MakerSpace Badges: Getting the Most Out of Your Maker Tools

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Explore and create : Playground

This is presentation 1 of 3, at station "Maker Playground Station 1" within the playground "Maker Playground: Focusing on the Next Generation of Maker Activities"; scroll down to see more details.

Other presentations in this group:

• Presentation 2: MakerSpace Badges: Getting the Most Out of Your Maker Tools
• Presentation 3: Building Prototypes to Understand Physics — STEAM Hybrid Lab

Craig Dunlap  
Robots? Coding? iPads? Starting a makerspace can feel haphazard and thrown together. You gather all these cool instructional tools but have no idea how to create a curriculum. See how I created a badge system that encourages kids to learn skills with these tools and continue to level up too.

Audience:	Library media specialists, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Topic:	Maker activities & programs
Grade level:	PK-12
Subject area:	Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:	For Educators: Designer Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning. For Students: Knowledge Constructor Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions. Innovative Designer Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.

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