Presentation for Virginia Children's Engineering Conference 2015 -- Makerspaces in Special Education by Meg Swecker, Jessic McClung, Patricia Gentry, and Tina Coffey; Roanoke County Schools
2. MakerSpaces are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create,
invent, and learn. They often have 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and
hardware supplies and tools, and more.
4. Elementary Program
• Focused on students in co-taught
classes
• Small group of students in a social
skills group
• Expanded to integrated classrooms,
FACES program, and MakerMondays
(afterschool program)
Target Students
Middle School Program
• Focused on students in self-contained
classes
18. Where we are going…
Elementary Program
• Faculty Training for ALL Teachers
• Continued Programs During
School Day
• Expanding to more schools
• More After-School Programs
• K-1 Students
• One Day Workshops
• Summer Program
Middle Program
• Explore more tools
• Littlebits, E-Textiles, Cubelets, 3D
Printer
• Summer Program
• Hope for separate space
19. Tina Coffey
Instructional Technology Resource Teacher
Roanoke County Schools
Email: tcoffey@rcs.k12.va.us
Jessica McClung
Director of Special Education and Pupil
Personnel Services
Roanoke County Schools
Email: jmmclung@rcs.k12.va.us
Patricia Gentry
Special Education Teacher
Roanoke County Schools
Email: pgentry@rcs.k12.va.us
Meg Swecker
Coordinator of Technology Integration
Roanoke County Schools
Email: mswecker@rcs.k12.va.us
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Editor's Notes
Introductions – 2 min
What are Makerspaces and how they are different than Children’s Engineering. – 5 min max
5-7 minutes per station = 35-50 minutes
2 min.
Middle– feel free to move this first…just add something about it being how you started…
Elementary 1 : Started with pull-out social skills group and two specific co-taught 4th grade classes
Elementary Slide 2 (pull out)
1:20 min video
Elementary Slide 3 Encouraged “MAKER” activities (8 second video and 12 sec video)