Makers, making, and makerspaces online workshop #1

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A workshop as part of series of online workshops, stemmed from an LSTA grant to educate librarians and library school students on makerspaces, especially in academic libraries. September 17 2014

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Makers,making & makerspaces and our LSTA grant!

Image by: Juhan Sonin

How many of you have ever made something?

How many of you have made something?

POLL: What is a makerspace?

Photo: Katie Day

Makerspaces share some aspects of the shop class, home economics class, the art studio and science

lab. In effect, a Makerspace is a physical mashup of these different places that allows projects to

integrate these different kinds of skills.

The Makerspace Playbook describes the overall goals and concept of makerspace:

“... expect to build your Makerspace users' literacy in design, science, technology, engineering, art, and math. . . .”

Everyone is a MAKERAccording the Makerspace Playbook: “Makerspaces serve as gathering points where communities of new and experienced makers connect to work on real and personally meaningful projects, informed by helpful mentors and expertise, using new technologies and traditional tools.”

According to the Deloitte Center for the Edge “The maker movement is an important manifestation of the economic landscape to come.”

Photo: NASA / Bill Ingals

aspects of making...● constructionist learning (Seymour Papert) - learning

through the act of construction ● tinkering● experimenting and failing● collaboration and cross pollination● open exchange of ideas● personal fabrication

photos: Scott Beale

Who we are...

Brown Biggers - Main PI

Beth Filar Williams - Co PI

Michelle Folkman - Coordinator

Corrine Luthy - LIS Practicum Student

What we are doing...Bringing Maker education to the Library and Information Studies Department and the UNCG community through -

● Workshops ● Maker Visits - Wilmington, Oct. 25

Asheville, Nov. 8 ● AcadeMAKE Conference - Feb. 20, 2015

Information can be found on our Make page: http://uncg.libguides.com/c.php?g=83423&p=843981

Fall Workshops3D Design and Printing - Sept. 24 & Oct 1

Circuits - Oct.15, 29 & Nov 12

Resources

www.makezine.com - Make Magazine

www.thingiverse.com - Free 3D models - download and print

www.instructables.com - Learn to make all kinds of stuff

www.hackaday.com - More technical projects

Information can be found on our Make page at http://uncg.libguides.com/c.php?g=83423&p=843981

Questions? Next workshop

3D Design Basics - Sept. 24 at 12:00 pm

ReferencesHlubinka, M, et al.(2012). Makerspace playbook. Retrieved February 13, 2014 from http://makerspace.com/playbook.

Hagel, J., Kulasooriya, D., & Seely Brown, J. (2014). A Movement in the Making. Retrieved August 12, 2014, from http://dupress.com/articles/a-movement-in-the-making/

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