Makerspace for Education
  • Home
    • About Trisha Roffey
    • How to Use this Site
    • Curriculum Guide
    • References
  • Events & Publications
    • ISTE 2018
    • FETC 2017
  • Why Makerspace?
  • Mechanisms of a Makerspace
    • Constructionism & Constructivism
    • Makerspace
    • Design Thinking
    • Media Literacy
    • Papert's Big Ideas
  • Materials of a Makerspace
    • Print Resources
    • Best of the Web
    • Maker Challenges
    • Bloxels
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Coding
    • Makey Makey
    • Robotics >
      • Dash and Dot
      • KIBO
      • Cubelets
    • Media Creation >
      • Green Screen Technology
      • Stop Motion Animation
      • Digital Storytelling
    • LilyPad
    • Inventions with Recycled Materials
    • Breaker Space
    • littleBits
    • 3D Printing and Design
  • Community of Practice
    • Edmonton Catholic Schools Maker Community
    • Teacher Contributed Lessons
    • Makerspace for Education Blog
    • Makerspace Gallery
    • Host a Staff Maker Day

January 11th, 2017

1/11/2017

2 Comments

 
Picture
About the Author: Catherine is an elementary teacher in the Niagara Region of Ontario. She has been a classroom educator for 25 years and has just discovered the wonders of makerspaces.

My journey into maker space began last January. I had heard about it, but never really understood what it meant. Last September I was introduced to a wonderful maker teacher and parent Trish Roffey. She often talked about maker space and how great it was. In January last year we worked together on a course project, along with Janelle. That project is the website you see today. At first I was skeptical of maker spaces: Who has the time? Who has the money? How do you do a maker space when you have curriculum to cover and provincial tests to prepare for. Over the past several months I have come to realize that maker space is not necessarily what you do in addition to the curriculum but rather an awesome way to deliver your curriculum. You can incorporate maker activities into every aspect of school life. 
Kids eagerly engage in the activities and actually direct their own learning. (I have to say I was skeptical of this because; come on kids can direct their own learning they will sit and do nothing. Guess what? I was wrong).
Learning in the classroom comes to life when kids are up out of their chairs and actively engaged in activities and learning becomes fun; an adventure, a creative outlet, something they invest in and want to do. 
My best advice is start where you are. Take a spin through the website. Find an activity that you can easily incorporate into your classes and run with it. For me the best place to start was with digital storytelling and stop motion animation. It required little in the way of capital expenses and kids new a bit about it already. You will be amazed at what even your most unmotivated student will create.
So join me as I continue my maker journey.
Catherine (maker newbie)

2 Comments
felcity
2/12/2017 07:54:15 pm

bad poo

Reply
best assignment writing service australia link
9/3/2019 02:10:00 am

Education takes the man toward the peak of success. if you don’t study then you can not get any peak of success. that time when there was not any worth of this education. but now time has changed and you will have to walk with the time and this world.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    This is a collaborative blog co-authored by members of our makerspace community of practice! 

    Archives

    January 2017
    March 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

    Tweets by mrsroffey
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
    • About Trisha Roffey
    • How to Use this Site
    • Curriculum Guide
    • References
  • Events & Publications
    • ISTE 2018
    • FETC 2017
  • Why Makerspace?
  • Mechanisms of a Makerspace
    • Constructionism & Constructivism
    • Makerspace
    • Design Thinking
    • Media Literacy
    • Papert's Big Ideas
  • Materials of a Makerspace
    • Print Resources
    • Best of the Web
    • Maker Challenges
    • Bloxels
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Coding
    • Makey Makey
    • Robotics >
      • Dash and Dot
      • KIBO
      • Cubelets
    • Media Creation >
      • Green Screen Technology
      • Stop Motion Animation
      • Digital Storytelling
    • LilyPad
    • Inventions with Recycled Materials
    • Breaker Space
    • littleBits
    • 3D Printing and Design
  • Community of Practice
    • Edmonton Catholic Schools Maker Community
    • Teacher Contributed Lessons
    • Makerspace for Education Blog
    • Makerspace Gallery
    • Host a Staff Maker Day