Have you heard about makerspaces? The makerspace movement is gaining momentum right now in
libraries and media centers and students are thrilled. A makerspace
“is a place for students to take raw materials and create “things” using their
imagination” (Bedley, 2014) exploring
science, technology, mathematics, reading, writing, etc. What students put into the creativity and the
real-time learning of a makespace is what makes this such a great tool! Check out some Vicki Davis’ ideas.
Scott Bedley has come up with a great idea that I want to
try about “un-making” in his article in Edutopia, Dissecting the Un-Makespace: RecycledLearning. Bedley suggests turning
classrooms into a place to take things apart such as; old cassette players,
broken computer mice or monitors. Having
students dissect old and unwanted items and asking questions and finding
possible answers is what learning is all about! My Mouse Squad class has already taken a
part an old CPU, a laptop and keyboards but why should we stop there? I think I need to start asking parents to
donate any unwanted devices and get my students busy dissecting!
Bedley, Scott. "Dissecting the Un-Makerspace: Recycled Learning." Edutopia. N.p., 24 Nov. 2014. Web. 05 Dec. 2014.
This is such a great idea! I like the Makerspaces, but the Un-Makespace is an awesome way to get students even more involved in learning and technology. I am sure parents would love to contribute unwanted or old devices for the purpose of students learning.
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