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From: Judith Kaplan <jlkaplan@UVM.EDU>
Date: May 25, 2016 at 9:54:26 AM EDT
To: VSLA@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Makerspace low tech ideas
Reply-To: Judith Kaplan <jlkaplan@UVM.EDU>

Hi all,


https://goo.gl/zq53CD

2016 Cardboard Challenge - Google Docs
2016 Cardboard (and Duct Tape) Challenge Looking ahead to Fall 2016- Vermont and the Great Cardboard Challenge: Let’s Do It! http://cardboardchallenge.com/ For a copy of resources-link to the QR code https://goo.gl/zq53CD Start saving the cardboard boxes and other recyclables now. Rustl...


I am posting this link to a variety of resources that I created for low tech makerspace projects/ideas based on duct tape and cardboard.  I curated the resources for an Innovation Lounge workshop at Dynamic Landscapes on May 24. I would like to thank Beth Shelley for her assistance and also for allowing me to test drive the ideas with some of her students at the Westford School.  You can see some of the results in a link in the google doc.


There are also some photos of the imaginative robots created from recyclable materials on display at the Georgia Elementary School.  The robots were created by fourth graders as part of a design thinking unit in science.


If you are looking for ways to get up and running with simple ideas to spark creativity and design thinking in your makerspace, try a few rolls of duct tape and some recyclables.  An easy but fun way to get kids involved.



Judith Kaplan

Library Educator

School Library Media Studies

University of Vermont