1. Makerspace for high school students Year Two!
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Makerspace for high school students
Year Two!

2. McDonald County High School
District is about 428 square miles
Our buses travel miles every day
About 76% use Free and reduced lunch and about 1300 students
R Jill Williams
Was a stay at home mother
Taught English, Language Arts, Speech and Theater
Coached dance and cheer, speech contest, directed plays
Went to the library in I am beginning my fourth year. I have also just started grad school.
Had an average of students come in each day.
I wanted to “fix” it!!
We now average about 187 students per day: not including the whole classes that come in,to use tables, labs & read

3. Stimulating Whimsical Exploratory Artistic Thinking
My makerspace started in a teeny tiny room. (Insert video tour of sweatshop room). I wanted to use a word that would catch the attention of students and make them say what is this about? Then I tried to come up with words that embodied the whole idea of creativity and learning. I started with craft items, white boards and a donated sewing machine. I’ve encouraged the kids to create like they do on Project Runway….sew with unconventional materials. I have added items as I could. We got a very small 3D printer and I am slowly adding tools and other craft materials. There is one large white board in the room for group collaboration and abouta dozen small white boards so that individuals can write and draw and rewrite plans for their ideas. Then I wanted to find a way for the kids to make it their room, so I let them paint all over the room. Inspiring quotes and pictures, they covered the walls! It gave them ownership of the room! The room was great, but our numbers were becoming so large that we couldn’t accomodate them in the sweat shop. We decided to completely re-imagine the library.

4. A Year Ago We added... Puzzle Center Brain Games
Robotics/Coding Center
Collaboration Center
Morning Video News Show
Breakout Boxes
Virtual Reality
3-D Printer
Interactive Touchscreen
Relaxation Center
A Year Ago We added...
We added lots of new areas for kids to explore, think and create!

5. Puzzle Center & Brain Games IT WAS A HIT!!!

7. Robotics/Coding Center

8. Hydraulics, Circuit boards,
Gadgets

9. Virtual Reality Use to explore museums Settings in novels
Historical places
Go under the sea
Go around the world
Create your own
Class Check Out
Fix for Cardboard

10. Collaboration Center

11. Breakout Boxes Faculty Meetings Clubs/Athletic Teams Seminars
Classrooms
Ours have been used by NHS, History, FCCLA, Library Club, PE, Social Studies, Summer School, Comicon, Mustang Academy, English, Spanish and Professional Development.They are requested often!!
Breakout Boxes

12. 3D Printing We have a M3D Micro Printer
We use thingiverse website for our prints
It’s a sensitive printer!
To keep filament for the printer, we printed a cookie cutter and work with FCCLA to raise money!
To keep filament for printer, we printed cookie cutters. We are working with the FCCLA program to make and sell cookies.

13. Morning Video News Show
The Mustang Daily
Completely Student Led
Daily Announcements
Special Events/Interviews
Contests!
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14. The kids are having a BLAST!
This Year We added
A new staff member to train and take over next year.
The kids are having a BLAST!
A new Green Screen and lights!

15. Relaxation Center

16. UPDATE!
NEW STEEL CUPBOARDS AND THE LARGE CART WITH BINS HAVE BEEN ADDED!
NEW STAINLESS STEEL WORK STOOLS HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED.
Green Screen and Lights
ALL KINDS OF NEW “TOYS” HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED.
CIRCUIT BOARDS
MORE VIRTUAL REALITY
HYDRAULIC AND ROBOTIC ARMS
iPads
Flip Cameras
Coding

17. New Storage gives a fresh look and better organization!

18. Where Do We Go From Here??
We got new room for The Mustang Daily News Show
Podcasts on our website
How-to videos for the website
Better 3D printer
More Charging Stations
iPod Shuffles for Audiobooks
Reconfigure the room as space allows
The sky is the LIMIT!!!
If you dream it they will come!!

19. Problems--concerns???? Of Course!!

20. What Issues Do We Deal With?
Students AND staff thinking we are a supply store!
Time issues/Students being able to come!
Being discouraged by negativity
How have we solved problems?
Students must work in the library!
We open before and after school!
Keep a list of projects for kids to work on!
SMILE, LAUGH, BE POSITIVE and BELIEVE!!

21. QUESTIONS?

22. THANK YOU FOR COMING!!! Jill Williams Please share your ideas!
High School Library Media Center
McDonald County High School
Anderson, MO
2798 Neosho Heights Avenue
Neosho, MO
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