Makerspaces + Art workshop: Combining the Arts, Creativity and STEM

@DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com
MAKERSPACES
Combining the Arts,
Diana Rendina, MLIS
Media Specialist, Speaker, Writer
RenovatedLearning.com
Crea1vity & STEM

DIANA RENDINA, MLIS • Media Specialist at Tampa
Preparatory, 6-12
independent school
• Stewart Middle Magnet
School in Tampa, FL from
2010-2017
• Blogger @
RenovatedLearning & AASL
Knowledge Quest
• 2016 ISTE Outstanding
Young Educator
Portrait by Kimberly Yau

WHAT IS A MAKERSPACE?

A makerspace is a place where students can
gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and
discover using a variety of tools and
materials.

THESE ARE ALL MAKERSPACES

THE STEWART
MAKERSPACE
STORY Transforming
the library

About Stewart
• Public STEM Magnet Middle School
• Hillsborough County Public Schools (8th largest
district in USA)
• Grades 6-8
• Urban location near downtown Tampa
• Title 1 - 75% of students on free or reduced
lunch
• 30% Black, 33% Hispanic, 30% White, 7%
Asian and Multiracial
• 65% Male, 35% Female

In the beginning…

The only STEM in our library

The Maker Movement

Maker research

Sharing vision = supplies!

The birth of our Makerspace

Crea1vity in programs

A place to explore STEM

The corner before…

Transforma1on

The Stewart Makerspace

A TOUR OF THE
STEWART
MAKERSPACE

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

THE MAKER ROOM
Storage for supplies, projects, etc

THE EPIC LEGO WALL
Making LEGOs into art

THE WHITEBOARD WALL
A collaborative, interactive space

FLEX SPACE
Whole class instruction, small groups, etc

SCHEDULING
When do students use
the space?

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

DURING SCHOOL CLUBS
Lunches, Study hall time, etc

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
In depth projects & collaboration

WORKSHOPS Learning a new skill together

CIRCUIT BRACELET WORKSHOP

PURPOSE &
INTENTION:
WHAT’S YOUR
WHY

Collabora1ons

Curriculum Connec1ons

Open Explora1on & Play

Crea1ve Arts Experiences

Interac1ve Learning Environment

STEM girls Club

What’s one idea you’ve seen so
far that’s stuck out for you?
How could you do something
like that in your space?

CONNECTING MAKERSPACES + ART

ARTISTS = MAKERS

NON-TRADITIONAL MEDIUMS

SCRIBBLING MACHINES

PERLER BEAD PIXEL ART

LOOM WEAVING FIBER ART

PAPER CIRCUITS

RECYCLED TECH

3D DESIGN + PRINTING

Brainstorm some ideas for how
you could combine the arts
with makerspaces in your
classroom or library.

DESIGN
CHALLENGES

“It seems contradictory, but
when it comes to crea1ve work,
limita1ons mean freedom”
~ Aus1n Kleon,
Steal Like an Ar1st

RUBBER BAND LAUNCHER CHALLENGE
Make something that ﬂings something

CATAPULT CHALLENGE

RUBBER BAND LAUNCHER CHALLENGE

CARDBOARD CHALLENGE
Make sure you watch Caine’s Arcade!

CARDBOARD CHALLENGE

DESIGN CHALLENGES
Phone tripods

FURNITURE DESIGN CHALLENGE
h[ps://Xnyurl.com/studentmakercart

FURNITURE DESIGN CHALLENGE
CEF video

CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS

COLLABORATION
Coral reef lesson

BEST PRACTICES FOR CHALLENGES
• Don’t make it a compe11on
• Provide a focus, but not too
many limita1ons
• Leave room for crea1vity
• Build in a sharing component

CREATING A DESIGN PROMPT
• What is the goal?
• Who do students work with?
• What are the materials?
• How much 1me do they have?
• How will they share it?
• Other crea1ve constraints?

DESIGN CHALLENGE TIME!!
• Using the supplies at your tables,
work together (or by yourself) to
create a creature inspired by the
exhibit
• Be prepared to share your idea!!!
• Constraint: It must have at least
one LED

Pick at least one idea you’ve
goZen a[er this presenta1on
that you could get done by the
end of the year. Share it with
others.

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

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