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Creating Makers: How to Start a Learning Revolution at Your Library

Autor Megan Egbert
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iul 2016 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This book shows you how, even with a tight budget and limited space, you can foster "maker mentality" in your library and help patrons reap the learning benefits of making-with or without a makerspace.Just because your library is small or limited on funds doesn't mean you can't be part of the maker movement. This book explains that what is really important about the movement is not the space, but the creativity, innovation, and resilience that go along with a successful maker program. All it takes is making some important changes to a library's programs, services, and collections to facilitate the maker mentality in their patrons, and this book shows you how. The author explains what a maker is, why this movement is important, and how making fits in with educational initiatives such as STEM and STEAM as well as with library service. Her book supplies practical advice for incorporating the principles of the maker movement into library services-how to use small spaces or mobile spaces to accommodate maker programs, creating passive maker programs, providing access to making through circulating maker tools, partnering with other organizations, hosting maker faires, and more. Readers will better understand their instructional role in cultivating makers by human-centered design thinking, open source and shared learning, and implementation of an inquiry approach.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781440843860
ISBN-10: 1440843864
Pagini: 124
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Libraries Unlimited
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Offers librarians creative ways to become involved in the exciting maker movement and encourage maker mentality among patrons

Notă biografică

Megan Egbert is district programs manager, Meridian Library District, ID.

Cuprins

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSECTION I: MAKER MENTALITYChapter 1: What Is a Maker?Characteristics of MakingMaking versus TinkeringFrom Consumer to CreatorWhat Is Not MakingChapter 2: Making for EveryoneMaking for All AbilitiesMaking for All AgesMaking Is for GirlsMaking across CurriculumChapter 3: Why Making Matters for IndividualsLearning through FailureLearning Empathy through DesignMaker EmpowermentCuriosityEngagementChapter 4: Why Making Matters for LibrariesEntrepreneursOut-of-School LearningParticipatory Culture21st Century Learning SkillsCreativity and the Importance of PlayBecause It Works-Kind OfSECTION II: CREATING MAKERSChapter 5: Making in Any SpaceSmall SpacesMobile SpacesStealth ProgramsPop-up or Dispersed SpacesMaking through CirculationMaking through PartnershipsChapter 6: Access to MakingAccess and VisibilityCostLocationPolicies and LegalitiesSafetyChapter 7: Teaching MakersInquiry-based LearningConstructionismLearning PathsRapid PrototypingDesign ProcessEvaluate Your ProgramsChapter 8: Creating a Culture of MakersAllow Staff Time to MakeAllow Opportunities for Staff to Share Their TalentHire or Train the Staff You NeedCreate a Culture That Celebrates FailureCreate a Culture That Celebrates CreativityShare Your StoryConclusionReferencesIndex

Recenzii

This text provides a balance between well-thought-out and researched support for makerspaces as well as practical ideas to help librarians through the hurdles of beginning one. . . . This text is a worthwhile resource for any library considering starting a learning revolution.
Egbert has written one of the best informational texts about makerspaces and the maker movement that this reviewer has read, largely due to her focus on creating makers, not just spaces. This should be the first resource librarians read when determining how to get started with makerspaces. Also, those librarians seeking justification for a makerspace, either with regard to budget or facility, will find ample research examples of how a maker mentality and fostering a learner's curiosity support learning and literacy. Regardless of age or level of experience or education, librarians will find a fresh and insightful perspective of maker culture in this book.