Literature Research and Data Collection
As I was going about deciding what to focus on after my brainstorming session last week (see my previous blog post for my inquiry ideas), I was introduced to Stephen Krashen's lecture on "The Power of Reading" in another course that I'm taking concurrently.
While long, I found the message shared by Krashen to be a very powerful one: a love for reading is something that can help sustain our children in a 21st-century environment. This message lies at the very foundation of my teaching and is something that I am often trying to impart to my students. My next thought is: well, how can I connect this with my brainstormed topics from last week? And thus, I embarked on a quest to find sources to help me inquire about a more refined topic: How can libraries establish makerspaces and use them to promote literacy?
The Philosophy of Educational Makerspaces: Part 1 of Making an Educational Makerspace by Steven Kurti, Debby Kurti, and Laura Fleming, 2014
Since I am still new to the concept of makerspaces, I decided to search the UBC Library databases to see what I could find on what makerspaces are and how to create my own makerspace. This article in the Teacher Librarian journal covers the rationale behind creating a makerspace in an educational environment, the guidelines to establishing a makerspace, and some policies to help run your own makerspace. I like how the article is framing the makerspace as a place for learners to "initiate learning" (Kurti et al., 2014). I think this article will be an important one to refer back to as I continue to think about and explore why makerspaces are effective. The related items in the sidebar as I am performing this search also seems promising, as there is another article by the same authors about the "Practical Implementation of an Educational Makerspace."
Literacy in the Making: Showing how the 'maker movement' has a place in all disciplines by Laura Fleming, 2014
I was lucky to stumble across this article in one of my first Google searches. It's a perfect example of a practical application of my inquiry question. Fleming explores the use of multimedia texts as a method of promoting literacy in makerspaces which allowed for creativity "by leveraging traditional elements and new technologies to shape their narrative" (Fleming, 2014). She lists several digital resources that could be helpful to engage learners in inquiry, makerspaces, and the process of creating, including Roller Coaster Tycoon, which happens to be a game I played a lot myself in my childhood and remember fondly. While it is a short article, I think the ideas that Fleming presents are important ones to consider when thinking about developing our own makerspace programs to promote literacy and creativity.
The maker movement in schools by Jason Wik & Gabriel Wilkes, 2015
This TED talk on YouTube introduces the idea that "creativity alone doesn't foster innovation... what we need is innovation-infused curriculum and our innovators need to understand how to render those creative ideas into real-life situations" (2015). It focuses on the importance of makerspaces to engage students in 21st-century learning and stresses the fact that a "makerspace" isn't a new concept. The tools have changed over the years, but the creativity and innovating are not new. They state that "children are teaching adults to make again," and I think that this is a core concept behind inquiry-based learning. They end off the lecture with a very cool demonstration of a NASA rocket launch created using makerspace tools which I find very exciting to see.
Creating Great Makerspace Lessons for Your Students by Jeffrey Bradbury, 2017
References:
Bradbury, J. [Jeffrey Bradbury]. (2017, May 8). Creating great makerspace lessons for your students. TeacherCast.net. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqqc_jv2uE [Accessed September 22, 2018]
Fleming, L. (2014, September). Literacy in the Making. Reading Today, 28-29. Retrieved from http://hivenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/LauraFleming_Maker-Movement.pdf [Accessed September 21, 2018]
Krashen, S. (2012, April 5). The power of reading. The COE Lecture Series. University of Georgia. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSW7gmvDLag [Accessed September 17, 2018]
Kurti, R. S., Kurti, D.L., & Fleming, L. (2014, June). The philosophy of educational makerspaces part 1 of making an educational makerspace. Teacher Librarian, 41, 8-11. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/docview/1548230083?accoundid=14656 [Accessed September 21, 2018]
Wik, J., & Wilkes, G. [TEDx Talks]. (2015, January 12). The maker movement in schools. TEDxTokyoTeachers. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpFnsCBVpH4&t=335s [Accessed September 22, 2018]
White, C. [Cari White]. (n.d.). Library makerspaces. Pinterest. Retrieved from https://www.pinterest.ca/cari_young/library-makerspaces/?lp=true [Accessed September 22, 2018]
As I was going about deciding what to focus on after my brainstorming session last week (see my previous blog post for my inquiry ideas), I was introduced to Stephen Krashen's lecture on "The Power of Reading" in another course that I'm taking concurrently.
While long, I found the message shared by Krashen to be a very powerful one: a love for reading is something that can help sustain our children in a 21st-century environment. This message lies at the very foundation of my teaching and is something that I am often trying to impart to my students. My next thought is: well, how can I connect this with my brainstormed topics from last week? And thus, I embarked on a quest to find sources to help me inquire about a more refined topic: How can libraries establish makerspaces and use them to promote literacy?
