Makerspaces & Libraries: Bringing Some STEAM into Your Program (Winnipeg Workshop edition)

@DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com

MAKERSPACES&

Bringing some

LIBRARIES:

Diana Rendina, MLIS Media Specialist, Speaker, Writer

RenovatedLearning.com

STEAMinto your program

DIANA RENDINA, MLIS• Media Specialist at Stewart

Middle Magnet School in Tampa, FL since 2010

• Blogger @ RenovatedLearning & AASL Knowledge Quest

• 2016 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator Award

• 2015 SLJ Build Something Bold Award

• Author: • Challenge-Based Learning

in the School Library Makerspace - August 2017

• Reimagining School Libraries - Fall 2017

Portrait by Kimberly Yau

DESIGN CHALLENGE TIME!!• Using the supplies at your

tables, work together to build a tripod to hold a phone/tablet

• You will have 25 minutes to build

• Be prepared to pitch your idea!!!

DESIGN CHALLENGES Phone tripods

WHAT IS A MAKERSPACE?

A makerspace is a place where students can gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of tools and materials.

THESE ARE ALL MAKERSPACES

THE STEWART MAKERSPACE STORY Transforming

our library

March 2010

About Stewart• Public STEM Magnet Middle School • Hillsborough County Public Schools (8th largest

district in USA) • Grades 6-8 • Urban location near downtown Tampa • Title 1 - 75% of students on free or reduced

lunch • 30% Black, 33% Hispanic, 30% White, 7%

Asian and Multiracial • 65% Male, 35% Female

The only STEM in our library

Discovering the Maker Movement

Maker research

Sharing vision = supplies!

The birth of our Makerspace

CreaMvity in programs

A place to explore STEM

The corner before…

TransformaMon

The Stewart Makerspace

A TOUR OF THE STEWART MAKERSPACE

And what’s in it

Maker Room LEGO Wall

Whiteboard wall

LEGO/K’nex storageWhiteboard table

InstrucZon/Flex space

THE MAKER ROOMStorage for supplies, projects, etc

THE EPIC LEGO WALLMaking LEGOs into art

THE WHITEBOARD WALLA collaborative, interactive space

FLEX SPACEWhole class instruction, small groups, etc

MAKERSPACE TECH TOOLSSphero, MaKeyMaKey, littleBits, Cubelets

SCHEDULINGWhen do students use the space?

FREE TIME USEOpen for student use throughout the

day on passes, during lunch

DURING SCHOOL CLUBSLunches, Study hall time, etc

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBSIn depth projects & collaboration

WORKSHOPS Learning a new skill together

CIRCUIT BRACELET WORKSHOP

PURPOSE & INTENTION OF OUR SPACE

CollaboraMons

Curriculum ConnecMons

Open ExploraMon & Play

CreaMve Arts Experiences

InteracMve Learning Environment

STEM girls Club

THEMES OF OUR SPACE

Engineering - LEGOs, K’nex

Electronics - liYleBits, Snap Circuits

RoboMcs & Coding - Sphero, Dash

Arts & Cra[s

Themes of our Space

• ENGINEERING • ELECTRONICS & CIRCUITS • ROBOTICS & CODING • ARTS & CRAFTS

THE PRACTICAL STUFFI’ve got cardboard. Now what?

THE 5 QUESTIONS• What are the goals of this Makerspace? • What does my school already have? • How much physical space do I have? • How will it be used? • Where will I get the supplies?

What are the goals of your space?

• Supporting existing curriculum? • Filling in gaps in curriculum? • Open STEM exploration? • Providing a space for creative play? • Teaching Design Thinking? • Learning about electronics hands-on?

What does your school already have?

• Maker related curriculum (ie robotics, engineering)

• Art classes? • LEGOs in a storage closet • 1:1 computer or tablets?

How much physical space do I have?

• Corner? • Storage room? • Classroom? • Cart?

How will your makerspace be used?

• Open exploration? • Class collaborations? • Clubs? • Design Challenges? • Part of a fixed schedule?

Where will you get the supplies?

• District budget? • Supply drive? • Crowdfunding? • Grants? • Business partnerships?

What’s one idea you’ve seen so far that’s stuck out for you?

How could you do something like that in your space?

SETTING UP YOUR MAKERSPACE

FIND YOUR SPACE Makerspaces can be anywhere

MOBILE MAKERSPACE Cynthia Alaniz http://tinyurl.com/owcjh4q

OPEN SPACE Laura Fleming New Milford High School

STORAGE ROOM Shawna Ford Curtis Elementary Library

CLASSROOM Jaymes Dec Marymount Fab Lab

ORGANIZATIONWhere do I put all this stuff?

LABEL ALL THE THINGS!!! Labels are your friends

COLOR CODE Organization is your friend

WORK WITH WHAT YOU’VE GOT Storage solutions may be right in front of you

PROJECT STORAGE Let kids save their works-in-progress

SECURITY VS. ACCESSIBILITY Find a balance

BUILDING A MAKER CULTURE

WHITEBOARDS!Use Whiteboard paint to create a whiteboard wall

WHITEBOARDS!Whiteboard tables for the win!

Poster from venspired.com

CREATIVE DECORDesign a creative environment

PROJECT DISPLAY Display student works

What are you already doing to build a maker culture in your school? What can you add?

AWESOME MAKERSPACES

COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART

MARYMOUNT FAB LAB

SHORECREST PREP

LEGO WALL!!!

SHORECREST PREP

DESIGN CHALLENGES

“It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creaMve work,

limitaMons mean freedom”

~ AusMn Kleon, Steal Like an ArMst

RUBBER BAND LAUNCHER CHALLENGEMake something that flings something

CATAPULT CHALLENGE

CARDBOARD CHALLENGE

BEST PRACTICES FOR CHALLENGES

• Don’t make it a compeMMon • Provide a focus, but not too

many limitaMons • Leave room for creaMvity • Build in a sharing component

CREATING A DESIGN PROMPT• What is the goal? • Who do students work with? • What are the materials? • How much Mme do they have? • How will they share it? • Other creaMve constraints?

CONNECT WITH OTHER SCHOOLS

SKYPE & GOOGLE HANGOUT

JOINT DESIGN CHALLENGES

INVOLVE YOUR COMMUNITY

CROWDFUNDING Your community wants to support you

MAKER FAIR Invite your community in

There is no such thing as aONE-SIZE-FITS-ALLMAKERSPACE

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