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What is a Makerspace?
What is a Makerspace?
Makerspace is:
Makerspace is:
* The idea that people are CREATORS of knowledge~not just consumers.
* The idea that people are CREATORS of knowledge~not just consumers.
* A place where creative innovation flourishes.
* A place where creative innovation flourishes.
* The space to allow your imagination to run free.
* The space to allow your imagination to run free.
* As low tech as duct and as high tech as designing, creating, and programming robots.
* As low tech as duct and as high tech as designing, creating, and programming robots.
According to Laura Fleming, author of Worlds of Making: Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School:
"To define a makerspace by its purpose in the simplest of terms, it is a place where young people have an opportunity to explore their own interests; learn to use tools and materials, both physical and virtual; and develop creative projects. It should be envisaged and implemented as a concept that can adapt to a wide variety of uses, shaped not only by educational purposes defined by teachers or the school or the wider curriculum but also by students' own creative goals and interests. With a real potential to revolutionize education, we have begun to see makerspaces popping up all across the country." (p. 5)
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