Multiple Models of Making ICE2019

MULTIPLE
MODELS OF
MAKING
MANY WAYS TO INTEGRATE MAKER
EDUCATION IN YOUR SCHOOL
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HEATHER LISTER
Chief Education officer @ Construct Learning
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WHY MAKING?

WHAT DO
SCHOOLS
VALUE?

By 2022, no less than 54% of all
employees will require significant re- and
upskilling.
• 35% are expected to require additional
training of up to six months
• 10% will require additional skills
training of more than a year.
Link to full report on
www.constructlearning.org

The opportunity
for students to be
creative thinkers
and independent
problem solvers

MAKERSPACE
ROOM OF EXPENSIVE
TECHNOLOGY &
FANCY FURNITURE

THE COMPUTER ANALOGY

challenge-based
making model
Open making
model
Curriculum
EMBEDDED making
model

Open, accessible
place stocked
with resources
and materials
for a variety of
making goals
OPEN
MAKING
MODEL

• student directed
• Dedicated, permanent space in your
classroom or school
• Area for material storage and a
workspace
• Combination of consumables and
reusable products
• No, you don’t need a “kit” or a 3d
printer
OPEN-MAKING MODEL

- Take apart stations
- Short and long term projects
- Tinkering stations
- Taking curriculum further
- Solving their own problems
WHAT YOU’LL SEE

Instructables by Metron_Arison
Creations can relate to content or be for pleasure
Instructables by bekathwia

Students learn
“making” skills by
completing
teacher-directed
projects or
challenges
PROJECT BASED
MODEL

• Students are to create a specific
product using specific tools.
• Students are to address a
teacher-directed challenge or
problem
• Maker instruction is scaffolded
to accomplish goal
PROJECT BASED
MAKING MODEL

TASK: NAVIGATE SPHERO
FROM ONE END OF THE
MAZE TO THE OTHER
What skills would
students need to
accomplish this?

TASK: DESIGN A STUFFED
ANIMAL THAT LIGHTS UP
What skills would
students need to
accomplish this?

TASK: ASSEMBLE CREATE
2 ROBOT
What skills would
students need to
accomplish this?

WHAT YOU’LL SEE
- WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION
- STATIONS
- Challenge or task cards
Shout out to Sarah Demaria & hempfield school district
@hempfieldsd for this brilliant idea
#10M2M
Photos courtesy of @hsd_mes_library

Bloxels challenge cards Image via @karenacantrell
Makerspacesforeducation.com
Cubelets challenge cards
Wonder workshop challenge cards
Mackin maker challenge cards

The primary focus
is content
knowledge and
making is used to
express
understanding
CURRICULUM
EMBEDDED
MODEL

WHAT YOU’LL SEE
- Students creating an
interactive map of WWII with
chibitronics or hyperduino
- Students using making to
recreate events in literature

• Making is used as a vehicle for
students and teachers to express
complex subjects
• Highlight the interconnectedness
of stem and interdisciplinary uses
of making skills
CURRICULUM
EMBEDDED MODEL

ALLIED & AXIS POWERS
What skills and content
would students need to
know in order to accomplish
this?

NATIONAL PARKS INTERACTIVE
What skills and content
would you need to teach in
order for a student to
accomplish this?

WWW.MAKEWRITING.COM
WRITER’S MAKER’S WORKSHOP

AUGMENTED REALITY TOPOGRAPHY

project-based
making model
Open making
model
Curriculum
EMBEDDED making
model
YOU DON’T HAVE TO CHOOSE!

WE DON’T LIMIT READING TO
THE LIBRARY, SO
DON’T LIMIT MAKING TO THE
“MAKERSPACE”

THERE ISN’T ONE “RIGHT WAY”
TO START A MAKERSPACE
There are hundreds of them.

SOME TIPS &
SUGGESTIONS

HAVE A PLAN

HAVE A PLAN
www.makingstartshere.com
www.makeshoppgh.com

ORGANIZATION
(Or the illusion of organization)
Be flexible
Use removable labels!

ORGANIZATION
Organized by project or
challenge

PROCEDURES
http://micheledyke.weebly.com/ http://slaughterlc.wikispaces.com/Makerspace
• Who can use the makerspace and when?
• Any time or only during dedicated time slots?
During a station?
• How many students can access the space at one
time?
• Can all students use all materials?

PROCEDURES
• How long will you store in-progress projects?
• Can students ever take projects home?
• Do students need to prepare a plan before they use
the makerspace? *
• Part of classroom jobs?

PURPOSE
BEFORE
PRODUCT

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THANK YOU!
HEATHER LISTER
@HEATHERMLISTER
WWW.HEATHERLISTER.COM

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