What is the opportunity space that exists around making at Penn? Is there a role for the Libraries to help facilitate events or activities that explore new ways of learning, thinking, creating, and being in the world?

1. Maker Brainstorm
July 2, 2014

2. http://makezine.com/

3. http://makerfaire.com/

4. http://www.instructables.com/

5. Why libraries? We work across the university. We care about
teaching & learning. We have amazing spaces we could
contribute. We want to explore new opportunities with you!

7. Goals
• Making at Penn
• Design Scenarios
• See & experience library spaces
• Have fun free-thinking with colleagues

8. Making
• Introduce yourself
• What do you like to make? Why?
• What’s the last thing you made?
• How would you explain the relationship
between making and learning?

9. Summary Activity
• Find a photo of something one of you likes to make &
project it on the wall
• Summarize your group discussion by annotating the
image to show:
1. What the group likes to make
2. Terms that explain why the
group likes to make
3. Things the group last made

10. https://www.flickr.com/photos/37180806@N03/4523925928/lightbox/
University of Pennsylvania, University Communications
Penn Landscape for Making

11. Making @ Penn
• What disciplines, departments, schools, and/or
programs are already actively in involved in
making?
• Create a table to track your group’s ideas
Entity | Makes | URL

12. Making @ Penn
• Are there regular campus events related to
making?
• Any new events planned this year related to
making?
• Add to your table
Entity | Makes | URL

13. Summary Activity
• Project your ideas on the wall
• Copy & paste to shared doc for your table:
http://tinyurl.com/upennmaker

14. Let’s mix it up…

15. Innovation Challenge
http://vimeo.com/32887827

16. Design

17. Activity
• Answer the 5Ws and H
Who, What, Where, When, Why and How
• Make up assumptions you need and list them.
• What would need to be set up ahead of time?
• What would success look like?
• What would failure look like?
http://tinyurl.com/upennmaker

18. Libraries next steps?
!
todaysmeet.com/upennmaker

19. Thank you!