Setup: Jarowski said many people ask if a makerspace is a classroom or a workshop. His answer is that it should be both, or a synthesis of the two. But he said several considerations should go into the physical setup.
You should have both high-tech and low-tech areas, and clean and messy areas, with separate workstations for different types of activities.
Don't carpet the space because carpet is hard to clean, he said.
Make sure you include whiteboards so students can work on problems together.