design challenges in makerspaces
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DESIGN CHALLENGESin Makerspaces
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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
• Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace - August 2017
• Reimagining Library Spaces: Transform Your Space on Any Budget - Fall 2017
Portrait by Kimberly Yau
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HOW I GOT STARTED From Dark Cave to the Stewart Makerspace
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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
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OPEN EXPLORATIONFree time, students can explore the tools and ideas that interest them
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WORKSHOPSEveryone learns a new skill together working on the same project
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DESIGN CHALLENGEWhole group focuses on a unifying challenge or theme for their project
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Body Level Three WHY DESIGN CHALLENGES?
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“It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creaCve work,
limitaCons mean freedom”
~ AusCn Kleon, Steal Like an ArCst
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“The Challenge of the Blank Screen” Seymour Papert
“The Paradox of Choice” Barry Schwartz, psychologist
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CREATING A DESIGN PROMPT• What is the goal? • Who do students work with? • What are the materials? • How much Cme do they have? • How will they share it? • Other creaCve constraints?
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RUBBER BAND LAUNCHER CHALLENGEMake something that flings something
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RUBBER BAND LAUNCHER PROMPT• Goal: Create something that
launches with a rubber band • Who: Choose your own groups • Materials: Anything! + rubber
bands • Time: 3 weeks • Share: Video conference
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CARDBOARD CHALLENGEWatch Caine’s Arcade!!
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CARDBOARD CHALLENGE PROMPT• Goal: Make an arcade game with
cardboard • Who: Choose your own groups • Materials: At least 75% cardboard • Time: 2 weeks • Share: Global Cardboard
Challenge event
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PHONE/TABLET HOLDER PROMPTBuild a device that can hold your phone steady to take a picture or video. Work with your table group. You can only use K’nex provided at your table. You have 45 minutes, then we’ll share “shark tank” pitches to the group.
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BEST PRACTICES FOR CHALLENGES
• Don’t make it a compeCCon • Provide a focus, but not too
many limitaCons • Leave room for creaCvity • Build in a sharing component
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COLLABORATION Coral reef lesson
WriUen ConversaVons
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DESIGN PROMPT
Build a model of a coral reef using K’nex or LEGOs. You must cite at least one piece of evidence from the text. Work alone or in groups. You have 15 minutes, then we’ll present our projects to the class.
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COLLABORATION The Engineering Design Process
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COLLABORATION The Engineering Design Process
IdenVfy the PROBLEM
BRAINSTORM a soluVon
DESIGN & BUILD a prototype
TEST & EVALUATE
REDESIGN based on tests
SHARE your soluVon
REFLECT on process
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DESIGN PROMPT The Engineering Design Process
Build a device that can hold a phone to take a picture. Document your work on your worksheet. Work in table groups. You have 20 minutes, then we’ll pitch our projects to the class.
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MAKER FAIR Share with your community
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MAKER FAIR Share with your community
There is no such thing as aONE-SIZE-FITS-ALLMAKERSPACE
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