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STEM & MakerSpace

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MakerSpaces are founded on the Constructivist philosophy of student-centred, discovery-learning and supports stronger STEM and critical thinking outcomes. Its interdiscipinary, cross-curricular, project-based nature provides opportunities for students to identify problems, collaborate and communicate ideas to design and create solutions through trial and error. MakerSpaces embed fun into making and learning to increase engagement, joy, innovation, entrepreneurial focus, creativity and enterprise skills to promote ownership of learning. It also fosters an environment for deeper learning of digital technologies, computational thinking, mathematics, coding, humanities, the arts, prototyping and engineering preparing students for a future not yet imagined. (Scardina 2017;  Ortega 2017;  Chang 2015; DoE 2017; Cohen 2016; Gerstein 2017; Fleming 2017; Harte 2015)


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MakerSpace and Maker Movement founded on Constructivist Philosophy. Image credits: (Costello 2016)
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MakerSpace and STEM Learning. Image credit:(Costello 2016)
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C. Graves. (2014). How to make a makerspace - Summer reflections. Retrieved from http://colleengraves.podbean.com/

Coding & Computational Thinking

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STEM / STEAM Resources
What is STEM?

ABC Splash Resources

ABC Splash - Australia 2020 Day of STEM Program

ABC Splash - Coding: something for everyone

ABC Splash - Growing the STEM of education
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ABC Splash - Experimenting with STEM in the classroom

ABC Splash - Highlights from Hour of Code 2016

ABC Splash - How students can experience future careers in STEM

ABC Splash - Inspiring STEM with Australia’s Science Channel

ABC Splash - Introduction to Scratch Coding

ABC Splash - Meet the student who is motivating Australians to become involved in STEM

ABC Splash - More than a game: why coding will help kids for life

ABC Splash - Programs to help students with key coding concepts

ABC Splash - Robots in Education

ABC Splash - Robots in school: science fiction fast becoming fact

ABC Splash - School Hacks for Parents: How to encourage girls to be interested in Tech

ABC Splash - STEAM up the curriculum with physical computing

ABC Splash - Teaching robotics with Anjali Rao

ABC Splash - Three ways to find your way with code in your classroom

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ASLA - Cracking the code: Unlocking coding for learning engagement

Bitsbox - Coding and App Building

Code.com

Codecademy

Code Combat

Coding - Could you describe precise procedural steps to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

Common Sense Media - Best Apps and Websites for Learning Programming and Coding

Computational Thinking with Scratch

Computational Thinking Lesson

Introduction to Computational Thinking - BBC

Edutopia - STEM Resources

Engaging Students in the STEM Classroom Through "Making"

Five ways to get girls into STEM

Getting Smart on Learner-Centered STEM

Girls in STEM fields

Girls rock STEM

Hopscotch Coding

How to get girls more interested in STEM subjects

Hour of Curiosity

Khan Academy - Computer Programming


NSW's first STEM school to open in western Sydney in partnership with Catholic Education


Pythonroom 

SCRATCH CODING RESOURCES

Welcome to Scratch.ie Resources

Say Hello to Scratch


Scratch Introduction

Scratch Integration Guide

ABC Splash Scratch Tutorial

Scratch Across Every Subject

Scratch High School Resources


Common ScratchED Questions

Scratch for Educators

Scratch Lessons for Music, Geometry and Literature

​Scratch Wiki

STEAM by design: How might we use design thinking to nurture creative confidence in a Maker Space?

STEAM Powered Classroom

To Attract More Girls to STEM, Bring More Storytelling to Science

Women in STEM Australia

Women in STEM - Pinterest

YouTube tutorial - 
Learning to Code with Python: Lesson 1.1

Watch MIT Scratch Team Ted Talk
"Learning to code and coding to learn"
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MakerSpace Resources

An Introduction to Maker Spaces by Olivia Neilson

7 Things I Wish I’d Known about Starting a Makerspace

What is a Makerspace?

