[CASL-L] High school maker spaces

[Melissa Thom]

One resource to get you started would be Laura Fleming's "Worlds of
Learning" book.  It's a great intro and overview of what a Makerspace
should consist of beyond the 'stuff.'  My advice is to involve your
community--both students and teachers-- to see what kind of tools,
activities, and areas they would want to see, what they don't have access
to but would like access to, as well as connections to the content.

Most importantly, focus on the "Maker Mindset" and consider how you want
teaching and learning to shift as a result of your new space.

If you are on Twitter, there are a lot of great hashtags and individuals
doing things with Makerspaces.  Here is a doc
<https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1bTz-v3KM8lWa0O1ph0tgCA5ogai80oNayEHyMydbEtI/edit?usp=sharing>
I
created with a few of my favs.

Keep us up to date about your progress and other questions:)

Hope to see you at CECA/CASL conference <http://www.cecact.org/> Oct. 21-22
for the Maker Meetup on Sunday and some great sessions about Makerspace on
Monday.

Melissa

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On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 5:31 PM, Thomas Andronowitz <
TAndronowitz at thomastonschools.org> wrote:

> If possible can people send pix of what your high school maker space looks
> like?  I’ve been charged with getting mine up and running and would love
> some input.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom Andronowitz
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