Makers,making & makerspaces and our LSTA grant!
Image by: Juhan Sonin
How many of you have ever made something?
How many of you have made something?
POLL: What is a makerspace?
Photo: Katie Day
Makerspaces share some aspects of the shop class, home economics class, the art studio and science
lab. In effect, a Makerspace is a physical mashup of these different places that allows projects to
integrate these different kinds of skills.
The Makerspace Playbook describes the overall goals and concept of makerspace:
“... expect to build your Makerspace users' literacy in design, science, technology, engineering, art, and math. . . .”
Everyone is a MAKERAccording the Makerspace Playbook: “Makerspaces serve as gathering points where communities of new and experienced makers connect to work on real and personally meaningful projects, informed by helpful mentors and expertise, using new technologies and traditional tools.”
According to the Deloitte Center for the Edge “The maker movement is an important manifestation of the economic landscape to come.”
Photo: NASA / Bill Ingals
aspects of making...● constructionist learning (Seymour Papert) - learning
through the act of construction ● tinkering● experimenting and failing● collaboration and cross pollination● open exchange of ideas● personal fabrication
photos: Scott Beale
Who we are...
Brown Biggers - Main PI
Beth Filar Williams - Co PI
Michelle Folkman - Coordinator
Corrine Luthy - LIS Practicum Student
What we are doing...Bringing Maker education to the Library and Information Studies Department and the UNCG community through -
● Workshops ● Maker Visits - Wilmington, Oct. 25
Asheville, Nov. 8 ● AcadeMAKE Conference - Feb. 20, 2015
Information can be found on our Make page: http://uncg.libguides.com/c.php?g=83423&p=843981
Fall Workshops3D Design and Printing - Sept. 24 & Oct 1
Circuits - Oct.15, 29 & Nov 12
Resources
www.makezine.com - Make Magazine
www.thingiverse.com - Free 3D models - download and print
www.instructables.com - Learn to make all kinds of stuff
www.hackaday.com - More technical projects
Information can be found on our Make page at http://uncg.libguides.com/c.php?g=83423&p=843981
Questions? Next workshop
3D Design Basics - Sept. 24 at 12:00 pm
ReferencesHlubinka, M, et al.(2012). Makerspace playbook. Retrieved February 13, 2014 from http://makerspace.com/playbook.
Hagel, J., Kulasooriya, D., & Seely Brown, J. (2014). A Movement in the Making. Retrieved August 12, 2014, from http://dupress.com/articles/a-movement-in-the-making/
