Managing a school-wide Makerspace is a huge job! It definitely "takes a village" to keep it running smoothly in regards to organization as well as procedures and the success of the lessons. Here is my latest iteration on what works well for us so far. There is a student contract and also a Makerspace Tour Video that may help. âFeel free to modify for your own STEAM Lab, Makerspace, or even classroom. Happy Making!
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Got a School Makerspace? I highly suggest NOT accepting supplies/recyclables all year long. Instead celebrate a week-long Innovation Drive where you can enlist parent helpers (or students, volunteers, whatever youâve got) to help manage & organize it all! Making it a fun event with all involved brings in the donations (sometimes even NEW Innovation resourcesð) & you only have to deal with the #creativechaos of managing it all a couple times a year!
Click on the link for an editable Parent Donation Request list.
A huge part of my job is teaching teachers & students how innovation (tech, coding, robotics, making, design thinking ,etc) doesnât have to stand alone.
In fact, I'm kind of passionate about proving how curriculum and content can be incorporated so easily in all innovation & vice versa! :) Click on the links for resources and read below to see some of the many ways we weave innovation through the curriculum!
Write Reader is one of my favorite tools for our youngest authors! It's free, easy to add students to classes, has a bank of images that is continuing to grow, and students can record their voices! I used this even with my Kinder students! Students can write creatively by choosing the pictures in the Image bank or they can show their understanding of what they're learning in any subject area! If you haven't checked it out, I highly encourage you to visit Write Reader and learn more!
This was such an exciting activity in our Makerspace stepping up the building of prototypes with littleBits AND tying in to 4th graders learning in their English Language Arts Unit. Read more about it below. Click on the links for the lesson and student Design Journal and feel free to modify for your own classroom!
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