What is a Makerspace? - 1:02 | What is a Makerspace?
Key Messages: - About exploring and discovering new ideas and creating and building. - - Basically Innovation.
- Its about trying something new and when you fail trying again. - - not being afraid of failure or having to change.
- Most of all it's about finding your passions. - - Intrinsic motivation.
| Makerspaces: What Makes a Makerspace? - 3:04 | Makerspaces: What Makes a Makerspace?
Key Messages: - You can learn to do anything and build just about anything you want.
- This is a community first and foremost. A place where we come to socialize.
- About bringing back the basic skills (shops) that we have lost.
- It's about the people!
| Makerspaces in LIbraries - 5:05 | Makerspaces in Libraries
Key Messages:
- Makerspaces are Collaborative learning environments.
- Makespaces are defined by a mindset. - - - The Library as Incubator Project
- Libraries are about Community: Makerspaces build community connections.
- Libraries are about Access: Makerspaces provide access to tools that can be used to create.
- Librarians are experts in making connections between people and information.
- Powtoon is pretty neat tool for presentations!
| Edmonton Public Library Makerspace - An Introduction - (6:04) |
Edmonton Public Library MakerSpace - an Introduction
Key Messages: - When you get significantly funded you can really have a wide scope of activities. - - - We'll get there.
- Offers innovative technology and creative opportunities to Learn, Grow and Play.
- Much more than Film, Photo and Music. Music is one of the most popular things going on.
- The local gaming community has certainly found us and enjoys our space.
- Look at the wide open spaces in the video.
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Library IdeaBox - 3:14 | Charlotte Mecklenburg Library IdeaBox
Key Messages: - when you get ludicrous amounts of funding you can do this....
- Note they have two Makerspaces. Their first one was not in a library branch.
| | | Please watch any of these following videos for examples of starter makerspaces | The Stewart Library Makerspace | | What is a Makerspace?: Grand Center Arts Academy in St. Louis, Missouri. |
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