Invention Literacy
Makers & Makerspaces
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What is Invention Literacy?
Invention LiteracyInvention literacy is the ability to read and write human made stuff, from toasters to apps. People think inventors perform magic, but invention is no more magical than reading and writing a sentence. There is a grammar to inventing from mechanical tools, to design thinking, coding, and beyond. There is a literature of inventions, from bicycles to televisions, all around us to draw inspiration from. Just as Thoreau read Emerson’s writings, so too did Edison read Tesla’s inventions. The functional pieces of inventions: transistors, bent sheets of aluminum, a “for loop” in software, these are like a large alphabet. As one learns to...
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Invention Literacy Discussion with Jay Silver |
What is a Makerspace?
AKA: FabLab, Techshop, Hackerspace
A makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing...
https://www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/
https://www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/
What Is The MakerSpace?What is a maker space? This explainer video shows what we do at The MakerSpace, but is also a good overview of what a maker space is. www.themakerspace.co.za Featured by make magazine April 23, 2017: "You can follow the playful antics and inventive projects of the creators that use a makerspace in Durban, South Africa on the YouTube channel theMakerSpaceCOZA. These makers clearly love both what they do and that they do it together. It makes them fun to watch (the quality of the filming and editing does not hurt either), and you really cannot go wrong regardless of which video of theirs you choose to start with. However, you definitely want to check out the video they just posted this past week called “What Is The MakerSpace?” It touches on the importance of creating a place where technology and ideas can be shared and experimented on together. The video has some of the best descriptions of what a makerspace is, and I am honestly a little inspired to go out and join one myself." https://makezine.com/2017/04/23/twim-...
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Learning Problem Solving and Growth Mindset in a MakerspaceMakerspaces build students’ cognitive abilities while fostering independence, perseverance, and self-regulation. #HowLearningHappens Our How Learning Happens video series explores teaching practices grounded in the science of learning and human development. To see more, visit http://www.edutopia.org/how-learning-....
TEDxFrontRange: Makerspace: Make Community | Jamie LebenThe international makerspace movement has led to the rapid opening and growth of independent spaces, as well as spaces in schools and libraries. Jamie Leben will share the wonder of the community and movement that inspired him to start Loveland’s own Loveland CreatorSpace, hopefully moving you to become part of the maker movement as well. President, Loveland Creatorspace Loveland, CO
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Makerspace
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LAURA FLEMINGJOHN SPENCERMARK HATCHCOLLEEN & AARON GRAVES |
SYLVIA LIBOW MARTINEZ & GARY S. STAGERKAREN WILKINSON
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SCOTT DOORLEY
Adam Savage’s Tested
Host of Discovery Channel's long-running series MythBusters, Adam Savage has spent his life making things. From a cardboard suit of Excalibur armor when he was 13 to a REAL suit of Excalibur armor (with Terry English) when he was 50, Adam has built just about everything you can think of, including (but not limited to): Star Wars spaceships, Totoro costumes, NERF mods and movie prop replicas. In fact, over his career as an industrial and special effects designer/fabricator, actor, educator and television personality, there isn’t much Adam Savage has not done. Subscribe to Tested to see what Adam and his team will tackle next! Tested is also: Norman Chan, Simone Giertz, Joey Fameli, Gunther Kirsch, Ryan Kiser, Kishore Hari, Sean Charlesworth, Jeremy Williams, Kayte Sabicer, Bill Doran, Arial Waldman, Darrell Maloney and Kristen Lomasney.
Tested Visits The NASA Ames Maker Space!During our week at NASA Ames Research Center, we felt most at home at Spaceshop, NASA's first in-house maker space. We learn about how the staff at Spaceshop use their high-tech tools to support the NASA Ames community, and then visit a few more of the awe-inspiring research labs on the campus! Shot by Gunther Kirsch and edited by Norman Chan Additional video courtesy of NASA Subscribe for more videos! http://www.youtube.com/tested
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Adam Savage Embarks on His Makerspace Tour!Adam has undertaken a national makerspace tour designed to highlight innovation in maker education, entrepreneurship and workforce development! In this first video of the series, Adam visits Intermediate Unit 1, a K-12 special and alternative education school in Grindstone, PA, and meets some amazing students doing amazing work in their new indoor AND outdoor lab. This series and tour is made possible by The Fab Foundation (http://www.fabfoundation.org/) and Chevron (https://www.chevron.com/).
