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MakingMakerLearningKris-nFon-chiaroAmberLove6QuentonOakesKamyaSarmaUniversityofMichiganSchoolofInforma;[email protected]:hBp://bit.ly/fontblogTuesday,May10,9:30–4:30,BentonHarborPublicLibrary
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Whatdidyoumake?
“Dogfooding”
HowcanwesupporttheLeonardosinourschools?
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Thisisamakerspace. Thisis,too.
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This,too.
Tools+Support+CommunityDaleGrover,MakerWorks,AnnArbor,Michigan
ParkerThomas,hBp://makezine.com/2013/08/11/key-quali;es-
for-a-school-makerspace/
People
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Tools+Support+CommunityDaleGrover,MakerWorks,AnnArbor,Michigan
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People
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EXPLORATION+FORMALANDINFORMALLEARNING+
PEERLEARNING+EXPOSITION+CONTENT?
Makingisn’tnew…
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Wantto?Nowyoucan!Givelifetoyourideas
{AmericanCorner,BibliotecaSanGiorgio,Pistoia,Italy}NoTwoMakerspacesAreTheSame.
Wood/MetalShopTools
Thisspacereservedforyourmaker
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Fabrica;onTools Needle/YarnWork
Sewing,e-Tex;les,Fashion
PaperCuingandEngineering
Cooking,Canning,
PreservingHor;culture
Electricity,Circuitry,
Microcontrollers,Robo;cs
Photo,Music&VideoProduc;on
ApplianceRepair
Programming/Coding
“Darron’smessyworkbench”byDarronBirgenheieronFlickr.CC-BY.hBp://flickr.com/photos/darronb/6450960321/“Ques;onMark?”byTiffanyTerryonFlickr.CC-BY.hBp://flickr.com/photos/35168673@N03/5425591246/’’“nagamikumquat”bydavidonFlickr.CC-BY.hBp://flickr.com/photos/23465812@N00/4347402017“s1k”byAndresRodriguezonFlickr.CC-BY.hBp://flickr.com/photos/symic/9725504427/“VintageGeneralMillsToaster1949-1951”byGranniesKitchenonFlickr.CC-BY.hBp://www.flickr.com/photos/47600671@N04/4568463926OtherphotoscourtesyofMichiganMakers
SomeThingstoConsider…
#1:KnowYourPurposeBeforeYouBuyAnything.Entertain?Inform?Educate?Enhanceacademics?Fillavoidinacademics?Haveone-offprojectsorbuildacommunity?Welcomenewmakers?Newservicesforexis;ngmakers?
Example:MichiganMakers-Createcommunityaroundmaking-BalanceDIYexplora;onwithguidancefrommentors-Createsustainabilityandreplicability-“Havesomethingforeverymemberofthefamily”
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#2:ConsiderShort-AndLong-termProjects(andstartsmall).
# 3:EmbraceOpen–andOpenSource--Thinking.
‘ArduinoUnoR3”bySparkFunElectronicsonFlickr.CC-BY.hBp://flickr.com/photos/sparkfun/8406865680/
Corollary:LookforPartners&Sherpas.
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Corollary:PartnerSkills,Too:LookForMashups.
#5:Notallmakingisseriousbusiness.
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Corollary:Some-mes,makingallowsforself-soothingandre-centering.
#6:DevelopPeerLeadership.
Corollary:Redefine“Teacher”And“Learner.”
Egg Drop Challenge
Corollary:MatchMentorswithLearners.
Marshmallow Towers
#7:ThinkWindowsAndMirrors. #5:ThinkWindowsAndMirrors.
Thereissomethingmissinginourdefini;on,vision,ofahumanbeing:theneedtomake.Wearecreatureswhoneedtomake.Becauseexistenceiswilly-nillythrustintoourhands,ourfateistomakesomething--ifnothingelse,theshapecutbythearcofourlives….Makingisthemirrorinwhichweseeourselves…
FrankBiedart,“AdvicetothePlayers,”h8ps://harvardmagazine.com/1999/09/
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#8:CelebrateDailyProgress. #9:CelebrateLong-termProgress.
Corollary:Celebratebyjustmakingsomething.
(Range&Schmidt2014)
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You’vebeensiongforawhile.Let’stakeabreak!
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determiningpurpose whydoesthisma6er?
Ourmakerspaceshitthemarkwhenmakersareworkingfromtheir“centerofgravity”(Dewey1900)
Mindsetandculturecomebeforethetools.Whatmindsetdoyouwanttodevelopinyourpatrons/learners?Howdoyouknowwhatfolks
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• SchoolCurriculum• LibraryCircPaBerns•
PeingZoos(poolyourresources!)•
Mel.orgàDatabases>DemographicsNow•
ESRITapestry(hBp://www.esri.com/landing-
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Consideracharterormanifestoforyourmakerspace(withadultsorkids).
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Basedon______________,Iseethatourstudents/patronsneedopportuni-esto___________________.Therefore,we’dliketolaunchamakerprogramthatwillgivethemthechanceto______________.Inthisprogram,wewillpriori-ze___________________________.Wewillknowthatwearesuccessfulif______________________.
turnandtalk.ok.
nowhowdowestructurethis?
