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Diana Rendina

Fostering Creativity With Makerspaces | Edutopia - 0 views

  • 1. Find the Space
  • It needs to be a place where students can drop in before school, during lunch, after school, or even during the day if the teacher allows them to visit.
  • Write as many grant proposals as possible. Have students help write grant proposals.
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  • 2. Find the Money
  • One of the things that we didn't want to do was buy tons of tools for the students and tell them, "Do something with these."
  • 3. Find the Tools
  • crowdfunding
  • students just need to be given the space to be creative, and amazing things will happen.
  • 4. Find the Students
  • Promoting the creativity aspect will make a difference. A makerspace is a great place to get away from the standardized testing and try something new and exciting.
  • We need to encourage STEAM across the board for all students, and makerspaces can be an ideal entryway for students who might not be natural to these fields of study.
  • Makerspaces can be the spot that encourages a whole new generation of creative minds to explore and solve the big problems. It gives students a chance to see what they can do when they aren't limited by four multiple choice answers. Creativity is a valuable resource -- and a makerspace is the perfect tool to enhance and harness it.
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    Great overview of how to get a makerspace started and the value these spaces bring to our schools.
Diana Rendina

The Daring Librarian: Makerspace Starter Kit - 0 views

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    Great tips from Gwyneth Jones for starting up a Makerspace
Diana Rendina

K12 Lab Network Resource Guide, 2015 - Google Docs - 0 views

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    Amazing set of Design Thinking resources from the d.school's K12 Lab. Fantastic resource for educators interested in design thinking and makered.
Diana Rendina

Why I Am Not a Maker - The Atlantic - 0 views

  • I’m uncomfortable with any culture that encourages you take on an entire identity, rather than to express a facet of your own identity ("maker," rather than "someone who makes things").
  • There’s a widespread idea that “People who make things are simply different [read: better] than those who don’t.”
  • Making things is incredibly important, especially for groups that previously haven’t had access.
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  • The problem is the idea that the alternative to making is usually not doing nothing
  • what I do (teaching) for what I’m actually trying to help elicit (learning)
  • Or, worse, if you say that I "make" other people, you are diminishing their agency and role in sense-making, as if their learning is something I do to them.
  • there's still this stigma that feels like it attaches to those-who-don’t-make
  • Rather, I want to see us recognize the work of the educators, those that analyze and characterize and critique, everyone who fixes things, all the other people who do valuable work with and for others—above all, the caregivers—whose work isn’t about something you can put in a box and sell.
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    Amazing, thought provoking article engineering professor Debbie Chachra on why we need to be cautious about insisting on people identifiying themselves by what they make.  While I don't necessarily agree that encouraging people to make things devalues education and caregiving, it is a valid criticism to think about.
Diana Rendina

Open Portfolio Project: Research Briefs - 0 views

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    The Maker Education Initiative has been researching student portfolios in Maker classrooms. They've gathered their ongoing research here.
Diana Rendina

STEM Curriculum Resources by Dr. Wesley Fryer - 0 views

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    This is an AMAZING collection of STEM and MakerEd resources from Dr. Wesley Fryer. He has everything divided by topic, with lots of links and videos.
Diana Rendina

Making/Tinkering Books Recommended in Invent to Learn - 0 views

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    Amazon store of Maker books recommended by Invent to Learn.
Diana Rendina

Keynote - Laura Fleming | The Educator Collaborative - MakerSpace Camp - 0 views

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    Laura Fleming's keynote for the Educator Collaborative's MakerSpace Camp. Inspirational look at the role of Makerspaces in our schools.
Diana Rendina

"It's vital your Makerspace reflects the culture of your school." - 0 views

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    Excellent article describing why no two Makerspaces should be identical.
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