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Popular Makers Tools:
Makey Makey
MaKey MaKey:
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Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard!Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge to play with the world around you. He shares some of his messiest inventions, and demos MaKey MaKey, a kit for hacking everyday objects.
Teaching Invention Literacy With Makey MakeyThe Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop for Educators is a fun hands-on learning experience where you'll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award winning Makey Makey invention kit. We explore how to teach circuits and conductivity using Makey Makeys and then put our skills to use designing inventions! Participants learn best practices and gain access to a multimedia training website that can be used later when working with your students or training others. Find a workshop near you http://makeymakey.com/education/#enroll
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GameBender
From the Creators of Makey Makey
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GameBender: Play, Bend, CodeGameBender is a radical new game console, where you modify ("bend") games while you play them. It unleashes wild creativity during gameplay, and allows a path into coding that looks more like a party or an art class and less like homework.
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Scratch
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.
Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge. |
What is Scratch?With Scratch (scratch.mit.edu), you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge.
Scratch! 3.0Scratch 3.0 is here! Code your own stories, games, and animations then share them with a community of millions around the world. Try it! https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/edit...
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Starting a Makerspace?
Materials Lists, Skills & Activities
Makerspaces Material Lists:Makerspaces.com100+ Makerspace Materials and Supplies (PDF) located on the Makerspace website:
https://www.makerspaces.com/makerspace-materials-supply-list/ Fractus LearningTop ten list of elementary makerspace must-have material located on the Fractus Learning website:
https://www.fractuslearning.com/makerspace-materials-elementary-school/ EdutopiaStarting a School Makerspace from Scratch
By Colleen Graves Some steps to starting a successful makerspacehttps://www.edutopia.org/blog/starting-school-makerspace-from-scratch-colleen-graves EdTechFAQ 5: What to Ask Before Starting Your Classroom Redesign
by Jennifer Brown Put together your refresh team and take advantage of summer months to rethink your K–12 learning environment. https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2019/06/faq-5-what-ask-starting-your-classroom-redesign The Nerdy TeacherYour Starter Guide to Makerspaces
by Nicholas Provenzano Your Starter Guide to Makerspaces Available Today! #MakerEd http://www.thenerdyteacher.com/2016/10/your-starter-guide-to-makerspaces.html Maker Activities:Take a tour of Worcester's Technocopia makerspace
Take a look inside Technocopia -- a makerspace on the sixth floor of the Printer's Building in Worcester.
Makerspaces: Re-imagining Our Libraries | Andres Lazo | TEDxABQE
The libraries of the 21st century will connect people to learning communities and cities while fostering economic growth. Andres Lazo is a social entrepreneur who believes we all have the creative capacity to shape our world through imagining, designing, and making. Lazo is a Purple Heart recipient who served in the U.S. Army as a Ranger during tours in Iraq, where he survived a Traumatic Brain Injury. He currently leads two community organizations focused on entrepreneurial training and creative problem solving. He is passionate about education, citizenship, and building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in Albuquerque. He earned a master’s degree in public administration from Syracuse University, and is a University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management graduate. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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SkillsSkills include flexibility, collaboration, adaptability, oral and written communication, information literacy, technology literacy, productivity, social skills, leadership, initiative, critical thinking, problem solving and more. These in-demand skillsets help to develop young minds for future success.
Technical Skills:
Setting Up a Simple Circuit
#ngscience #electricity #circuits Simple Circuits Use insulated copper wires to connect a light bulb, battery and switch in a closed loop. Close the switch and the light bulb lights up. Open the switch and the light bulb turns off. What causes these changes to occur?
Learn to Sew with Debbie Shore, Kids! Lesson 1In this video your children will learn how to thread a needle, knot the thread, sew a running stitch and sew on a button. Then use these skills to make a felt monster!
How 3D Printers Work | How Things Work with Kamri Noel
Kamri Noel is on a quest to understand her 3-D printer with the help of a Nat Geo expert.
PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS | HOW to CREATE YOUR FIRST SCRATCH GAME
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