Makerspaces 201: I've got cardboard. Now what?

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Learn about the MakerSpace program at Stewart Middle Magnet School over the last two years - starting with just three bins of K'nex and a vision, and transforming our library into the STEAM hub of our school. You'll learn to set up your MakerSpace, build a Maker culture in your school and learn strategies for involving your community, connecting with other schools and sharing your students' creations through social media, and how to provide design challenges to get your students' creative juices flowing, optimizing storage space for supplies and projects, and other useful tips and tricks.

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MAKERSPACES 201
I’ve got cardboard. Now what?
Diana Rendina, MLIS
Media Specialist, Speaker, Writer
@DianaLRendina
RenovatedLearning.com

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DIANA RENDINA
• Media Specialist at
Stewart Middle
Magnet School in
Tampa, FL since
2010
• Blogger @
RenovatedLearning
& AASL
Knowledge Quest
• Presenter at FAME,
FETC, ISTE, AASL
• Writer - book
coming soon :)
Photo by Mark Arbeit

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THE STEWART
MAKERSPACE
STORY Transforming
our library

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In the beginning…

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The only STEM in our library

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The Maker Movement

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Maker research

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Sharing vision = supplies!

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The birth of our Makerspace

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CreaEvity in programs

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A place to explore STEM

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The corner before…

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TransformaEon

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The Stewart Makerspace

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A TOUR OF OUR
SPACE
And what’s
in it

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Maker Room LEGO Wall
Whiteboard wall
LEGO/K’nex storageWhiteboard table
InstrucVon/Flex space

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THE MAKER ROOM
Storage for supplies, projects, etc

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THE EPIC LEGO WALL
Making LEGOs into art

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THE WHITEBOARD WALL
A collaborative, interactive space

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FLEX SPACE
Whole class instruction, small groups, etc

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SETTING UP
YOUR
MAKERSPACE

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FIND YOUR SPACE Makerspaces can be anywhere

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MOBILE MAKERSPACE
Cynthia Alaniz
http://tinyurl.com/owcjh4q

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OPEN SPACE Laura Fleming
New Milford High School

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STORAGE ROOM Shawna Ford
Curtis Elementary Library

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CLASSROOM Jaymes Dec
Marymount Fab Lab

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ORGANIZATION
Where do I put all
this stuﬀ?

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LABEL ALL THE THINGS!!! Labels are your friends

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COLOR CODE Organization is your friend

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WORK WITH WHAT YOU’VE GOT Storage solutions may
be right in front of you

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PROJECT STORAGE Let kids save their
works-in-progress

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SECURITY VS. ACCESSIBILITY Find a balance

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BUILDING A
MAKER CULTURE

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WHITEBOARDS!
A collaborative, interactive space

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Poster from venspired.com
CREATIVE DECOR
Design a creative environment

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BUILD A MAKER CULTURE Display student works

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AWESOME
MAKERSPACES

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COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART

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MARYMOUNT FAB LAB

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SHORECREST PREP

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SHORECREST PREP
LEGO WALL!!!

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TAKEAWAYS
SO FAR
What’s one idea you
have that you could try
Monday?

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SCHEDULING
When will your students
use the space?

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FREE TIME USE
Open for student use throughout the
day on passes, during lunch

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DURING SCHOOL CLUBS
Lunches, Study hall time, etc

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AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
In depth projects & collaboration

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DESIGN
CHALLENGES

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“It seems contradictory, but
when it comes to creaEve work,
limitaEons mean freedom”
~ AusEn Kleon,
Steal Like an ArEst

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CATAPULT CHALLENGE
Make something that ﬂings something

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CATAPULT CHALLENGE

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CARDBOARD CHALLENGE

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BEST PRACTICES FOR CHALLENGES
• Don’t make it a compeEEon
• Provide a focus, but not too
many limitaEons
• Leave room for creaEvity
• Build in a sharing component…

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CONNECT WITH
OTHER SCHOOLS

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SKYPE & GOOGLE HANGOUT

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JOINT DESIGN CHALLENGES

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CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS

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MARINE SCIENCE
Coral reef lesson

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ENGINEERING
Design process

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INVOLVE YOUR
COMMUNITY

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CROWDFUNDING Your community wants to
support you

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MAKER FAIR Invite your community in

There is no such thing as a
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL
MAKERSPACE

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