neflin: all about makerspaces
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ALL ABOUT MAKERSPACES
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Agenda• What is a Makerspace? • Case for a Makerspace• Planning for a Makerspace• Running a Makerspace• Programming and planning to
make your program/space an ongoing success
What is a Makerspace?
How do you define a makerspace?
It’s a space….where people can gather for:• DIY projects• Collaboration• Self-Learning• Making• Exploring• Sharing• Tinkering
Sources:Makerspaces.comHCPLCWikipedia
What can be included in a Makerspace?
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CircuitScribeArduinoRaspberry Pi
Sphero 2.0wowwee
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WowWee’s MiiOzobotsSphero SPRK+
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DronesParrot Mini Rolling SpiderBeBop Drone Skycontroller
Images: http://goo.gl/rEZqhn; http://goo.gl/JV8ZkS; http://goo.gl/aIskKh
First Lego League: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/
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Robotic Teens
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Makey Makey (Video)SnapCircuitLittle BitsCircuitScribe or other circuit pens
Images:MakeyMakey Vat 19
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Images: Wikipedia
Legos:LEGO Education Simple & Motorized Mechanisms Program KitLEGO WeDo 2.0 Core Set
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BloxelsScratch for Kids
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3D Printing & Design
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Google CardboardOculus RiftSamsung VRHololens
Images: Amazon, Bestbuy
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Arts:SewingPaintingJewelry Making
Images: Amazon, Montezuma Library, Brentwood Library
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Recording StudioBeamzMusic Classes
Images: St Louis Public Library
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Green ScreensEditing SoftwareDigitization Stations
Images: Green Screen Fun
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Images: Pasco County Library’s Foundry and more here – including great policies and programs
Wood tools
What else can you include in a makerspace?
Let’s Play! NEFLIN Equipment Loan
and More
Why a Makerspace?
New Horizons Report https://goo.gl/rnY32D Image from report: https://goo.gl/wMZJMt
Evolving from Consumption Space to a Creator Space
Image from: http://goo.gl/OTGn4W
Play = Learning• “learn how to use tools and
processes to help them reach their own goals and realize their own ideas”
• “shared spirit, ethics, discipline, mutual respect, reciprocity, self-directed learning”
-makerspace.com PlayBook
Image from: Library as an Incubator
Participatory Learning
• Heightened motivation and new forms of engagement through meaningful play and experimentation;• Learning that feels relevant to students’ identities and interests;• Opportunities for creating using a variety media, tools and practices;• Co-configured expertise where educators & students pool their skills and knowledge and share in the tasks of
teaching & learning;• An integrated system of learning where connections between home, school, community and world are
enabled and encouraged
Image: http://bit.ly/Nrh0N1 Source: http://goo.gl/w4S47
- Henry Jenkins (http://goo.gl/2leyCU)
YA & YouthDevelopment• Caring
Neighborhood • Community Values
Youth• Safety • Adult Role Models • Youth Programs
Image & Anythink Brighton Awarded Grant to Design Teen Makerspace : http://goo.gl/3wDlz9 More on Developmental Assets and Grand Prairie Libraries at teen toolbox - http://goo.gl/T6Tkox
Partnerships & Economic Growth
Image and ideas for small lib: http://goo.gl/6BQYrG
Making the Case• Case Studies• Space for Learning Blog
More: http://makered.org/resources/making-the-case/
Funding Ideas• Grants, Partnerships
with Tech Companies/ Local Makerspaces, Colleges• Start Small – Grow Big • Kickstarter or other
crowdsourcing sites• Donor’s Choice• Friends
What other sources can you think
of? ?
Planning a Makerspace
DiscussionFive Questions
From the amazing Diana Rendina’s Blog http://renovatedlearning.com
What is the goal of your makerspace?
From the amazing Diana Rendina’s Blog http://renovatedlearning.com
What does my library already have?
From the amazing Diana Rendina’s Blog http://renovatedlearning.com
How will it be used?
From the amazing Diana Rendina’s Blog http://renovatedlearning.com
Where will I get supplies?
