Makerspace Literacies:
Consider adopting makerspace or making literacies in your courses. Here are some examples:
- Apply design-level thinking to meet needs and/or solve problems
- Assesses the availability of tools & materials
- Assembles effective teams
- Demonstrates time management best-practices
- Demonstrates understanding of the basics of 3D Printing
- Designs or redesigns a 3D printed object in order to express an idea or emotion and/or solve a problem
- Identifies the need to invent, design, fabricate, build, repurpose or repair some “thing” in order to express an idea or emotion, or to solve a problem
- Improve soft skills such as leadership, communication, teamwork, self-motivation, time management, creativity and problem-solving
- Participate in and develop an understanding of organized community displays of “maker” literacies
- Produce individual and team projects showing basic competency in common makerspace technologies
- Understands many of the ethical, legal and socio-economic issues surrounding making
Can you think of another literacy or outcome? If so, please share with the library, so we can add it here.
Professional Development Resources
- WCC Maker Lesson Plans
- 3D Printing for Faculty by Dena Martin, WCC Makerspace Faculty Champion & Librarian (Jan 2018)
- CCC Maker: Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Amy Schulz, NACCE from November 21., 2017 at WCC
- Ideas for Utilizing Makerspaces by WCC Faculty Makerspace Core Faculty Team (2017 Makerspace Kick Off Meeting)
- Makerspace Kick-Off Meeting Fall 2017 by Dena Martin, WCC Makerspace Faculty Champion & Ioanna Iatridis, Dean of CTE
- Making Across the Curriculum by Zack Dowell, Folsom Lake College Innovation Center from November 21, 2017 at WCC