Makerspaces

What is a Maker Space?  from Renovated Learning

A Hands on student directed learning experience that fosters innovative thinking.

Mission Statement:

"To pique students' curiosity and interests by connecting the to the world around them"

-- Tommy Martinez , Teacher Librarian CSLA Presenter, 2019

Makerspace rules from Ideas for Learners:

1) All materials at the station stay there, on the table at that station

2) Only 4 people per station at a time

3) If you move to a different station, clean up everything before you move 

Makerspace ideas:

• 3D Printer

• Animation With Google Slides

• Blackout Poetry

• Book Art with weeded books on Pinterest

• Bookmaking

  • Arnold Grummer's Zig Zag books

  • Library Mouse

  • ABC Book

• Bookmarks

• Breakerspace from School Library Journal

• Button Making

• Cat In The Hat Bow Tie for Read Across America Week

• Censored Poetry

• Coloring Makerspaces

• Cover Your Textbook Event Covering Instruction from Cerritos HS Library

• Digital Book Making With Book Creator APP

• Duct Tape FREEBIE from Teachers Pay Teachers

• Games

  • Chess

  • Checkers

  • Connect Four

  • Battleship

  • Scrabble

  • Uno

• Holiday card making with Google Docs

• Junk Mail Journal

• Kindness Cards - Random Acts of Kindness Week

• kumi humi friendship bracelets

• Little Bits

• Low Tech Library Makerspace from Demco

• Long Beach Depot for Creative Reuse

• Lego Makerspaces from the Daring Librarian

• Magnetic Poetry Kit from School Library Journal

• make do kit

• makey makey

• Mother's Day Card

• origami

  • Father's Day T Shirt Origami Card

  • Origami Flower Youtube Tutorial with discarded book pages

  • How to make a Folded Paper Gift Box

  • Origami Bow Tie

  • Origami corner Bookmark

  • Origami Flower Bookmark

  • Origami Heart Bookmark

  • Origami Bow Bookmark

  • Origami Animals

  • Secret Note Square

• ozobot

• Pixel Graphic with Google Sheets

• Play Dough 

• Poem in My Pocket

• recycle note pads

• ransom note poetry

• St. Patrick's Day Bow Tie template Instructions from How About Orange

• Teacher Coloring Pages from We Are Teachers

• Teacher Appreciation Letter

• T Shirt Tote Bag

• Typewriter Station

• Valentine's Day Circuit Light Up Card

• Valentine's Day Origami Heart

• Write your name in Braile

• The Zen of coloring from The Daring Librarian

• Zentangle Art

  • How to get started with Zentangle Patterns in the Classroom from We Are Teachers

• Zines from University of Texas Libraries

Supplies:

• Storage bins

• Tables

• Shelves

• Acrylic Signs

• Glue Guns and glue refills

• Scissors

• glue sticks

• Cardboard

Promotion:

• Create a club

• Share your projects on Social Media

• Student's word of mouth

• Family night

• Make things the school can use

• make products students can sell for a fundraiser

Resources:

Q & A: Makerspaces from ALA

Low Tech Makerspace from Kelsey Bogan

Makerspace Images on Pinterest

YALSA Making in the Library Toolkit

Demco Makerspace Archive

The Seven Myths Keeping Teachers from Designing Makerspaces

Why Every Classroom Should be a Makerspace

Makerspace Managed Scoop It by Gweneth Jones

Global Cardboard Challenge on imagination.org

James Dyson Foundation (Marble Run Challenge)