MakerSpaces- Its for ME!

MakerSpaces...... Making it Work!
When I first moved into the library, I was amazed at how libraries had changed. I was able to go and visit three different libraries within my state to get some ideas. My principal gave me a great start on money and getting my Makerspace together.   One thing that I have found is that you don't have to have alot of money but a big imagination is needed. The Blog I loved reading lately was the blog called. "Mighty Little Librarian" by Jill Whitehead.   She talks about how she started out with just a few things. She had some great ideas from Makey, Makey which ares ideas put together with normal things you have around the house.

One tool I love the most in my maker space is my IPADs with my Sphero. Every year for our Tech night, I find three volunteers to work and create sphero the robot's path of adventure. We read a book and they design his path with cardboard, legos and wooden blocks. They take construction paper and build the town we describe from our book.  It is a great and exciting adventure for all. My students every year take around three months to build their own as an example for all on Tech Night to See. Many Patricia Polacco books are used to describe the town's surroundings.

Here is Sphero!

Also, once we program Sphero, we are able to change speeds, colors and lighting.   This has been a favorite of my students. I have been given money from our PTA to buy new robotics for my robot area of my makerspace. We have just added ozobots for coding.

If I could make my makerspace look like a dream, here is what it would look like.