Bringing Stories to Life Through MakerSpaces

Outline

Below is an outline that describes the content of each component of the presentation, process, and time for each.

Intro | Instructors Game (guess who) 2 min
Session Overview Interactive Slide Show 2 min
What is a Makerspace Demonstration and device based activity 5 min
Examples of Storytelling Artifacts Demonstration and device based activity 5 min
"Lets create a unique Storytelling Artifact" "explanation review of resources available" 2 min
Divide Into Groups Session Interaction 2 min
Assign storytelling challenge Session Interaction 2 min
Create the Artifact Peer to Peer Interaction | teamwork 20 min
Share the Artifact Session Interaction 10 min
How to create your own Makerspace Visual via Slides 6 min
Sharing website | resources Visual and handouts 2 min
Q and A Session Interaction 2 min
  
Total Minutes 60

Supporting research

Supporting Research:

Bull, G., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., McKenna, M. C., & Cohoon, J. (2017). Storymaking: Combining Making and Storytelling in a School Makerspace. Theory Into Practice, 56(4), 271–281. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2017.1348114

Whyte J, Misquith C. Making as Storytelling: Using Draw-and-Write and Object Elicitation in the Design and Study of a Library Makerspace. In: Bedi S, Webb J, eds. Visual Research Methods: An Introduction for Library and Information Studies. Facet; 2020:107-126.

Monahan, Robert, Vandenberg, Jessica, Smith, Andy, Gupta, Anisha, Fox, Kimkinyona, ElSayed, Rasha, Hubbard_Cheuoua, Aleata, Minogue, James, Oliver, Kevin, Ringstaff, Cathy, and Mott, Bradford. Integrating Storytelling and Making: A Case Study in Elementary School. Retrieved from https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10520398. Web. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47658-7_21.

Articles:
Zubrzycki, J. (2016, June 9). “Maker spaces” and literacy instruction: Playing with story. Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/maker-spaces-and-literacy-instruction-playing-with-story/2016/06

Maslyk, Dr. J. (2019, June 7). Lessons that connect making and children’s literature. Ideas & Inspiration from Demco. https://ideas.demco.com/blog/making-and-childrens-literature/

Books:

Martinez, S. L., & Stager, G. S. (2019). Invent to learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom.

Graves, C., & Graves, A. (2016). The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring makers to experiment, create, and learn. McGraw Hill Professional.

Haebig, C. (2022b). The Maker Playbook: A Guide to Creating inclusive learning experiences. International Society for Technology in Education.