10 Reasons to Create MakerSpaces in Your School


Makerspace for Education

Making GREAT Makerspaces: The 7 Attributes of a GREAT Makerspace

How to make a Maker Space

Makerspaces in Schools: Creating STEAM Connections


ABC Splash - Everything you need to know about Maker Spaces
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ABC Splash - MakerSpaces

ABC Splash - What can Maker Spaces Offer?

ASLA Makerspaces in the school library - Slideshare

Colleen Graves' Invention Literacy

CSER Digital Technologies Education - Lending Library

Designing a School Makerspace

Diana Rendina - Renovated Learning

Edutopia- Starting a Makerspace from scratch

Edutopia - Resources for Maker Education

Hackaday
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How to start a makerspace in your school

How to Make Hydraulic Powered Robotic Arm from Cardboard

Instructibles

Libraries & Make Culture


Library MakerSpaces - Pinterest

Maker Education: Pedagogy, Andragogy, Heutagogy

Makerspaces STEM STEAM - Pinterest

MakerSpaces Australia - QUT

Makerspaces at Lunchtime in the Library

Makezine

Michelle Jenson MakerSpace

Microsoft Maker Space Project

Thingverse


Tynker - Free coding games
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STEM/MakerSpace Tools

100+ Makerspace Products & Materials
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27 Makerspace Materials & Supplies

eBook - MakerED Resources for School Makerspaces

MakerSpace Materials Supply List

3D Printers

3D Printers - Edtechs

ABC Science - 
Play dough circuits 1: getting started
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Arduino For Beginners

Arduino - Simple Arduino Projects For Beginners

Arduino and LilyPad - Edtechs

Bee-Bots - AAMT

Bee-Bot Activities

Bee-Bots in school

Bee-Bot lesson ideas

Bee-Bots - Edtechs

Buzzbots - Edtechs

Chibitronics

Edison Microbric Robot

Edison - Teacher's Guide to Edblocks

Meet Edison - Activities

Meet Edison - Programming

Meet Edison - Lego

Gear Construction

Hummingbird Robotics - Edtechs

Lego - Build a Robot

Lego Engineering

Lego Mindstorms EV3

Lego NXT Mindstorms

Lego WeDo - Getting Started

Lego WeDo & Scratch

Littlebits - 
Make an inchworm using littleBits

Littlebits - The Librarian's guide to Littlebits and STEAM

Littlebits - Edtechs

MakeyMakey.com

MakeyMakey Education


MakeyMakey - Edtechs

Mindecraft Modding

Minecraft Education Edition

MinecraftEDU

Teaching with MinecraftEDU

Minecraft in the Classroom

Minecraft Wiki

Mod Minecraft

Minecraft University

Using Minecraft in the Classroom

OzoBot Australia

OzoBots Introduction


OzoBots Review

OzoBots & Google Blockly


Paper Circuit Projects

Raspberrypi.org

Raspberry Pi: Top 22 projects to try yourself

Raspberry Pi - 870 Projects

Raspberry Pi - Edtechs

Raspberry Pi - Instructables

Raspberry Pi Review

RubeGoldberg.com

Rube Goldberg: Hands on activity

Rube Goldberg Contraptions

​Rube Goldberg - Edutopia

Rube Goldberg - STEAM Powered Classroom

Rube Goldberg - The 14 most ridiculous Rube Goldberg Machines ever built
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Rube Goldberg - 10 Brilliant Rube Goldberg Machines

Scratch

Scratch Intro for Educators

Sphero education

Sphero: A whole new ball game

Sphero, STEM and programming

Sphero: Top tips

Sphero - Using Sphero to create empathy


Steampunk - Free Steampunk Fonts

Watch: Lego NTX Mindstorms
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References and further reading

Britton, L. (2012). The Makings of Maker Spaces, Part 1: Space for Creation, Not Just Consumption. The Digital Shift. Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption/
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Brookes, C. (2016). Understanding STEM Learning Outcomes Using A Phenomenographic Approach, University of Massachusetts. Doctoral Dissertations, May 2014 - current. 833. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/8332
 
Bybee, B. (2010). Advancing STEM education: A 2020 vision.Technology and Engineering Teacher, 70(1), 30–35.
 
