Making it Work: A Learning Commons Approach to
Engaging Middle School Students' Interest and Inquiry in the Curriculum by Melanie Mulcaster
The
paper poses an inquiry to question how Middle schools can leverage the
interests of students to engage them in their own academic learning. It posits
that the Library Learning Commons is well positioned to host and facilitate
Makerspaces for student engagement. There are details of research-based plans
for a hands-on and virtual Makerspace at The Valleys Senior Public School, as
well a design process for sustainable reflection and improvement in terms of
expected outcomes. An intriguing narrative of the
initiative’s developments so far is included! | 
