gaetc maker session
TRANSCRIPT
Get ready!
Resources http://coffeeforthebrain.com/makersession
www.coffeeforthebrain @coffeechugbooks [email protected]
Agenda
BUILD, PLAY, SHARE
● Introduction and Bio ● Six Questions On
Making ● Build, Play, Share
Cycle● What’s Next?
Let’s Begin
We express who we are through what we make.
Not About The Tools“Our greatest invention in the past 200 years was not a particular gadget or tool but the invention of the scientific process itself.”
Kevin Kelly
6 Key Questions
What is a makerspace?
“Makerspaces, sometimes referred to as hackerspaces, hackspaces, and fables are creative, diy spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn.”
Ellyssa Kroski
“Makerspaces encourage project based and cross disciplinary learning, which leads to the type of innovation that both schools and businesses should be encouraging in today’s economy.”
Robert Brown
Makerspaces are not about the tools; they’re aboutenabling making.
Who is a maker?
Where do you put a
makerspace?
When do I create a
makerspace?
How to create a makerspace
culture?
Why create a makerspace
culture?
If education were a business, would it suffer the same fate as
Blockbuster, Sears, Kodak & Borders?
@justintarte
Elements of a Makerspace Culture
• Curious
• Playful
• Risk Takers
• Perspective
• Persistent
• Sharing
Curious
Playful
Be a RISK TAKER
Perspective
Persistent
Sharing
1st grade question Sharing the journey of making
You make with your mind and form the idea with your hands
“We don’t wait for inspiration. We chase it down with circuits and coffee!”
Coffeechug Cafe
Talk < Action
BUILDING PLAYING SHARING
Learning is about stuff that sticks
Open the bags
Explore the contents
The Rules
1. Have fun!
2. Everybody Participates
3. No wrong answers - “go with the flow”
4. Don’t have the answer? Think with your hands!
5. Need at least 5 people at your table!
Practice Build
Open up your bag and build a dog with 4 bricks.
Raise your dog in the air when done.
Practice Sharing
Take a picture of your work
#gaetc16 @coffeechugbooks
Dog ExamplesMaurer family test experiment
Did you know….
6, 2x4 LEGO pieces can assemble into 915,000,000+
possible combinations?
Instructions
Add a few bricks to your minifig and introduce yourself to others at your table.
● Who are you?● Why did you come
to GaETC and/or this session?
1 Minute Build
Practice Sharing
Take a picture of your work
#gaetc16 @coffeechugbooks
Body parts of
homunculi
Hands are search engine of the mind
Largest portion of cortex areas of brain
Build together
● Work at your table to create largest standing LEGO tower
● Minifig MUST be at top
Practice Sharing
Take a picture of your work
#gaetc16 @coffeechugbooks
Typical ClassTypical MeetingTypical PD
Lean In● Co Owners of
the work● You care● You are
invested● Naturally
happens
Break down tower and
return pieces
Grab 5 random pieces
Grab 5 piecesAssemble in random arrangement
Symbols
Bricks Can Mean Anything!
Order of People
Clockwise starting with person closest to the screen
30 Seconds to explain the topic given to you.
My object represents the coolest classroom because
My object represents the students in my classroom because
My object represents my favorite teacher because
My object represents the culture of my building because
My object represents learning because
My object represents a great leader because
What did we experience that can benefit your classroom?
Learning journey more important than final product
Think about the following
What is the experience you're trying to create?
What are the learning goals and outcomes you want to
achieve in this space?
Who will lead the student experience?
Will you provide students a set curriculum or more open
ended projects?
What grade levels will your space target?
How will students access the space?
How will educators learn how to get the most from
the makerspace?
How will you assess the students on their projects?
Then you talk tools…..
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of
changing himself.” ― Leo Tolstoy
Curious
Playful
Risk Takers
Perspective
Persistent
Sharing
Final StepHold yourself accountable. Write a letter to yourself about what you plan on making by end of November.
http://coffeeforthebrain.com/makersession
LISTEN TO THE MUSTN’TS
Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child,
Listen to the DON’TS
Listen to the SHOULDN’TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.