Staying current with up-to-date MakerSpace practices is vital to the successful maintenance and operation of effective MakerSpaces. : The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn (9781259644252): Graves, Colleen, Graves, Aaron: Books. Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration by Scott Doorley. School Library Makerspaces by Leslie B. Preddy - Libraries Unlimited - ABC-CLIO. October 2013 Libraries Unlimited Paperback 978-1-61069-494-0 $45.00 Add to Cart eBook 978-1-61069-495-7 Call Your Preferred eBook Vendor for Pricing International Pricing Paperback: £35.00/40,00€/A$65.00 An essential resource for intermediate, middle, and high school librarians that guides the planning, learning, and implementation of a school library makerspace.
The roles of school library media specialists and school libraries themselves are ever changing in response to the needs of the community and the evolution of human thinking, interaction, and learning processes. Read This Book: The Art of Tinkering. The Exploratorium & The Tinkering MOOC The Exploratorium is an amazing hands-on science museum in San Francisco.
They created a makerspace for their patrons called The Tinkering Studio. I participated in their Tinkering MOOC this past summer and it was a fantastic experience. Resources: Books for Your Makerspace – Invent To Learn. (738) Pinterest. The Makerspace Librarian's Sourcebook. Adventures in Makerspace. The Makerspace Workbench. Makerspace - Makerspace for Education. The maker movement is about teaching and learning that is focused on student centered inquiry.
This is not the project done at the end of a unit of learning, but the actual vehicle and purpose of the learning. The time to change education is needed now more than ever. We are facing an educational system in crisis and a global economy feeling the ripple effect of this failure (Wagner, 2012). Wagner captured the voice of business leaders describing the need for students to graduate with the skills of creativity and innovation, and that our educational institutions are failing to meet this mark (2012). An assessment matrix for library makerspaces. Aijuan Cun is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Learning and Instruction at the University at Buffalo, NY.
Her research interests focus on children and family literacy and library makerspaces. Currently, she is studying how possible assessment tools can be used to address the needs of patrons and librarians. In addition to pursuing her doctoral research, she is an adjunct instructor at the University at Buffalo. Samuel Abramovich is the director of the Open Education Research Lab at the University at Buffalo, NY, where he is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction and the Department of Library and Information Studies. Creating school library makerspace. The effects of a makerspace curriculum on the 4Cs in education. How To Set Up And Run A Makerspace. A bunch of people who share a large workshop and meet on a regular basis to do projects and get some input.
A place where kids can learn to build robots instead of becoming robots. A little community-driven factory, or just a lair for hackers. What Is the Point of a Makerspace? Makerspaces News, Reviews and More. Library at the Dock Makerspace news article. Edmonton Public Library launches makerspace - Edmonton. Edmonton – The Edmonton Public Library (EPL) has opened one of the first ‘makerspaces’ in Canada.
A makerspace is an open area that provides people a chance “to learn, create, collaborate and discover with free access to the latest technology and equipment.” “In a startup friendly city like Edmonton, full of talented minds with bright ideas, it only makes sense to continue to break down barriers and expand on what we share when it comes to our resources and our services,” said Linda Cook, Edmonton Public Library CEO. The space features a large green screen, 3D printers, high performance computers and design software, robotics kits, and a dedicated video gaming area. The space also allows users to self-publish on an Espresso Book Machine – which prints books – and convert older media to modern formats through a digital conversion station.
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