Fab Labs at Your School
Makerspace or Fab Lab?
What is a Makerspace?
Makerspaces, sometimes also referred to as hackerspaces, hackspaces, and fablabs are creative, DIYS (DO IT YOURSELF STUDENTS) spaces where the school community can gather to create, invent, and learn. Fab Labs, can be found in libraries, classrooms, or old storage rooms. Materials often found in fab labs might have 3D printers, software, electronics, crafts and hardware supplies and tools, and much more.
Why MY School?
Your school is a long time partner with the University of North Carolina of Greensboro. As a partner, through a new grant Transforming Teaching Through Technology, we will work collaboratively with schools to create a customized makerspace housed at your school. To do this we must:
1. Work together with GROWING MINDSETS...
2. Find the "space" for the Fab Lab or Makerspace
3. Establish teacher leaders passionate about learning by doing
4. Choose 2 teachers interested in extended learning opportunities (Free Course offerings at UNCG!)
1. Work together with GROWING MINDSETS...
2. Find the "space" for the Fab Lab or Makerspace
3. Establish teacher leaders passionate about learning by doing
4. Choose 2 teachers interested in extended learning opportunities (Free Course offerings at UNCG!)
Saija "Sage" Washington
Academic Coach- Your UNCG Go-To person for connecting to UNCG
Matt Fisher
Associate Director of Teacher Resource Center, UNCG Makerspace SELF Design Studio
Mike Renne
Instructional Technology Consultant- Ask him any Makerspace Questions!
Busted Myths about Makerspaces
Makerspace Schools:
1. Must have a STEM or STEAM designation
2. Must have a Laser printer, and other high tech equipment
3. Only relates to Science and Math
4. Are ONLY for the E in STEM
5. Students are not creative
1. Must have a STEM or STEAM designation
2. Must have a Laser printer, and other high tech equipment
3. Only relates to Science and Math
4. Are ONLY for the E in STEM
5. Students are not creative
What's the BIG IDEA about Makerspaces...CLICKITY CLICK!
Makerspaces reinforce the abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. THE 4C'S (Communicating, Collaboration, Critical & Creative Thinking)
http://www.p21.org/our-work/resources/for-educators/1007
SAMR Model
Here is information related to the project that might be of interest.
http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html
http://www.p21.org/our-work/resources/for-educators/1007
SAMR Model
Here is information related to the project that might be of interest.
http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html
Email: sawashi4@uncg.edu
Website: http://soe.uncg.edu/
Location: Transforming Teaching Through Technology Spring Garden School of Education Greensboro NC
Phone: 3363344312
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNCGSELFDesignStudio
Twitter: @UNCGSchoolofEdu