2. What is a Makerspace?
“A makerspace is a community destination
where students—sometimes alongside staff,
parents, and mentors– can create, problem
solve, and develop skills, talents, thinking, and
mental rigor” ~ Preddy
4. Why a Makerspace in the Media
Center?
• Standard 1: School Library Media Coordinators Demonstrate Leadership
• Element a. School library media coordinators lead in the school library
media center and media program to support student success. School
library media coordinators provide leadership for the school library media
program. They share responsibility for the progress of all students to
ensure that they graduate from high school, are globally competitive for
work and postsecondary education and are prepared for life in the 21st
Century. They collaboratively create, align, and implement a program
informed by state and national guidelines and research-based best
practices. They transform the library media center into a 21st Century
learning environment (both virtual and physical) and a shared space for
knowledge construction, collaboration and inquiry-based learning, and
they assist teachers with similar transformations. They coordinate the
activities and training of library media support personnel.
5. How to begin….
• Start simple:
– Teacher/Parent/MC teach a craft or skill
• Craft :Crocheting/knitting/cross-stitch
• Using tools: screwdrivers (Phillips head vs. flat head),
hammers, drills
– Kits with instructions
– Freestyle: what can you make out of this??
– Take apart: Learning by un-doing
6. When?
• Before or after school
• As an elective
• Independently with a pass
• During lunch
• Saturday School
7. Where?
• Small Room
• Table/Chairs
• Storage (Plastic box or shelves)
8. Challenges
• Supplies
– Funding: Grants, MC funds
– Donations: Parents, Big Box stores, Teachers
• Resilience
– Student frustration
– Teacher frustration
• Time
– When & How much??
10. Bibliography
• Preddy, Leslie. School Library Makerspaces:
Grades 6-12. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2013.
Print.
• NC Department Of Public Instruction
Instructional Tech Division. "NC School Library
Media Coordinator Standards." Professional
Standards. NC Department of Public
Instruction. Web. 1 Oct. 2014.