Makerspace in McIntyre University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Makerspace in McIntyre Proposal to the Information Technology Commission Image: Dani Brake

What is a makerspace? It’s Shared Resources It’s People fabrication tools such as 3d printers and laser cutters Sewing machine Arduino and Raspberry Pi Digital studio Art supplies Paint Fabric Space(es) Hi-tech and lo-tech Portal It’s People Experts Novices Community Cross-disciplinary Collaborations Hands-on learners It’s a Movement To make is to learn Exploration and play Failure Problem solve Enrichment Entrepreneurial Inventing and prototyping It’s already underway Images: Dani Brake

Why ITC? (6.01.2) The Student Technology Fee is intended to provide students with additional services and should not replace existing funds intended to support student technology. (6.01.3) Student Technology Fee funding should concentrate on areas that visibly benefit all students.

Why McIntyre Library? Libraries share stuff. “what one person cannot afford to purchase for occasional use, the library can buy and share with the community” http://www.ala.org/tools/atoz/makerspaces Libraries share stuff.

Why UW-Eau Claire? UW-Eau Claire Mission Foster in one another creativity, critical insight, empathy and intellectual courage, the hallmarks of a transformative liberal education and the foundation for active citizenship and lifelong inquiry

UW-Eau Claire Values Diversity and Inclusiveness Makerspace is about equity and inclusivity in access Leadership Student groups, projects, development and celebration of skills Innovation and Continuous Improvement Makerspace is a place to experiment, explore, invent, innovate, fail, try again Stewardship and sustainability Sharing resources, upcycling and recycling materials Museum of Art and Design, NY

What we have… Interest across disciplines

Space…

A start…

Examples & Possibilities Lawrence University https://blogs.lawrence.edu/makerspace/assignments/ Examples & Possibilities http://www.nmbreakthroughs.org/medical-advances/simulating-skin-and-bones

Lawrence University https://blogs.lawrence.edu/makerspace/assignments/

Access to technology and creative resources should span academic disciplines Davy Sumner, UW Eau Claire alum Installation artist and experimental musician Eaux Claires music festival 2016 Image from http://davysumner.com/

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What is a makerspace? It’s whatever we make it