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What is a MakerSpace, and do I need one?

InnEdCO June 24,2015

Marci Milius

Douglas County School District

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AGENDA

  • 8:00 – 8:10 Explore the room
  • 8:10 – 8:20 Website exploration
    • http://bty.io/SzeyK
  • 8:20 – 8:45 Presentation
  • 8:45 – 9:45 Project
  • 9:45 – 10:00 Report out
  • 10:00 – 10:15 Questions

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WHY?

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What is a Makerspace?

IA Makerspace promotes students creativity, communication, collaboration, problem solving and critical thinking skills.

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It is a space that allows students to demonstrate their learning by:

  • Prototyping
  • Building models
  • Testing Ideas
  • Show learning
  • Taking things apart to experience how things work
  • Tinkering

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WHERE DOES A MAKERSPACE FIT?

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  • In a Classroom
  • In a Library
  • Mobile
  • or ??

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TYPES OF MAKERSPACES

Low Tech

  • Knitting
  • Sewing
  • Drawing
  • Creating Posters
  • Painting

Some Tech

  • Prototyping with cardboard
  • Woodworking
  • Building not-electronic creations
  • Building with Lego, K’nex ect.

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High Tech

  • Coding
  • Robotics
  • 3D Printing
  • Programming
  • Electronic Textiles
  • Fabricating

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TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE LEARNING

Use the book The Mysteries of

Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

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Write an ending to any of the stories in

the book and then develop a prototype

demonstrating you ending.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Marci Milius

Learning Environment Designer

Douglas County Schools

Innovation and Design Center

mamilius@dcsdk12.org

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Website: https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/supporting-modern-learners/

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