design challenges in makerspaces: how to develop student creativity
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DESIGN CHALLENGESin Makerspaces
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How to Develop Student Creativity
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DIANA RENDINA, MLIS • Media Specialist at Tampa Preparatory, 6-12 independent school
• Stewart Middle Magnet School in Tampa, FL from 2010-2017
• Blogger @ RenovatedLearning & AASL Knowledge Quest
• 2016 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator
Portrait by Kimberly Yau
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HOW I GOT STARTED From Dark Cave to the Stewart Makerspace
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About Stewart• Public STEM Magnet Middle School • Hillsborough County Public Schools (8th largest
district in USA) • Grades 6-8 • Urban location near downtown Tampa • Title 1 - 75% of students on free or reduced
lunch • 30% Black, 33% Hispanic, 30% White, 7%
Asian and Multiracial • 65% Male, 35% Female
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Body Level One Body Level Two
Body Level Three DESIGN CHALLENGES VS. OPEN EXPLORATION
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OPEN EXPLORATIONFree time, students can explore the tools and ideas that interest them
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WORKSHOPSEveryone learns a new skill together working on the same project
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DESIGN CHALLENGEWhole group focuses on a unifying challenge or theme for their project
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Body Level Three WHY DESIGN CHALLENGES?
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“It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creaCve work,
limitaCons mean freedom”
~ AusCn Kleon, Steal Like an ArCst
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“The Challenge of the Blank Screen” Seymour Papert
“The Paradox of Choice” Barry Schwartz, psychologist
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CREATING A DESIGN PROMPT• What is the goal? • Who do students work with? • What are the materials? • How much Cme do they have? • How will they share it? • Other creaCve constraints?
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Body Level Three DESIGN CHALLENGE EXAMPLES
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PHONE/TABLET HOLDER PROMPTBuild a device that can hold your phone steady to take a picture or video. Work with your table group. You can only use K’nex provided at your table. You have 45 minutes, then we’ll share “shark tank” pitches to the group.
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CARDBOARD CHALLENGEWatch Caine’s Arcade!!
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CARDBOARD CHALLENGE PROMPT• Goal: Make an arcade game with
cardboard • Who: Choose your own groups • Materials: At least 75% cardboard • Time: 2 weeks • Share: Global Cardboard
Challenge event
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FURNITURE DESIGN CHALLENGE
hUps://Xnyurl.com/studentmakercart
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FURNITURE DESIGN CHALLENGE
hUps://Xnyurl.com/studentmakercart
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FURNITURE DESIGN PROMPT• Goal: Design a piece of furniture
to help a school start a makerspace
• Who: Choose your own groups • Materials: Anything! • Time: 2 weeks • Share: Present ideas to CEF
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LABEL ALL THE THINGS!!! Labels are your friends
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PROJECT STORAGE Let kids save their works-in-progress
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PROJECT DISPLAY Display student works
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LESS IS MORE Don’t do the work for them - guide them in the right direction
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BEST PRACTICES FOR CHALLENGES
• Don’t make it a compeCCon • Provide a focus, but not too
many limitaCons • Leave room for creaCvity • Build in a sharing component
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COLLABORATION Coral reef lesson
WriUen ConversaXons
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DESIGN PROMPT
Build a model of a coral reef using K’nex or LEGOs. You must cite at least one piece of evidence from the text. Work alone or in groups. You have 15 minutes, then we’ll present our projects to the class.
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MAKER FAIR Share with your community
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MAKER FAIR Share with your community
There is no such thing as aONE-SIZE-FITS-ALLMAKERSPACE
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