4-H Resource of the Week 2/10 – MakerSpace

Buzz Word Alert!

MakerSpace: A makerspace is a room that contains tools and components, allowing people to enter with an idea and leave with a complete project. The best part is that makerspaces are communal. The goal is to work together to learn, collaborate, and share. A makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools.

Sound familiar? The goals of a makerspace seem to align with many of the goals of a local 4-H Programs.

In fact, many 4-H programs probably have a makers space; they just aren’t identifying them as one! Read more about the role MakerSpaces can have in Extension Education and 4-H.

https://od.tamu.edu/makerspaces-do-they-have-a-role-in-extension-education/

Here’s a couple resources to help you create a makerspace for your 4-H Program:

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/makerspaces/

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/11/the-case-for-school-makerspaces-according-to-those-who-use-them/

Let’s brain storm together different ways we can be utilizing MakerSpaces,

-Bailee