3. On Creating an “Intellectual Design
Space”
“Young people need their teachers to craft learning
environments that reduce stress levels, interruptions,
and confusion. Teachers can signal that the
makerspace is a different kind of learning space
through visual and physical cues.”
Martinez and Stager, 2013
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4. Some Definitions
Makerspace – “Publicly accessible places to
design and create.”
Digital Harbor Foundation,
2014
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5. Some Definitions
Fab Lab (Fabrication Lab) - “Low-cost digital
spaces where you can “make almost anything”, aimed
at supporting project-based student-centered
learning.”
FabLab@School Project
Stanford Graduate School
of Education
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6. A Guide to Creating a
Classroom Makerspace
- Digital Harbor Foundation
www.slideshare.net/stephgrimes/
add-a-makerspace-to-your-
classroom
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7. Resources for Makerspaces
Digital Harbor Foundation
www.digitalharbor.org/resources/c
lassroom-makerspace/
A Librarian’s Guide to
MakerSpaces: 16 Resources
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/a-
librarians-guide-to-makerspaces/
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8. Kits for Making and
Makerspaces
Exploratorium Store
http://www.exploratoriumstore.co
m/collections/tinkering-
fundamentals
Invent to Learn
www.inventtolearn.com/stuff/
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9. ACTIVITY: The Digital
Card/Digital Badge Project
STEPS
1) Order the “Tinkering
Fundamentals Bundle” from
the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratoriumstore.co
m/collections/tinkering-
fundamentals
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10. ACTIVITY: The Digital
Card/Digital Badge Project
STEPS
2) Follow these directions for
making an LED pop-up card
http://makezine.com/projects/led
-pop-up-cards/
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11. ACTIVITY: The Digital
Card/Digital Badge Project
A TIP:
Try substituting Foam
Construction Sheets for the
construction paper.
ADVANTAGE: They can hold a
battery and LED wires together
easily!
Available at Michael’s and other
craft stores.
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12. REFERENCES
FabLab@School | Transformative Learning
Technologies Lab. (n.d.). Retrieved
December 22, 2014, from
https://tltl.stanford.edu/project/fablabsch
ool
LED Pop-up Cards | MAKE. (n.d.).
Retrieved November 16, 2014, from
http://makezine.com/projects/led-pop-
up-cards/
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13. REFERENCES
Martinez, S. L., & Stager, G. (2013). Invent
to learn : making, tinkering, and
engineering in the classroom. Torrance,
Calif. : Constructing Modern Knowledge
Press, 2013.
Wilkinson, K., & Petrich, M. (2013). The art
of tinkering : meet 150+ makers working at
the intersection of art, science &
technology / Karen Wilkinson & Mike
Petrich. [San Francisco] : Weldon Owen,
[2013].
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