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Get The FREE Makerspace Materials Supply List (PDF)

A makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools. These spaces are open to kids, adults, and entrepreneurs and have a variety of maker equipment including 3D printers, laser cutters, cnc machines, soldering irons and even sewing machines. A makerspace however doesn't need to include all of these machines or even any of them to be considered a makerspace. If you have cardboard, legos and art supplies you're in business. If you are interested in finding out more about laser cutters though, you could always take a look at someone like Boss Laser. They can provide different types of laser from home use to industrial ones. It might be worthwhile having a look at if you want to make your own makerspace at home as well. It's more of the maker mindset of creating something out of nothing and exploring your own interests that's at the core of a makerspace. These spaces are also helping to prepare those who need the critical 21st century skills in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). They provide hands on learning, help with critical thinking skills and even boost self-confidence. Some of the skills that are learned in a makerspace pertain to electronics, 3d printing, 3D modeling, coding, robotics and even woodworking, Makerspaces are also fostering entrepreneurship and are being utilized as incubators and accelerators for business startups. There have already been some amazing success stories that have come out of makerspaces to date.
Now that you have the birdseye view of a makerspace, lets dig a little deeper.
Makerspaces have been called everything from a to a to a Is there a difference between these names? Yes and no. At the core, they are all places for making, collaborating, learning and sharing. Although these spaces have a lot in common, they are also different in a few ways.

To start with, a FabLab and Techshop are trademarked names for a particular type of makerspace. They are both generally stocked with similar types of maker equipment like 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, hand tools etc. One is governed by a corporation () and the other a foundation () and each have their own specific and to follow.

were started by MIT Professor Neil Gershenfeld at the Center for Bits and Atoms in A FabLab is a small-scale workshop offering digital fabrication. They define a FabLab in their own words as "a technical prototyping platform for innovation and invention, providing stimulus for local entrepreneurship. It is also a platform for learning and innovation: a place to play, to create, to learn, to mentor, to invent."

In order to understand the differences between a and a makerspace, we need to do a short history lesson. The beginning of hackerspaces can be traced back to 1995 Berlin when the world's first hackerspace called was launched. The concept of a hackerspace started as places in the community where a group of computer programmers could collectively meet, work, and share infrastructure. They would "hack" technology and try to make it do something it wasn't meant to do. This term of "hacking" or "hacker" in the computer sense soon progressed and expanded into the hacking of physical objects as we know it today. Over the years, the price of maker tools such as 3D printers, desktop laser cutters and CNC routers became more affordable and hackerspaces naturally evolved into makerspaces. defines a "as a community-operated workspace where people with common interests, often in computers, technology, science and digital art can meet, socialize and collaborate." Those are also the same characteristics you will find in a makerspace. Its hard to find many differences anymore between the two terms and I believe at this point its just a matter of preference which name you choose or associate with. The problem with the term hackerspace is the unfortunate negative image people have of a hacker. It may be completely fine to name your private business incubator a "hackerspace" but I dont believe many schools or libraries will be going that route and will continue to use the term makerspace, maker lab etc.

Every makerspace is unique and the projects that are worked on inside of them are also very diverse. Here are just some of the things you can do in a makerspace :

Coding

3d printing

Laser cutting

Soldering

Electronics / Arduino

Robot building / Robotics

Learn Circuits and Electricity with paper circuits

Sewing

Wood working

Take-a-part sessions

Inventing

A makerspace can take many forms and so can a definition of one

Laura Fleming - "A makerspace is a metaphor for a unique learning environment that encourages tinkering, play and open-ended exploration for all."

Diana Rendina - "A makerspace is a place where students can gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of tools and materials."

- "A makerspace is simply a place where people gather and make. They come all shape and size. A makerspace is a student centered learning environment with limitless possibilities."

defines a makerspace "as a community-operated workspace where people with common interests, often in computers, machining, technology, science, digital art or electronic art, can meet, socialize and collaborate. Additionally, Wikipedia has a secondary listing for which they define as "an area traditionally found in public libraries that offers patrons an opportunity to create content through various resources such as computers, 3-D printers, audio and visual devices, and traditional arts and crafts materials, including ecologic material. In the field of library science, maker spaces are classified as a type of library service offered by librarians to patrons."

- Makerspaces, sometimes also referred to as hackerspaces, hackspaces, and fablabs are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. In libraries they often have 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and hardware supplies and tools, and more.

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

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Get The FREE Makerspace Materials Supply List (PDF) A makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools.

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1. 1. “How to be ‘Team Human’ in the digital future” by Douglas Rushkoff explains how the future has changed from something we create together to something we bet on and have no control over. We disagree in his sentiment that technology is “bad” and humans are great since humans are the ones who 1) create the technology 2) misuse it.

2. Film “The Devil Wears Prada” focuses on fashion yet covers many other topics far more important which are the main topics: self-worth, power dynamics in the work place, abuse, morality, and capitalism. In many ways we agree work defines us, is capable of changing us (both emotionally and physically), and permeates all areas of our lives

3. Film “Parasite”

What we was interesting was that no matter how hard you work, the system or where you were born decides your position on which floor of the building you belong. The impossibility of changing your class, the inherent struggle. It is important for us to look at labor systematically, deconstruct the inherent economic structures.

More detailed notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qZow92zd7c_h9RPpaiVUIF4KVS7CwqAtaTA6RxbE4fc/edit?usp=sharing

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