What do you need to know to get your Makerspace up and running?
The Makerspace Playbook guides those who are hoping to start a Makerspace at their school or in their community. We welcome your feedback on the kinds of things we should add to this Playbook, what you think we got right and wrong, and any changes you’d make in general.
Download the current version of the Makerspace Playbook here.
Contents:
- Welcome & Overview
- Beginnings: what we’re doing and why; origins of the Maker movement
- Places: making a space more conducive to a community that makes together
- Tools & Materials: inventory, budgets, and strategies (see also High School Makerspace Tools & Materials: a companion document detailing the uses and costs of a fully stocked inventory for an in-school Makerspace.)
- Safety: planning for safety, signage, and common rules
- Roles: what teachers, students, shop managers, and mentors do in a Makerspace
- Practices: pedagogical approaches experienced makers use to support emerging makers
- A Year of Making: teacher Aaron Vanderwerff describes his experience making with students
- Projects: guiding novice makers as they build their skill set; sources for projects
- Startup: nuts and bolts of getting involved with the Makerspace network
- Documenting: sharing projects … and the stories behind their making
- Snapshots: four school-based Makerspaces in action
- Resources: helpful lists, forms, and templates
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