The Philosophy of Educational Makerspaces: Part 1 of Making an Educational Makerspace by Steven Kurti, Debby Kurti, and Laura Fleming, 2014
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Since I am still new to the concept of makerspaces, I decided to search the UBC Library databases to see what I could find on what makerspaces are and how to create my own makerspace. This article in the Teacher Librarian journal covers the rationale behind creating a makerspace in an educational environment, the guidelines to establishing a makerspace, and some policies to help run your own makerspace. I like how the article is framing the makerspace as a place for learners to "initiate learning" (Kurti et al., 2014). I think this article will be an important one to refer back to as I continue to think about and explore why makerspaces are effective. The related items in the sidebar as I am performing this search also seems promising, as there is another article by the same authors about the "Practical Implementation of an Educational Makerspace."
Literacy in the Making: Showing how the 'maker movement' has a place in all disciplines by Laura Fleming, 2014
I was lucky to stumble across this article in one of my first Google searches. It's a perfect example of a practical application of my inquiry question. Fleming explores the use of multimedia texts as a method of promoting literacy in makerspaces which allowed for creativity "by leveraging traditional elements and new technologies to shape their narrative" (Fleming, 2014). She lists several digital resources that could be helpful to engage learners in inquiry, makerspaces, and the process of creating, including Roller Coaster Tycoon, which happens to be a game I played a lot myself in my childhood and remember fondly. While it is a short article, I think the ideas that Fleming presents are important ones to consider when thinking about developing our own makerspace programs to promote literacy and creativity.
The maker movement in schools by Jason Wik & Gabriel Wilkes, 2015
This TED talk on YouTube introduces the idea that "creativity alone doesn't foster innovation... what we need is innovation-infused curriculum and our innovators need to understand how to render those creative ideas into real-life situations" (2015). It focuses on the importance of makerspaces to engage students in 21st-century learning and stresses the fact that a "makerspace" isn't a new concept. The tools have changed over the years, but the creativity and innovating are not new. They state that "children are teaching adults to make again," and I think that this is a core concept behind inquiry-based learning. They end off the lecture with a very cool demonstration of a NASA rocket launch created using makerspace tools which I find very exciting to see.
Creating Great Makerspace Lessons for Your Students by Jeffrey Bradbury, 2017
Jeffrey Bradbury, creator of TeacherCast.com, has a podcast series where he delves into different instructional practices and strategies to help teachers in the classroom. In this particular video, he gets together with other professionals to talk about makerspaces and practical applications of makerspace lessons that teachers could easily create. The speakers in the podcast make a very important point of stressing that makerspaces promote cross-curricular competencies, and I believe this to be a very good mindset to have when thinking about teaching different kinds of literacy. I think this podcast video can be a good starting point for teachers who are unsure of how to begin with infusing makerspace lessons into their curriculum.
Library Makerspaces by Cari White @ Pinterest
Pinterest is probably one of my favourite go-to places to look for ideas when I'm struggling to be creative. This particular Pinterest board created by Cari White features a ton of different ideas from various sources for makerspaces that can be easily replicated in a library or classroom. What I appreciate about a lot of these ideas is that some of them are promoting STEAM instead of just STEM, adding "Art" into the mix of makerspace focuses that we should be allowing our students to explore. There are some truly amazing ideas that have already been shares that makes me even more excited to explore the possibilities that makerspaces have on education.
Pinterest is probably one of my favourite go-to places to look for ideas when I'm struggling to be creative. This particular Pinterest board created by Cari White features a ton of different ideas from various sources for makerspaces that can be easily replicated in a library or classroom. What I appreciate about a lot of these ideas is that some of them are promoting STEAM instead of just STEM, adding "Art" into the mix of makerspace focuses that we should be allowing our students to explore. There are some truly amazing ideas that have already been shares that makes me even more excited to explore the possibilities that makerspaces have on education.
References:
Bradbury, J. [Jeffrey Bradbury]. (2017, May 8). Creating great makerspace lessons for your students. TeacherCast.net. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqqc_jv2uE [Accessed September 22, 2018]
Fleming, L. (2014, September). Literacy in the Making. Reading Today, 28-29. Retrieved from http://hivenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/LauraFleming_Maker-Movement.pdf [Accessed September 21, 2018]
Krashen, S. (2012, April 5). The power of reading. The COE Lecture Series. University of Georgia. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSW7gmvDLag [Accessed September 17, 2018]
Kurti, R. S., Kurti, D.L., & Fleming, L. (2014, June). The philosophy of educational makerspaces part 1 of making an educational makerspace. Teacher Librarian, 41, 8-11. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/docview/1548230083?accoundid=14656 [Accessed September 21, 2018]
Wik, J., & Wilkes, G. [TEDx Talks]. (2015, January 12). The maker movement in schools. TEDxTokyoTeachers. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpFnsCBVpH4&t=335s [Accessed September 22, 2018]
White, C. [Cari White]. (n.d.). Library makerspaces. Pinterest. Retrieved from https://www.pinterest.ca/cari_young/library-makerspaces/?lp=true [Accessed September 22, 2018]
Well done blog post check in on your personalized inquiry progress. Your reflection on how to connect your interests in this class with some ideas and concepts explored in a different class is very impressive. I'm glad you are able to make these connections and leverage them into very interesting inquiry questions. Your collection of articles, resources, videos and links will all help serve your explorations into this topic very well and will be exciting. You did not need your formal bibliography yet, but do make sure it is included in your Part C.
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