Worlds of Making

ebook Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School · Corwin Connected Educators

By Laura Fleming

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Makerspaces: Your questions answered here!

Get the nuts and bolts on imagining, planning, creating, and managing a cutting-edge Makerspace for your school community. Nationally recognized expert Laura Fleming provides all the answers in this breakthrough guide. From inception through implementation, you'll find invaluable guidance for creating a vibrant Makerspace on any budget. Practical strategies and anecdotal examples help you:

  • Create an action plan for your own personalized Makerspace
  • Align activities to standards
  • Showcase student creations
  • Use this must-have guide to painlessly build a robust, unique learning environment that puts learning back in the hands of your students!

    The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it's a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning.

    "Laura Fleming does an exquisite job of creating a guide for all schools to tap into students' innate desire to create, tinker, invent, and make to learn. Leveraging her experience as a practitioner she provides a compelling, yet simple recipe for any school or educator to transform any space into a makerspace on a shoestring budget. It is time to bring the fun back into learning!"
    —Eric Sheninger, Corwin Author, Digital Leadership

    "Fleming provides a concise overview of the Maker Movement as a revolution taking place in learning today. This book makes a case for the importance of creating a culture of innovation and offers practical tips and strategies for those interested in creating their own makerspaces."
    —Greg Toppo, Education Reporter
    USA Today

    Worlds of Making