What’s a “makerspace?”
“To describe them simply, makerspaces are community centers with tools. Makerspaces come in all shapes and sizes. They all serve as a gathering point for tools, projects, mentors and expertise. A collection of tools does not define a makerspace. Rather, we define it by what it enables: making.” Read More
Visit integratED’s makerspace in Gardens Room to get hands-on with new technologies and basic tools to help you make your next big project. Here’s just a few of integratED’s makerspace highlights:
- Maker Camp showcase of archived projects that can be used in the classroom
- Learn to Solder activity session
- Bare Conductive Ink activity
- Makey Makey
- Arduino Projects
- Geneticist – Extract Strawberry DNA
- Linguist – Introduce yourself in another language
- n00b – Create or Fork a game in Scratch
- Tape Ninja – Make a duct tape thing
- Complete challenges and get an awesome skill patch sticker
- 1 year subscription to MAKE magazine to all attendees
- Free PDF of makerspace playbook