • Renovated Learning
  • Colleen Graves

Click here

  • KAECHELE Library Learning Commons (slide 13)
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Random Bonus Aviary.com

  • Easy
  • No Login
  • No Age

Restrictions

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4 Question Evaluation http://bit.ly/2fJuUZv