Research
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PROFESSIONAL SPACE EXAMPLES
- MakerSpace (Munich)
- Impact Hub (Munich) Moving locations so not currently in operation
- Erfinder Garden (Munich) FabLab & Raspberry Pi Academy for small and large kids
- FabLab Munich
- Kreativehaus (Germany)
- DMM Make Akiba (Tokyo, Japan)
- Tinkering School (San Francisco, USA)
- Brightworks (San Francisco, USA)
- UFG (Missouri, USA) MakerSpace (video tour)
- The Foundry (Baltimore, USA) A great list of tools to show what a professional MakerSpace is capable of
SCHOOL EXAMPLES
- NIST Bangkok – NIST blog (JS only)
- Nanjin International School (JS only)
- United Nations International School’s MakerSpace AKA CoLaboratory
- American School of Bombay’s Maker Minds
- Knox County School’s (Tennessee, USA) mobile carts
- Singapore American School
- United World College of South East Asia (Singapore)
- Korea International School (Mike Bycraft)
- International School of Prague
- Inter Community School (John Mikton)
- American School of London
- International School of Amsterdam
- Blue Gum Community School (ACT, Australia) – a school with a hands on mindset
SITES
- Twitter search for #MakerSpace (lots of schools, students and teachers around the world posting
- Elif Raskin’s website: Makers Around The World
- Sean Thompson: MakerSpace/Design Thinking blog post
- www.MakerSpaces.com
- Children’s Design Studio (resources on Design Thinking & MakerSpaces)
- 5 Questions to ask when planning a Makerspace
- Mitch’s 3D printing research
RESOURCES
- Makerspace Playbook (School Edition)
- Making A Makerspace presentation by Seth Hubbert (French American International School)
- Francesca Zammarano’s (UNIS) Why Make? presentation from ECIS technology conference 2015
IDEAS
- Mobile MakerSpaces (another example here)
- ChangeMaker Slams / Maker Challenges / Youth research
- Young Maker Awards
- Participation in Maker fairs (for example MAKE Munich)
- Exhibit and presentation of the works of the pupils / parents on campus
- MAKER mentoring (e.g., App Inventor, Cyber Mentor)
- Weekend workshops
- Parent volunteers
- Opportunities to work with clay