Makerspaces, libraries and education
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Lessons taught using LEGO Bricks don’t feel like dull schoolwork. On the contrary, students might feel like they’re getting away with something. Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) 
Angela Ribo's curator insight,
June 22, 2015 9:01 AM
Legos are so versatile because you can do so many early math and science activities which them which strengthen spatial learning in young children. And to boot, they think they are just playing. 
Jason Robert LeClair's curator insight,
June 22, 2015 1:02 PM
LEGO! I may have to investigate this further....
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We have, however, recently expanded upon our Makerspace offerings thanks to being inspired by several of my librarian friends in our amazing #TLChat PLN! Kids can come in during lunch or when they've finished their work to explore, craft, and create in the Library Media Center.
Via John Evans
Willemijn Schmitz's curator insight,
June 16, 2015 4:40 AM
Vooral de Duct Tape Craft Cubby spreekt me aan! 
Sophie GAL's curator insight,
March 8, 2016 4:44 AM
Libraries are 're-making' into 'makerspaces'. Research and hands on learning --- a great way to grow.
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“In one unit, students were asked to create an online course where they were required to find a way to present this content and create an assessment for it,” Ms MacLean says. “As long as the kid can be successful, they can use whatever tools they want - online or offline.”
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One school is integrating 3D printing into its curriculum in an effort to engage students and invigorate instruction.
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A tensegrity structure can flex, stretch, compress when dropped or pressed, and then spring back into shape. It also has a high degree of compliance, which means it won’t harm people or equipment around it. That, together with its resilience, makes tensegrity a useful framework for robots that need to withstand jolts or squeeze and twist themselves through irregular spaces. Via Jim Lerman
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This year we introduced Mobile MakerSpaces at our school. A team of Greenwood teachers and I collaborated on the concept over the past year, and I earmarked some funding in our budget that we invested into the Mobile MakerSpace fleet and supplies. Our goal was to create an ethos of innovation and design-thinking. We wanted students to have the opportunity to create, build, tinker, fail, and think critically from any classroom or hallway in our school. At our summer teacher workshops we embedded the “welcome back” content into a MakerSpace approach to demonstrate how learning and sharing through creative construction was possible. Fast-forward to today… Via John Evans
Cultural Infusion's curator insight,
June 11, 2015 6:51 PM
Mobile MakerSpaces - Adjusting Course via @joevans http://sco.lt/...
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For most people when they hear the words location, location, location they think real estate. I think of school library media centers. In almost all schools the media center occupies the largest amount of real estate on the campus. And just like a piece of real estate, there should be flexibility in the staging, products, services, and use of the space. This place, above all others, should be a dynamic space that allows for self expression, exploration, discovery, curiosity, creativity, inquiry, critical thinking, and problem solving.
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What are the real benefits of a maker-centered approach to learning? It’s often described as a way to incubate STEM skills or drive technical innovation — and it is probably both of these. But as a new report from Project Zero’s Agency by Design concludes, the real value of maker education has more to do with building character than with building the next industrial revolution. Via John Evans
Mrs.Piltz' Kinders's curator insight,
June 13, 2015 12:25 PM
There is such value in problem solving and persevering through a challenge.
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Whether it’s Minecraft or duct tape wallets, the childhood passions that seem like fads, if not totally unproductive, can alternatively be seen as mediums for experiencing the virtuous cycle of curiosity: discovering, trying, failing and growing. At DIY, we’ve created a way for kids to explore hundreds of skills and to understand the ways in which they can be creative through them. Often, the skills are unconventional, and almost always the results are surprising. I don’t think it’s important that kids use the skills they learn on DIY for the rest of their lives. What’s important is that kids develop the muscle to be fearless learners so that they are never stuck with the skills they have. Only this will prepare them for a world where change is accelerating and depending on a single skill to provide a lifetime career is becoming impossible. Via John Evans
Rachel Benoit's curator insight,
June 4, 2015 8:56 AM
'Fearless learners', now that is a great concept, and who doesn't love duct tape.
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Apple fans finally have a taste of Google's budget virtual reality platform, letting you explore new worlds without getting off the couch.
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Just when you thought LEGOs couldn't get any better, somebody comes along and creates a recipe for edible homemade gummy LEGO pieces that you can actually build with! Grant Thompson, the genius behind the 'King Of Random' Youtube DIY channel, posted a step-by-step recipe for how to make your dreams come true.
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MakerBot Launches Hands-On Learning Guide For 3D Printing In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff New MakerBot Handbook Helps Educators and Students Get Started with Lesson… Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Check out our super affordable LEGO compatible robot for learning and inventing. Edison is easy to program and even has built-in programs.
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A key goal of maker-centered education is to help young people and adults feel empowered to build and shape their worlds. Acquiring this sense of maker empowerment is strongly supported by learning to notice and engage with the designed dimension of one’s physical and conceptual environment—in other words, by having a sensitivity to design. This sensitivity develops when young people and adults have opportunities to: look closely and reflect on the design of objects and systems, explore the complexity of design, and understand themselves as designers of their worlds. Via John Evans
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3D printing technology is becoming more powerful every year. The latest project of note will see robot arms building a bridge across an Amsterdam canal.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Probably not going to happen in a library makerspace but it does highlight the direct connections between contemporary maker culture and the real world applications of science and engineering.
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A group of researchers have released a research paper showing how they can precisely place full-color texture maps onto 3D prints.
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While we’ve seen how much of an impact 3D printing has had in the medical industry for its ability to create prosthetic devices or even surgical parts, it appears as though we are already moving into a phase where creating 3D printed bionic prosthetics and other medical assistance aids might become the new normal - thanks to a handful of inspired makers who have been deciphering how to include low-cost tech into the already low-cost 3D printed devices.
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From
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There’s no doubt that students find making to be a creative and engaging activity. But as they tinker, design, and invent, are they actually learning anything? "Making is too young a phenomenon to have generated a broad research base to answer this question. The literature that does exist comes from enthusiastic champions of making, rather than disinterested investigators. But there are two well-established lines of research within psychology and cognitive science that can inform how we understand making and help us ensure that making leads to learning. Taken together, these two strands of empirical evidence provide the best guide we presently have for maximizing the learning potential of maker activities."
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Recently, I had the unfortunate experience of dealing with criticism. I was told (not to my face) by a visitor to our school that our library makerspace is not a “real makerspace”. This same person stated that our woodshop is a “real makerspace” because it has power tools. She even suggested that I “do some research” on what makerspaces actually are. Via John Evans
Julie Lindsay's curator insight,
June 6, 2015 6:43 PM
I do think the definition of 'makerspace' needs to be very liberal - including the use of digital technologies to create artefacts. 
LET Team's curator insight,
June 6, 2015 9:19 PM
Stay tuned for our own library maker space...coming soon!
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I am very excited to announce the launch of my new makerspace radio show on the BAM Radio Network! BAM Radio is the largest education radio network in the world offering programming from the nation's top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately committed to quality education.
As of today, our first show has launched. The topic is the Maker Movement and the show is called Helping Students Learn with the Head, the Heart and the Hand. Our first guest is the gracious, Sylvia Martinez." Via John Evans
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A growing number of aerospace companies are embracing 3D printing as they transform how they prototype and manufacture.
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Learning by making has been around since long before edtech—just think about what the adventurous explorers or intrepid settlers of yore would have thought of "Do-It-Yourself." But with thousands of kid-friendly tech tools and a whole World Wide Web of resources out there, creative, interesting opportunities for learning-by-making abound for everyone. Via John Evans
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