Maker club: A place to create, problem solve, and share
Mission: To allow students to create, learn and collaborate with their peers. Students will build activities/projects based both on curriculum and student interests. The Makerspace will be aligned to state, district and ISTE standards.
Objectives:
- Foster creativity and confidence in each student.
- Develop educational contexts that connect making to curriculum and state standards.
- Promote a creative space within which significant engagement and idea sharing takes place.
- Encourage open dialogue and collective contribution
Creating a classroom makerspace is an opportunity to give students ownership of their own learning as they explore their own passions.
Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager
Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom (2013).
Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom (2013).
School makerspaces encourage students to become teachers and share their knowledge with others. As stated by Martinez & Stager (2013), “We have an obligation to build upon the technological fluency the students bring to us, expand learning opportunities, and amplify human potential.” North Pole Elementary School's makerspace encourages students to obtain/promote essential skills that will prepare them for their future and encourages them to become productive members of society.
Resources:
Martinez, S., & Stager, G. (2013). Invent to learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Constructing Modern Knowledge Press.
Resources:
Martinez, S., & Stager, G. (2013). Invent to learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Constructing Modern Knowledge Press.
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