From the amazing Diana Rendina’s Blog http://renovatedlearning.com
Where/How much physical space do I have?
From the amazing Diana Rendina’s Blog http://renovatedlearning.com
Community Assessment
Community Surveys
Survey Tips• Short• Keep it Focused• Use Scales when Possible• Online and Paper• Target: Current, Past and
Prospective Users• Allow for Follow-Up
More Tips: Qualitrics
Survey Software• Survey Monkey• Google Forms• Poll Daddy
Idea!Ask survey participants if they would like to:• Volunteer• Contribute more feedback
Focus Groups
Organizing Questions:• How many people?• Who should be in your focus group?• How long?* • What should you ask?
* Ideally 45 minutes but no longer than 90-120 minutes
Image and More at: http://www.getresearchpower.com/focus-groups/
Tips for an effective Focus Group• Define who you want to talk with• Ask Objective Questions• Negative Feedback can be the
most beneficial• Don’t take it personally• Ask for Clarity• 12 questions max.
More: Quirks, Downloadable Guide at Duke
What are your tips?
Who would you invite? Recruit?What would you ask?
What programs are a success now?
Who our yourusers?
Setting Up a Makerspace
Before you start:• Where will my space be?• What equipment will I need?• What is needed to accomplish my
goals?• How should it be organized?
Organization Idea
Things to consider• Don’t focus on High-Cost
Equipment • Remember the tools will change• What is the purpose?• Fabrication• Collaboration• Teaching
• Noise
More at: EdTech Magazine
Designing Space• Flexible• Room for small groups• Lots of Electric Outlets*• Sealed Concrete Floors
recommended• Easy to access supplies/cleaning
equipment• Good ventilation• Space for hardware/Space for play
Images from http://www.flickr.com/photos/raster/ * Is needed - 220 volts or even three-phase power.
Furniture• Workbenches/Long Tables• Moveable Furniture• Shelving for storing supplies &
ongoing projects• Whiteboards (or Idea Paint!)
Furniture can be used or made
Image from: http://goo.gl/2NsK6Y
Buy used
Equipment• Equipment for each
Maker Station• Cleaning Tools• Collaboration Tools• Laptops with specialized
software
Image from http://bit.ly/NrdOBb
Safety• Safety Glasses for those working with:• Power Tools• Hammering or anything that creates
debris• Chemicals
• First Aid Kit• Fire Extinguisher• Aprons• Post Workshop Safety Rules• Staff/Volunteer on-duty
Toothbrush Robots
Implementing & Managing a Makerspace
Staff• How is it going to staffed?• What hours?• What training does staff
need?
Volunteers• Classes• Staffing• Assisting Staff
Safety
How will users be trained or certified to use maker tools?
Liability FormsExamples:Pasco County FoundryDallasMeadowview Elem.
Room to grow and change
ProgrammingIdeas for a Makerspace
“Have Students Solve Problems They Care About”
“Using maker time to allow students to solve
problems that relate to their everyday lives will create 21st
century learners.”
Ed Tech Magazine
Passive Programming Ideas
Active ProgrammingIdeas
Why not check it out?
Sources for Programming Ideas• Makerspace Book • Make it At Your Library• Library as an Incubator• Instructables• Adafruit Blog• MakerSpaces and the Participatory
Library• Colleen Graves• Josh Burker
Great Makerspaces in Florida
• http://creationstation.pbclibrary.org/
Palm Harbor’s Makerspace for Children• Simple set-up • Supplies• Furniture Modification• Possibly Electrical
• Ongoing• $192 @month on ave –
supplies• Over 1000 kids have
used the space
Orange County’s Melrose Center• Music Recording Studio• Video Editing & Recording Studio• Photography Studio• Conference Space• Simulation Lab
More Amazing Spaces• Broward County Library’s Creation Station• Stewart Middle Magnet School• Pasco County Foundry• HCPLC’s The Hive• Dunedin Public Library
Even More Makerspaces
Let’s GetHands-on with NEFLIN’s Equipment Loan
What ideas can you bring back to your library?
Great blog & photo
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