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Somecontext!Forus,makingpriori-zes:
ProcessoverproductAgencyoverteacher-directedworkChoiceoverfollowingdirec-onsExperimentalmindsetover“failureifitdoesn’tworkthefirst-me”
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Rememberourac-vityfromthismorning?
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Whoseworkstoodouttoyouasbeinggreat?
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Whatcriteriadidyouusetodeterminewhosewasbest?
Ifweweretorepeattheexerciseandsharethosecriteria,whatdoyouthinkmighthappentothe
rangeofideaswesaw?It’sreallyhardtocompareopen-endedwork,isn’tit?
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Butwhatgetsassessedgetsa6en-on,right?
Sohowdoweassessinourmakerefforts?
Maybewedon’tmeasurewhattheymake.
Maybewemeasuretheirthinkinginstead.
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SevenStrategies1. Title:Sub-tle
2. ProcessJournals
3. Stand-UpMee-ngs
4. DesignChallenge
5. GalleryWalking
6. Ar-stStatements
7. Portolios
Title:Sub-tle
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DesignChallenges-Commonchallengeforeachstudent-Openop;onsforcomple;ontogivespaceforagencyandchoice-Agreed-uponmetricsforsuccess-Builtoncurriculumlearning-Precededbydirectinstruc;onand/orinterspersedwithmini-lessonsasneeded-Timelimitsservetomo;vatecrea;vitywithinconstraints
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• Designaninven;onthatwouldfix_____
• Createaprototypethatwould________
• Researchandiden;fyasolu;onthat_______
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Createastamp/statue/logo/mascotfor_____basedonwhatyouknowabout
#1DesignChallengeExamples• Wehavestudiedhow
__________influencedsocietybyharnessing/inven;ng__________.Whatnewglobalchallengedoyouseeneedingtobesolved?Createaprototypeforyoursolu;on.
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PeoplewithParkinson’shavedifficultyea;ngsoupbecausetheirhandshakes.Researchexis;ngsolu;onsanddesignanalterna;ve…
YourChallenge!By_____IndividualChallenge
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Createasculpturalrepresenta;onofthethemeorconflictofyourfavoritebookorhistoricalevent.
• Bepreparedtoexplainthechoicesyoumade.
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Useas;ckynotetocreateacatchy;tleandinforma;vesub;tle,likethis:AloneAmongOthers:AKeySocialThemeinHamlet
GroupChallenge
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Startbycollec;ngdatafromgroupmembersaboutsomethingthatnewstudentsstrugglewithatyourschoolorlibrary.
• Usethatdatatofocusonasingleproblem.
• Brainstormsolu;ons.• Buildaprototype.•
Bepreparedtoexplainthechoices
youmade.• Useas;ckynotetocreatea
catchy;tleandinforma;vesub;tle,likethis:FriendTracker:AnApptoHelpNewStudentsFindKindredSpirits
Or…createyourownchallengeandbereadytoexplainittoothers.Or…beagroupreporter!
Assessmentindesignchallengescancomefrom…• Productpitches
• Adver;singcopyforproduct
• Infomercialsforproduct
• LeBers
• Anyoftheothertechniques
GalleryWalking• ½present,½view
• Considerhalf-page“Hamburger-style”tabletents
– Possiblecontent:• Whatistheobject?•
Whatdoesthecreatorwanttheviewertono;ceinpar;cular?•
Iamproudof_________.
– Keeptoonesentence
– In-processora~erprojectcomple;on
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MakerGalleryWalkGuidelines
• Lendsupport,notcri;que• Askques;ons• Listenintently•
Giveadviceonlyifaskedforit
GalleryWalkun-l_____•
Framinggallerywalk/exposi;one;queBewithkids•
Moveyourcrea;ontothebackofthedininghall(leaveyourworkspaceasis)•
Rememberyourcap;on!Fun;tle:Informa;vesub;tle•
Taketurnsstaffingyoursta;on
Ar-stStatements
Ar-stStatementsCanConvey
• Purpose/intent
• Process(ifsuccinct)
• Inspira;ons
• Unpackingofyourthinkingabouttheproductyoumade
Greatresourceforyourteaching:h6p://www.artbusiness.com/artstate.html
Ar-st’sStatementsatmul-plepointsinprocessForma-veAssessment•
“Ticketoutthedoor”• Indexcard• Afewsentencesora
paragraph• Clozesentences:
– “ThevisualsIchosearemeantto_______.”
– “Ichosethismediumbecause______.”
– “Thevisualsinmyslidedeckaremeantto______.”
– “I’mincludingthisprimarysourceimagebecause____.”
Summa-veAssessment• Mul;pleparagraphs• Extendedthought•
Reflectsonthefinished
productandontheprocess
Leivick,Joel.TheRapture.2012.Seriesofphotographs.ThomasWeltonStanfordArtGallery,Stanford.
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