Makerspaces Elementary Presentation

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1. Makerspaces Lessons Learned Elementary School Libraries
2. HELLO! Presentation can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/h76gcsy
3. Agenda Introductions Makerspace Lightning Round Audience Q&A
4. Lisa Casey, Jamestown Elementary School
5. Lisa Casey- Lesson Learned Figure out whose responsibility the budget for materials is drawn from - The students are voracious users of tape, hot glue, duct tape, markers, batteries, etc. Storage, signage, communication I use a symbaloo to host all the work we do so everything is available to anyone Green Screen is the most powerful piece and a DoInk app ($2.99) or a Mac are essential Remember it is an evolving thing and you need to evolve with it when it becomes popular, crowded, overfilled with projects - we are in year two and are still figuring things out. Below are links to some of the projects and green screen movies: Boyspin makerspace Halloween Frankenstein Mrs.Pigglewiggle Polar Express TakeServerApart Ice Cream at the Park
6. Esther Wolk, Tiogue Elementary School
7. Esther Wolk - Lessons Learned - Just jump in and try it! - Sell it to your principal - You don’t need anything fancy, look around and see what you already have - Students will not understand it the first time they try it, they want directions - Once the students relax about not having directions, they get really creative - It allows all of the students to show off their talents - The hardest part is keeping the students and the materials organized - It can be done on a fixed schedule - Learning can be fun!
8. Jane Perry & Alyssa Taft, Pell Elementary School
9. Jane Perry & Alyssa Taft Block Task Cards Lego Task Cards #1 Lego Task Cards #2 Printable Task Cards Table Signage
10. Jane Perry & Alyssa Taft - Lesson Learned It’s the making, not the space • Be Fearless! • Our K-4 makerspaces have to be set up, worked on and put away in 40 minutes and students also checkout during this time. • Our activities are stored in scholastic book fair boxes on shelves in the reference section - perfect size, easy access! • We assign activities rather than leave it open to student choice with the goal of each group experiencing each activity. • If one activity is not working out, tweak until it does, or abandon it. • Look around to find “stuff” to use, I bet you have Origami books & paper. • My fear was that it would be too loud and crazy, it wasn’t. • Communication, collaboration, creativity,& critical thinking and FUN, it all happens in a library makerspace!
11. Questions
12. THANKS! Media Smart Libraries @MediaSmartLibs
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