Daisy Carpenter



Daisy CarpenterEdit 20003/22/17High Tech and Low Tech Maker SpacesWhen deciding what to create for the low tech project, I could not think of anything. I attempted to make crazy jewelry out of stuff around the room but came up short, so I followed by 11-year-old sisters footsteps and went to Pinterest for DIY inspiration. From there, I decided that for the low tech project that I was going to create wall art. There are many examples to follow on Pinterest, many are very intricate and many very simple. There were two dilemmas for me though, time and money. So I got off of Pinterest and decided went to buy supplies, and then decided I was only going to use yarn, a wooden stick, and fabric dye. In order to complete this project, I had to imagine what type of decoration would match my room, what I would perceive as cute, what supplies I would need to craft the decoration, and the steps to completing the decoration. I knew that this maker space project would be a process, however, I did not anticipate the faults I would encounter when completing it. As I cut long strands of yarn and tied them onto the wooden stick, I quickly ran out of yarn because I cut the pieces too long. This caused me to change my vision of what my project would look like, and make changes to my steps accordingly. This low tech project helped me practice hands on crafting and creativity, and also practicing overcoming obstacles in seemingly set steps. For the high tech project, I used the website called SnapGuide to create a How-To: Do Laundry. My experience with this maker space project was fairly simple; SnapGuide is very easy to use. The topic for my how-to was basic, however I realized doing laundry may be more steps than someone may anticipate. My low tech maker project was based on design, while my high tech maker project was based on using technology to teach a house-keeping task (Britton, 2012).The National Center on Universal Design for Learning defines “Strategic Networks” of UDL as: “planning and performing tasks. How we organize and express our ideas.” UDL focuses on creating an equal educational environment that is flexible to every individual’s learning needs (National Center on Universal Design for Learning, 2014). For both of my maker space projects, I had to create strategic networks, organize a plan in my head to approach the process before I completed it. Once I had a plan laid out, then I could perform the task. For the low tech, I had to imagine what I wanted the wall decoration to look like and plan the steps to get there, and then perform the task accordingly. For the high tech, the task of laundry is a process in itself; you must think about time frames of your day to see when there is time to complete it, and then the many steps the task requires. Not only did I have to think about the laundry process, but I also had to plan out how I would capture the process of doing laundry in order to create a how to with steps and pictures. Both of my maker space projects involved strategic networks and were capable of having “flexible approaches” and was not a “single, one-size-fits-all solution” (National Center on Universal Design for Learning, 2014).Educational technology relates to makerspaces because the technology aiding our education enforces thinking creatively and designing. It is importantly for us to explore many outlets in technology to exploit our education to remove the bad habit of using technology to teach us rather than to practice our learning. Makerspaces and educational technology go hand-in-hand in creating new ways to think, design, and have hands on learning. Makerspaces and educationally technology encourage a new way of thinking, “maker space encourages and gives people permission to tinker, hack, remake, and perhaps even change society” (Britton, 2012).Even though the low tech portion of my project is only the construction of wall art using only yarn, a stick of wood, and fabric dye, K-12 teachers could use this maker space project to emphasize hands-on learning and creativity with their students. While teaching the students how to easily craft decorations, they are really teaching them to be creative when imagining what kind of decorations/crafts they would want, therefore supplies needed and steps to get to the final product. Completing this maker space project would help students learn the process of creating and practice making decisions along the way. It is a process, similar to everything else. The student will reach a bump in the process and have to figure out the next step to take. The end goal in completing this maker space project is imagining what you want to create, being able to recognize what items and steps you will take in order to create what you have imagined. 2014. About UDL. National Center on Universal Design for Learning. Lauren Britton. 2012. The Makings of Maker. Library Journal. HIGH TECH: TECH: 199580560579000Some pictures during the process. 428117030734000 ................
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