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Makerspace 101

Presented by

Anna Delia & Sarah Prendergast Wallace

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In-House Makerspaces

Anna Delia | Director of the Innovation Lab | Hawken School | adeli@hawken.edu | @hawkenfabplay

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A sensitivity to the designed dimension of objects and systems, along with the inclination and capacity to shape one’s world through building, tinkering, re/designing, or hacking.

For More:

Agency by Design / www.agencybydesign.org

Project Zero / Harvard Graduate School of Education

Edward Clapp

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Some of our Guiding Philosophies

Empowerment

through the use of a Design Process

Access

Student-Driven Learning and Inquiry

Iterative Process

Philosophies of the maker movement and philosophies of our work here:

Students are empowered through making. They use a design process (we have a few we can share, and more in the works) to take an idea and turn it into something shareable.

We believe in access. Work is intentionally done by us as stewards of their learning and these spaces to invite, welcome, and ensure student use and learning.

Students feel a strong sense of passion and commitment to their ideas and are willing to find many channels to see them through. A makerspace environment allows for students to independently initiate an idea, create a group of their own, or add to any other school experience. This may be facilitated by teachers or a student may just generate their own time and components to add to a curricular assignment they may be working on.

With this space and philosophy, everything we do is an iteration. We know that we will move and change with each trial of working with you, projects we do, and each year. We are pushing ourselves to be comfortable in the iterative zone, knowing it will be a learning process. This isn’t clunky, it’s intentional if we want to learn and be the best. We want to plan for students to create many drafts across the course of their building process.

-How we use the space - we want feedback and regularly ask for it in formal and informal ways

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Access

Tidy up these notes to be more relevant to users in this workshop…

Who can come? Everyone! Based on a few other models we’ve seen, we want to initially structure access in this way:

Schedule time for classes

Consider office hours for faculty to drop in and ask questions, plan ideas, get help, learn a machine

Consider open times when students will drop by...

We’d like to key in our community to spaces and materials that do not require any training or permission. (include research about student empowerment/girls seeing a project through when they do not need to ask permission). A student can just walk in, pick up a material, and walk out - no conversation needed! GREEN, YELLOW, RED system

We’d like student patterns of behavior, energy, and interests to drive use of the space

We want the space to be busy and full. It may take us some time to get there, but a success on our end looks like lots of activity and learning happening in this beautiful, magical room.

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What Are Some Of the Tools?

3D Printer

CNC Milling

Heat Press

Power Tools

Sew & Embroidery

Electronics Bench

Laser Cutter & Engraver

Vinyl Cutter

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A Possible Layout

From the Fab Foundation

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Overview of Hawken Spaces

Lyndhurst - 18 months - 8 Grade

Innovation Lab (Discovery Zone, Discovery Zone, Innovation Zone, Fabrication Zone, Engineering Loft), Computational Thinking & Design Classroom, Maker Studio, Tinker Tables, Maker Carts

Stirn Hall - 9 - 12 Grades

Fab Lab, M.A.C Media Lab, Woodshop, Architecture and Engineering programs

In total, we have 8,000 square feet of maker spaces at Hawken School

Gates Mills: 3,800 sq. ft. (Fab Lab, Media Lab, Wood Shop)� Lyndhurst: 3,200 to 4,400 sq. ft.

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Main making space offers quick access to materials, open space to work and build, creative gathering spaces, views and example projects for inspiration.

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A Few Other Resources as You Plan Your Space

Ideation of Tinkering Materials for a Makerspace

Hawken Tool Safety Cards/Presentation

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Ideate:

How can you lay out and organize your space to encourage access to making and Maker Empowerment? Consider...

Space constraints
Signage
Machines & Tools
Material Storage
Display/Showcase
Power/Ventilation
Creativity and Fun

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Sarah Prendergast Wallace - A Mobile Maker

Standards based activities for k-8 classrooms

CleMobileFabLab.org @clemobilefablab

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Types of Makerspaces

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Types of Makerspaces

Shareable Cart

Classroom Cart / Closet

Open Roam

Full Maker Classes

Special Making Class

Reservable Room

Hybrid Classroom

In classroom

Specific Space

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Mini Makerspaces - Offering Making Anywhere!

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