Makerspace I: Make Your Classroom Come Alive

February 27, 2019

Kiersten Greene | ET4TP | CIE@NP

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GROUND RULES

• Messy is good
• We are all in this together
• This is meant to be practical
• Being critical is important, too!
• Feedback is essential

agenda

1. TO: overview of makerspaces
2. WITH: we’ll explore how makerspaces can help learning come alive
3. BY: you’ll share how you plan to bring knowledge of makerspaces back to your everyday work

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TO

What is a MAKERSPACE?

Makerspaces are...

• Collaborative workspaces
• For making, exploring, learning, and sharing
• Free Welcoming Space
• Allowed to fail
• Hands on activities
• A place to solve problems
• Make a thing (instead of just play)
• Critical thinking skill enactment
• A place to troubleshoot
• Consequences for making mistakes is LOW!

WITH

LET’S EXPLORE

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• Make a game (iOS app)
• Make a LEGO thing
• Make a classroom ‘helper’
• Explore with VR
• Create an animated cartoon
• Little Bits

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BY

SHARE!

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How will you bring this new knowledge back to your work?

Workshop Feedback

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Your feedback is critical to the development and progress of #ET4TP. Thank you for participating!

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