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A makerspace is a place where people work together to make things

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What specifically is the goal of the class?

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What specifically is the goal of the class?

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A Maker-space is a place where people can brainstorm ideas and put them into action.

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What forms of media will we be using?

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What is a Makerspace? Is it a Hackerspace or a Makerspace?

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A makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing. Maker Education

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What is the main goal of the class???????????/

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Get Started with Design Thinking — Stanford d.school

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Design thinking is a methodology for creative problem solving. You can use it to inform your own teaching practice, or you can teach it to your students as a framework for real-world projects. The set of resources on this page offer experiences and lessons you can run with your students. This gives

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Design thinking refers to the cognitive, strategic and practical processes. - Miriam

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Design thinking refers to the cognitive, strategic and practical processes. - Miriam

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A maker space is a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network, and build.” Maker spaces are not about the tools; they're about enabling making

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A process for creative problem solving - Miriam

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A process for creative problem solving - Miriam

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Design thinking is when you are thinking about new design ideas and projects

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A makerspace is a place where makers make things. wow! It is an open place where you can just freely make stuff with the materials at hand

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Ask the Expert (Makerspaces)

What is a Makerspace?

Makerspaces are "DIY" social spaces where students meet to create, design, share ideas and learn. They may contain a variety of resources - craft, hardware supplies, 3D printers, electronics, etc.

Why should we start a makerspace?

Makerspaces are popular because they incubate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills, marketable proficiencies for students in the 21st-century economy. Aside from STEM, makerspaces promote collaboration, critical thinking and creativity - skills students use in college and career.

What does it look like?

A makerspace can be as high-tech or low-tech as desired. The important factor is to provide a safe, collaborative environment.

Furniture and equipment should be flexible and durable, enabling student-teacher movement and task-transitioning. Furnishings should also allow for enhanced organization of various objects (e.g. peg boards for hanging tools). If your makerspace is high-tech, furnishings should provide options to charge tools and devices.

In many schools, media centers facilitate problem-solving and design-thinking projects in varied dynamic makerspaces. Areas of discovery include robotics, iMovie making, gaming, circuitry, music production and construction while utilizing high-tech tools such as 3D printers and graphic design programs.

What are some ideas?

Great makerspace projects are mashups from all disciplines. For example, circuitry combined with paper can provide a new perspective on greeting cards or signs; water could be used to test floatable machines; etc.

About the Author

Bryan Shark is the vice president of Sales - Furniture and Equipment at School Specialty, Inc., a leading distributor of products, services and solutions to the education marketplace.

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What is a Makerspace? -- Spaces4Learning

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Ask the Expert (Makerspaces) Makerspaces are "DIY" social spaces where students meet to create, design, share ideas and learn. They may contain a variety of resources - craft, hardware supplies, 3D printers, electronics, etc. Why should we start a makerspace?

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Design thinking is a five step process, that you try to make your ideas impact people that have those needs.

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Physical locations where people gather to share resources and knowledge - Miriam

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Physical locations where people gather to share resources and knowledge - Miriam

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"A safe place where we can build on our ideas and make something that fixes a problem"- Seamus Whalen 2019

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A Maker Space is a space in which different forms of media or art are turned into projects

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Spaces where people can design, create, or invent ideas - Miriam

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Spaces where people can design, create, or invent ideas - Miriam

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Design thinking is thinking of designs

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Makerspace is a place  were you can build stuff and make whatever you want.

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Makerspace is a place  were you can build stuff and make whatever you want.

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WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS CLASS?

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WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS CLASS?

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Design thinking is thinking of ideas

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A place where a lot of people make things and collaborate

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Maker space is a place where you can come up with ideas that people can base their ideas off of yours          -Aidan 

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Maker space is a place where you can come up with ideas that people can base their ideas off of yours          -Aidan 

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a maker space is someplace where you come up with something that helps a group of people out