gaetc maker session

Get ready!

Resources http://coffeeforthebrain.com/makersession

www.coffeeforthebrain @coffeechugbooks aarmau@gmail.com

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?

Go….

Find a Minifig

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.