A Big IdeaThe Makerspace for Education site was born from a big idea! What if we could have a site dedicated to innovative hands on learning? A site made for teachers, by teachers! Here is where the idea was born!
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2016 and Beyond!
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This website is part of a vibrant community of practice in Edmonton Catholic Schools! This site continues to grow, iterate and change as the community adds to the content and ideas!
Trish Roffey is an Emerging Technology Consultant and Teacher for Learning Services Innovation in Edmonton Catholic Schools, and facilitates the continued construction of materials created for educators by educators! You will also see many guest authors and contributors on many of our pages!
Trish is the founder of www.makerspaceforeducation.com and is passionate about educational technology and constructivist practices to support learners of any age or ability. Trish holds a BEd in Elementary Education from the University of Alberta and is currently enrolled in the MET program at the University of British Columbia where she is involved in projects and research about makerspace, coding, robotics, and virtual and augmented realities for students with special needs. Trish Roffey presents across North America on the topic of Makerspace. For the last three years, she has facilitated Makerspace presentations, professional development, and hands-on workshops for Edmonton Catholic Schools, Elk Island Public Schools, Grande Prairie Public School District, Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools. Trish presents regularly for the EdTech team on the topic of makerspace in several school districts in Canada and the United States. She also works virtually with school districts around the world to establish makerspaces as well as develop curriculum based educational makerspace student resources, lessons and challenges. Trish is a featured presenter for the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium (ERLC) on the topic of makerspace including her most recent workshop called Reimagining Assistive Technology Through Inclusive Makerspaces, Coding, Robotics and Virtual Reality! Grades K-9 in August of 2017. Trish presented this same session at the Future of Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in January 2017 in Orlando, Florida. You can contact Trish via email or Twitter!
Trisha.Roffey@ecsd.net @TrishaRoffey For more resources and presentations please visit https://bit.ly/trisharoffeyresources |
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2015 UBC Original Author team! |
The first launch of the Makerspace for Education site was created by a team of three passionate educators enrolled in the Master of Technology program at the University of British Columbia in 2015.
Trish RoffeyYou can follow Trish on twitter @TrishaRoffey or contact her at Trisha.Roffey@ecsd.net
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Catherine SverkoYou can contact Catherine at circusmom2@gmail.com or follow on twitter @SverkoCatherine.
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Janelle TherienYou can contact Janelle at jtherien@ualberta.ca, or follow her on Twitter @JanelleTherien
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This website is more than the creation of a project, by these three authors, for the University of British Columbia MET program. This was a needed learning space made by educators for educators. Makerspace for Education is a reflection of the needs of educators in our community. This website has been reviewed, vetted and supported by veteran teachers and educators just beginning their careers; those familiar with makerspaces and those who are new to it. Feedback provided by the target audience and stakeholders has been greatly appreciated and incorporated, truly formative assessment in action. We are very excited that this is a true community of educational practice that is highly anticipated and eagerly awaited. Professionally, there is no greater satisfaction than hatching, nurturing, and completing such an important and needed resource that will continue to develop and grow well past this course's requirements.
"Professionally there is no greater satisfaction than hatching, nurturing and completing such an important, and needed resource that will continue to develop and grow"