Maker Space

 

My Maker Space Reflection

    Coming up with ideas about what kind of stations my makerspace would have stemmed from my thoughts about what college students would not only find engaging but could also serve to help with classes. So I began to think about my days as an undergrad student and what resources I would have found helpful. I debated about6 if I wanted to go high or low tech for my stations as I initially toyed with the idea of having a 3d printer but ultimately scrapped the idea as I feared the costs of trying to maintain supplies and possible repairs would be too high. From there I created my six makerspace stations, planner/notebook decorating station, recording stations, poster decorating station, bookmark maker station, crochet/knitting station, and an old electronics crafts station. The planner/notebook decorating station allows students to decorate their notebooks or planners to make them unique. The hope is by decorating their notebooks/planners students will be encouraged to use them. The recording station is for students to use if they wish to record either something for classes or something for fun. I know I myself wished I had an actual microphone and professional looking background when I had to record things for classes. I want to place each recording station in a corner of the room with acoustic padding to make it easier to record without interruption and with better sound quality. The poster station stems from how in college a lot of college courses have students making posters for presentations. With this station students don’t have to worry as much about purchasing the poster decorating materials they might need.    

    The bookmark making station was inspired by how reading is part of every college student’s life at one point or another. So why not make it fun by having people create their own unique bookmarks?  Crochet and knitting can be a way for students to enhance projects they are working on by making something for classes. Students are free to bring their own patterns but I’ve provided some beginner books for people to utilize. Finally the old electronic station is a great way to get the library more connected to the local community. Technology is an ever evolving field and thus once a piece of tech becomes obsolete they are often discarded. But one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. At this station students can take apart old machinery and use its components to craft other things, like jewelry, sculptures, robots, ect. I will provide a binder full of ideas of what people can make. What makes this station unique is that if partnered with the local community the library could possibly get these old elections free through donation or find them very cheap at local Goodwills other thrift stores. Once I had my stations chosen the next worry was materials so when choosing crafting materials I looked at what I could buy in bulk so hopefully they could last longer with limited refills.

Makerspace Inventory

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