"Makerspaces are collaborative workshops where young people gain practical hands-on experience with new technologies and innovative processes to design and build projects. They provide a flexible environment where learning is made physical by applying science, technology, math, and creativity to solve problems and build things." www.makerspace.com
1. The Makerspace Play Book: School Edition might be just the thing you need to get your Makerspace up and running in your school. In addition to the playbook, be sure to check out the companion document, High School Makerspace Tools & Materials, which details the uses and costs of a fully stocked inventory for an in-school Makerspace. (makerspace.com)
2. Catlin Tucker's most recent blog post, Maker Movement - Let Them Build It & They'll Learn, shows how she brought the Maker philosophy into her English classroom by having students create models of The Globe Theater during her Othello unit. She even had students create stop motion videos throughout the project to document their work! (catlintucker.com)
3. Dive into the Maker Movement explores the Makerspace at Marymount school in New York City and explains why the Maker Movement is all the buzz in education these days. (edutopia.com)
In our own Tinker Space, we are currently exploring projects using Raspberry Pi. Do you have a Raspberry Pi but aren't sure what to do with it, or how to get started?
4. Here are 26 Raspberry Pi Project Ideas to inspire your own project, complete with step by step guides. (instructables.com)
5. Make: also provides a listing of Raspberry Pi Project Ideas organized by ability level. (makezine.com)
While the Maker movement is exciting, for sure, it really is nothing new. The Maker movement is experiential learning at its finest.
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results “ — John Dewey
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