Creating a Low-Tech Library Makerspace

Creating a Low-Tech Library Makerspace

Kim BeemanShrewsbury International School

5 March 2016

The BasicsSpace + Money

The Space

LEGO Wall

Supplies

Circulation Desk

Student Computers

( x 49) +

( x 6) = 1 LEGO Wall

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Classic-Green-Baseplate-Supplement/dp/B00NHQF65S

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Classic-Medium-Creative-Brick/dp/B00NHQFA1I

The finished wall!(great tutorial here)

http://renovatedlearning.com/2014/09/12/the-epic-library-lego-wall-how-to-build-one/

Building and Circuitry Kits

http://www.amazon.com/WEDGiTS-WEDGITS-Deluxe-Toy-Set/dp/B00V76676W

http://elenco.shptron.com/c/snap-circuits

http://www.amazon.com/Knex-Model-Building-13419-piece/dp/B00HROBJXY

The Budget

The Future? A Partial Wish List

http://www.amazon.com/littleBits-Electronics-650-0121-Deluxe-Kit/dp/B00EB8GBGO

https://diy.org/skills/cardboarder

http://www.amazon.com/Edukit-Acrylic-Felt-Assorted-Colours/dp/B014BWO08A

http://www.amazon.com/Magna-Tiles-Clear-Colors-100-Piece/dp/B000CBSNRY

http://erinzam.com/blog/2008/07/08/a-few-bookbinding-tools/

Weekly Challenges

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6spWU8y5OV8ZTdsQXlMWEx5VUE&usp=sharing

Building with Slotted Discs & Toothpicks

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6spWU8y5OV8V0tVMFJOR2s3eGs&usp=sharing



https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6m1lBlmVe9BMnZSZUtJRzYxaGM&usp=sharing



Crafting with Paper and Fibers

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6pAucDJbPzYT0ltek56ZTF6a0E&usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6pAucDJbPzYT0ltek56ZTF6a0E&usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6pAucDJbPzYVi1pZVlaTzhLMGc&usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6pAucDJbPzYVi1pZVlaTzhLMGc&usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bw9RMy2SjzsCek5sMFJBSks1TUU&usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bw9RMy2SjzsCek5sMFJBSks1TUU&usp=sharing

Sharing and Displaying

Sharing Student Work: The Makers’ House

Sharing the Library Team’s Work

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3VjMRHxZpLhSllJTkJXYlZvQzg&usp=sharing

https://www.pinterest.com/SHBlibrary/books-for-junior-makers/

https://www.instagram.com/shblibrary/

Is This Really a Makerspace?

What It Doesn’t Offer

https://diy.org/skills/rapidprototyper

http://www.instructables.com/id/20-Unbelievable-Arduino-Projects/

https://diy.org/skills/stitcher

https://diy.org/skills/woodworker

http://www.instructables.com/id/Basic-Guide-to-Flux-Cored-Arc-MIG-Welding/

What It Does Offer● Flexibility ● Sustainability● Creativity & Tinkering● Loanable Resources ● Alternatives to Screen

Time

http://renovatedlearning.com/2015/04/02/defining-makerspaces-part-1/

Resources

Online Inspiration

(stocking a school makerspace)

http://makezine.com/projects/

https://diy.org/skills

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/k-12-fablabs

https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=makerspaces&term_meta%5B%5D=makerspaces%7Ctyped

http://www.slj.com/2015/05/collection-development/maker-bookshelf-a-starter-collection-for-current-and-aspiring-makebrarians-the-maker-issue/

http://renovatedlearning.com/

http://makezine.com/2013/08/21/stocking-up-school-makerspaces/

http://www.instructables.com/

http://hernbergm.wix.com/maker-movement

http://makered.org/resources/

Picture Books for Junior Makers

http://www.bookdepository.com/Iggy-Peck-Architect-Andrea-Beaty/9780810911062

http://www.bookdepository.com/Rosie-Revere--Engineer/9781419708459

http://www.bookdepository.com/Awesome-Dawson/9780316213301

http://www.bookdepository.com/Dotty-Inventions-Roger-McGough/9781847803320

http://www.bookdepository.com/Violet-Pilot-Steve-Breen/9780803731257

http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Most-Magnificent-Thing/9781554537044

http://www.bookdepository.com/What-Do-You-Do-with-an-Idea-/9781938298073

http://www.bookdepository.com/Marvelous-Mattie-Emily-Arnold-McCully/9780374348106

http://www.bookdepository.com/Young-Frank--Architect/9780870708930

http://www.bookdepository.com/Henris-Scissors-Jeanette-Winter/9781442464841

Non-Fiction Books for Junior Makers

http://www.bookdepository.com/LEGO-Adventure-Book-2-Megan-H-Rothrock/9781593275129

http://www.bookdepository.com/Super-Scratch-Programming-Adventure---Covers-Version-2/9781593275310

http://www.bookdepository.com/100-Inventions-That-Made-History/9781409340980

http://www.bookdepository.com/My-First-Sewing-Book/9781907563713

http://www.bookdepository.com/Just-Paint-It-/9781782210382

http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Best-of-Instructables--v--1/9780596519520

http://www.bookdepository.com/New-Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/9780395938478

http://www.anorakmagazine.com/

http://www.bookdepository.com/How-We-Make-Stuff-Christiane-Dorian/9781848777217

http://www.bookdepository.com/Make-Your-Own-Cute-and-Easy-Pompoms-Kazue-Kasug-Ryoko-Nishizuk-Naoko-Nakui-Ide-Oshim/9781589237742?ref=grid-view

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