Cappetta, R. (2015). Breaking the STEM Gender Gap: An Interview with Sofia Aschettino. Young Women Rising. Retrieved from https://youngwomenrisingct.com/2015/10/28/breaking-the-stem-gender-gap-an-interview-with-sofia-aschettino/

Cohen, J. (2016). Everything you need to know about makerspaces. ABC Splash. Splash.abc.net.au. Retrieved from http://splash.abc.net.au/newsandarticles/blog/-/b/2169851/contact-us
Davee, S., Regalla, L., & Chang, S. (2015, May). Makerspaces highlights of select literature. Retrieved from http://makered.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Makerspace-Lit-Review-5B.pdf
 
Fleming, L. (2017). Agile Makerspaces. Worlds of Learning.. Retrieved from https://worlds-of-learning.com/2017/03/07/agile-makerspaces/

Gegan, W. (2015). 9 Goals of a Successful School Makerspace. Fractus Learning.Retrieved from https://www.fractuslearning.com/2015/04/24/goals-school-makerspace/
 
Gerstein, J. (2017). The Classroom or Library as a Maker Space. User Generated Education. Retrieved 4 November 2017, from https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/the-classroom-or-library-as-a-maker-space/
 
C. Graves. (2014). How to make a makerspace - Summer reflections. Retrieved from http://colleengraves.podbean.com

Harte, C. (2016). Library makerspaces: revolution or evolution?.SCIS Connections, 97. Retrieved from http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/issue_97/articles/library_makerspaces_revolution_or_evolution.

Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., and Freeman, A. (2015). NMC Horizon Report: 2015 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. Retrieved from http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2015-nmc-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdfcdn.nmc.org/media/2015-nmc-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdf

Kurti, R.S.., Kurti, D., & Fleming, L. (2014). Educational Makerspaces. Teacher Librarian. Teacherlibrarian.com. Retrieved from http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/2014/06/18/educational-makerspaces/
 
Lister, H. (2016). The Power of the Maker Movement Piktochart infographic. Retrieved from  
https://create.piktochart.com/output/5253384-makerspace

Madda, M. (2016). Albemarle County Schools’ Journey From a Makerspace to a Maker District. EdSurge News. Available at: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-05-02-albemarle-county-schools-journey-from-a-makerspace-to-a-maker-district.

Makerpaces Australia. (2017). What Is a Makerspace?. Makerspaces Australia. Retrieved from http://makerspacesaustralia.weebly.com/what-is-a-makerspace.html
 
Moorefield-Lang, H. M. (2015). Change in the making: Makerspaces and the ever- changing landscape of libraries. Techtrends, 59(3), 107-112.doi:10.1007/s11528-015-0860-z
 
NSW Department of Education. (2017). Makerspace:. Education.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 4 November 2017, Retrieved from https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/learning-for-the-future/learning-with-technology/makerspace
 
Scardina, C. (2017). My Makerspace Re-education: From the Ground Up. EasyBib Blog. Retrieved from: http://www.easybib.com/guides/my-makerspace-re-education-from-the-ground-up/?utm_campaign=content-marketing-campaign&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Gr3dGz-wqG5whE8OLSqCRzvMAVidqjqkUD_RW6rn4kvNX8azIeU-9fDuxkwpW7tKZABspNSpjvyhfneMsY69IJWAfAg&_hsmi=57992055&utm_content=57992055&utm_source=hs_email&hsCtaTracking=0209b8f6-03c7-4574-9108-e82966555e4c|e01f8b81-d923-45aa-bb2a-872ac834ef29
 
Small, R.V. (2014). The Motivational and Information Needs of Young Innovators: Stimulating Student Creativity and Inventive Thinking. School Library Research, 17. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol17/SLR_MotivationalNeeds_V17.pdf


Terada, Y. (2016). Why Making Is Essential to Learning. Edutopia. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/making-is-essential-to-learning-youki-terada?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

TEDx Talks. (2017). 
Makerspace: a home for people like me, Cameron Brody, TEDxPineCrestSchool. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol6-JS0bI7g

Zalaznick, M. (2017). 
Remaking the K12 classroom. District Administration Magazine. Retrieved from  https://www.districtadministration.com/article/remaking-classroom.

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