Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
FROM MAKING TO MANUFACTURING: next level community engagement
!?!!
Making MontanaKalispell, MT
Maker Faire RomeRome, Italy
Maker MediaSan Francisco, CA
Hello!
Megan Glidden, Community Engagment Librarian
Connie Behe, Assistant Director
• Aspen Report• Community Impact• Library superpowers
Students and
Teachers
2014
Rising to the Challenge:Re-Envisioning Public Libraries
Community Alignment
Economic Dev.
Maker Skills
1. Aspen report
Community Alignment
Collaborate
ID Joint Objectives
Broadcast Impact
• Montana West Economic Development
• School District 5
• Kalispell Chamber of Commerce
• Kalispell Job Service
OBJECTIVESManufacturers gained
a greater awareness
of skills that are
currently taught in
most local schools,
that are important to
manufacturing.
“The library often plays a key role as a
connectorIn forming
relationships across the community.”
“Libraries … providing a
connection between industry and
education. “
2. Economic
DEVELOPMENT
3. MAKING SKILLS =
MANUFACTURING SKILLS21st Century Skills
“opportunities for
lifelong learning must be abundant”
“I had no idea there were so many manufacturing opportunities in our area for our kids.” - Teacher
“The world can do so many amazing things, and its all here!” - Student
Imagination
Memory
Endurance
Intuition
Imagination
materialization
Memory
Predicting the future
endurance
Super strength
intuition
telepathy
• Hands on activities
• Getting people there
• Buzzworthy
3DogModeling
Skill: Iterative Design
Meissenburg Designs
Skill: Creativity
5 Sparrows
Skill: Creativity
Mission Design
Solutions
Skill: Attention to Detail
Advanced Refrigeration
Skill: Communication
National Flood Services
Skill: Decision making
Alamon Telco Inc
Skill: Research
Nomad GCS
Skill: Innovation
Friday, February 24, 2017Find the manufacturers and makers that interest you. Use
the stickers to capture your impressions.
Manufacturers
• Connection
• Project management
• Creativity
100%
1,527 students
26 manufacturers
35 makers
“The kinds of work displayed are fascinating. You can learn more about what you want to be!” Alexa, 8th grade
“It’s a thrill for the brain.” Paula, Teacher
I am grateful for all they [ImagineIF Librarians] and the Kalispell community are doing to enable and empower students while driving economic development.
– Aaron Pratt, Business Development Manager, Governor’s Office of Econ. Dev.
“
”
THANKS!Any questions?You can find us at [email protected]@imagineiflibraries.org
1. Doherty, Dale. 2016. “Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds”
1. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/29/everyday-heroes-8-super-powers_n_3499118.html
