Library - Serving Up Creativity in the Maker-Space

Don't rename it..ReDESIGN IT. Tinker Lab Design Maker Space...better yet, call it a Library and help expand others' point of view of what a library is and can be.

We know it's the most democratic and accessible space in the building so call it a LIBRARY so everyone can CHECK IT OUT!

Art, design, tech and engineering companies have extra materials on hand. Have students design and send video requests for materials.

Students can ask for robots that have a glitch and put them in a bin and check them out to see if students can fix the glitch. Too often, we are buying kits that have a final product. NOOOO! Get a variety of materials in the hands of kids and let them go. Let's get out of their way and get them creating.

Ask your local companies to challenge your students with problems they can't seem to solve. Our students have not learned "no" in their design thinking. We can't wait for us to design curriculum that leads them to solutions, they need to find the problem and the solution.

Your library is the most democratic space in the building. Everyone has access and it's FREE. No signing up for a class and hoping you get in. Everyone is allowed in.

Have students help to design the space with art, design, tech, engineering materials, machines, and inspiration, put a barcode on bins and the tools, and let them check out as many consumable materials and the tools they think they'll need, or as many as they can carry and send them home to tinker. Set-up a spreadsheet where local businesses log problems and students can try to solve them.

Set-up a room with discarded electronics, goggles, tools, and train a monitor to oversee the space at lunch and let them go for it! CA Library Standards https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/librarystandards.pdf School Learning Commons (Dr. David Loertscher - my guru) http://www.schoollearningcommons.info/ Rethinking Our Library Space http://renovatedlearning.com/2015/01/28/rethinking-our-library-space/ Looking to Create a MakerSpace In Your Library http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2015/10/14/looking-to-create-a-makerspace-in-your-library-here-are-some-ideas/ Make it At Your Library http://makeitatyourlibrary.org/ Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/smart-spaces.html