What Makes a Great Makerspace?

By John K. Waters, THE Journal

“A makerspace is more of a mindset than a toolset,” said Casey Shea, curriculum coordinator for maker education for the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE). “Many of the most successful makerspaces I’ve seen started with very little equipment and a lot of creativity. It’s a fundamental mistake to think that dropping a 3D printer into a room will turn it into a makerspace.” Shea has been involved with the maker education movement almost from its inception. He was teaching math at Analy High School in Sebastapol, CA, north of San Francisco, during the 2011-2012 school year when Dale Dougherty, the publisher of Make Magazine and founder of the Maker Faire, approached him about an experimental maker education project. Shea ended up leading a class of about 30 young makers, who met at the magazine’s nearby headquarters twice a week.

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