Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year! We are very excited to be back in action with the
students. This year will bring some more changes to the library, as well as the implementation of a
makerspace, which we are calling our “creation corner.” This name may change as the year progresses and we develop the space more.
MAKE IT@THE LIBRARY
WHAT IS A MAKERSPACE?
Background
The maker movement is becoming highly recognized in libraries throughout the United States. Although the idea of making is not new, the 21st century has put a new spin on things with the influx of technology. This approach to teaching and learning builds upon the constructionism theory and allows students to be hands-on in their learning. The students will be able to benefit from project-based learning opportunities that relate to classroom curriculum, as well as their own ideas and/or interests. They will be highly engaged in creation, communication, and collaboration with other students and staff. The students will also benefit by engaging in problem solving skills, as well as the project-based learning will promote higher order thinking. The learning process is initiated by students and we will be the facilitator guiding and supporting what they may need. This new movement supports the future careers of these students.
Goals for Creation Corner
WHAT IS A MAKERSPACE?
Background
The maker movement is becoming highly recognized in libraries throughout the United States. Although the idea of making is not new, the 21st century has put a new spin on things with the influx of technology. This approach to teaching and learning builds upon the constructionism theory and allows students to be hands-on in their learning. The students will be able to benefit from project-based learning opportunities that relate to classroom curriculum, as well as their own ideas and/or interests. They will be highly engaged in creation, communication, and collaboration with other students and staff. The students will also benefit by engaging in problem solving skills, as well as the project-based learning will promote higher order thinking. The learning process is initiated by students and we will be the facilitator guiding and supporting what they may need. This new movement supports the future careers of these students.
Goals for Creation Corner
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Use a wide range of idea creation techniques – such as brainstorming
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Create new and worthwhile ideas – both incremental and radical concepts
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Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts
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Develop, implement, and communicate new ideas to others effectively
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Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work
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Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real-world limits to adopting new ideas
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View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation are a long-term, cyclical process of
small successes and frequent mistakes
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Implement innovations
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Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur
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