Makerspaces & Libraries: Bringing Some STEAM into Your Program (Winnipeg Workshop edition)

@DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com
MAKERSPACES
&
Bringing some
LIBRARIES:
Diana Rendina, MLIS
Media Specialist, Speaker, Writer
RenovatedLearning.com
STEAM
into your program

DIANA RENDINA, MLIS
• Media Specialist at Stewart
Middle Magnet School in
Tampa, FL since 2010
• Blogger @
RenovatedLearning & AASL
Knowledge Quest
• 2016 ISTE Outstanding
Young Educator Award
• 2015 SLJ Build Something
Bold Award
• Author:
• Challenge-Based Learning
in the School Library
Makerspace - August 2017
• Reimagining School
Libraries - Fall 2017
Portrait by Kimberly Yau

DESIGN CHALLENGE TIME!!
• Using the supplies at your
tables, work together to build a
tripod to hold a phone/tablet
• You will have 25 minutes to
build
• Be prepared to pitch your idea!!!

DESIGN CHALLENGES
Phone tripods

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
our library

March 2010

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

The only STEM in our library

Discovering the Maker Movement

Maker research

Sharing vision = supplies!

The birth of our Makerspace

CreaMvity in programs

A place to explore STEM

The corner before…

TransformaMon

The Stewart Makerspace

A TOUR OF THE
STEWART
MAKERSPACE
And what’s
in it

Maker Room LEGO Wall
Whiteboard wall
LEGO/K’nex storageWhiteboard table
InstrucZon/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

MAKERSPACE TECH TOOLS
Sphero, MaKeyMaKey, littleBits, Cubelets

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 OF
OUR SPACE

CollaboraMons

Curriculum ConnecMons

Open ExploraMon & Play

CreaMve Arts Experiences

InteracMve Learning Environment

STEM girls Club

THEMES OF
OUR SPACE

Engineering - LEGOs, K’nex

Electronics - liYleBits, Snap Circuits

RoboMcs & Coding - Sphero, Dash

Arts & Cra[s

Themes of our Space
• ENGINEERING
• ELECTRONICS & CIRCUITS
• ROBOTICS & CODING
• ARTS & CRAFTS

THE PRACTICAL STUFF
I’ve got cardboard. Now what?

THE 5 QUESTIONS
• What are the goals of this Makerspace?
• What does my school already have?
• How much physical space do I have?
• How will it be used?
• Where will I get the supplies?

What are the goals of your space?
• Supporting existing curriculum?
• Filling in gaps in curriculum?
• Open STEM exploration?
• Providing a space for creative play?
• Teaching Design Thinking?
• Learning about electronics hands-on?

What does your school already have?
• Maker related curriculum (ie
robotics, engineering)
• Art classes?
• LEGOs in a storage closet
• 1:1 computer or tablets?

How much physical space do I have?
• Corner?
• Storage room?
• Classroom?
• Cart?

How will your makerspace be used?
• Open exploration?
• Class collaborations?
• Clubs?
• Design Challenges?
• Part of a fixed schedule?

Where will you get the supplies?
• District budget?
• Supply drive?
• Crowdfunding?
• Grants?
• Business partnerships?

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?

SETTING UP
YOUR
MAKERSPACE

FIND YOUR SPACE Makerspaces can be anywhere

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

OPEN SPACE Laura Fleming
New Milford High School

STORAGE ROOM Shawna Ford
Curtis Elementary Library

CLASSROOM Jaymes Dec
Marymount Fab Lab

ORGANIZATION
Where do I put all
this stuﬀ?

LABEL ALL THE THINGS!!! Labels are your friends

COLOR CODE Organization is your friend

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

PROJECT STORAGE Let kids save their
works-in-progress

SECURITY VS. ACCESSIBILITY Find a balance

BUILDING A
MAKER CULTURE

WHITEBOARDS!
Use Whiteboard paint to create a whiteboard wall

WHITEBOARDS!
Whiteboard tables for the win!

Poster from venspired.com
CREATIVE DECOR
Design a creative environment

PROJECT DISPLAY Display student works

What are you already doing to
build a maker culture in your
school? What can you add?

AWESOME
MAKERSPACES

COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART

MARYMOUNT FAB LAB

SHORECREST PREP

SHORECREST PREP
LEGO WALL!!!

DESIGN
CHALLENGES

“It seems contradictory, but
when it comes to creaMve work,
limitaMons mean freedom”
~ AusMn Kleon,
Steal Like an ArMst

RUBBER BAND LAUNCHER CHALLENGE
Make something that ﬂings something

CATAPULT CHALLENGE

CARDBOARD CHALLENGE

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

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

CONNECT WITH
OTHER SCHOOLS

SKYPE & GOOGLE HANGOUT

JOINT DESIGN CHALLENGES

INVOLVE YOUR
COMMUNITY

CROWDFUNDING Your community wants to
support you

MAKER FAIR Invite your community in

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

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