Worlds of Making

Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School
Laura Fleming - New Milford High School
Worlds of Making
January 2015 | 80 pages | Corwin
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Description

Makerspaces: Your questions answered here!

Get the nuts and bolts on imagining, planning, creating, and managing a cutting-edge Makerspace for your school community. Nationally recognized expert Laura Fleming provides all the answers in this breakthrough guide. From inception through implementation, you’ll find invaluable guidance for creating a vibrant Makerspace on any budget. Practical strategies and anecdotal examples help you:

  • Create an action plan for your own personalized Makerspace
  • Align activities to standards
  • Showcase student creations

Use this must-have guide to painlessly build a robust, unique learning environment that puts learning back in the hands of your students!

The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it’s a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. To explore the other books in this series, visit the Corwin Connected Educators website.

Check out the Connected Educator Series matrix to find out which book is right for you. 

"Laura Fleming does an exquisite job of creating a guide for all schools to tap into students’ innate desire to create, tinker, invent, and make to learn. Leveraging her experience as a practitioner she provides a compelling, yet simple recipe for any school or educator to transform any space into a makerspace on a shoestring budget. It is time to bring the fun back into learning!"
—Eric Sheninger, Corwin Author, Digital Leadership

"Fleming provides a concise overview of the Maker Movement as a revolution taking place in learning today. This book makes a case for the importance of creating a culture of innovation and offers practical tips and strategies for those interested in creating their own makerspaces."
—Greg Toppo, Education Reporter
USA Today

Contents

Preface by Peter DeWitt

Preface by Peter DeWitt

Introduction

  • 1. The Maker Movement
  • 2. Planning Your Makerspace
  • 3. Setting Up Your Makerspace
  • 4. Creating a Maker Culture in Your School
  • 5. Makerspaces and the Standards
  • 6. The "Expert" Maker
  • 7. Makerspaces and the School Library
  • 8. Makerspaces as a Unique Learning Environment
  • 9. Showcasing Student Creations
  • 10. Makerspaces as Catalysts for Future Change
  • 11. School Leaders

Resources

Connected Educators Website

www.corwin.com/connectededucators

Additional materials

Description

Makerspaces: Your questions answered here!

Get the nuts and bolts on imagining, planning, creating, and managing a cutting-edge Makerspace for your school community. Nationally recognized expert Laura Fleming provides all the answers in this breakthrough guide. From inception through implementation, you’ll find invaluable guidance for creating a vibrant Makerspace on any budget. Practical strategies and anecdotal examples help you:

  • Create an action plan for your own personalized Makerspace
  • Align activities to standards
  • Showcase student creations

Use this must-have guide to painlessly build a robust, unique learning environment that puts learning back in the hands of your students!

The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it’s a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. To explore the other books in this series, visit the Corwin Connected Educators website.

Check out the Connected Educator Series matrix to find out which book is right for you. 

"Laura Fleming does an exquisite job of creating a guide for all schools to tap into students’ innate desire to create, tinker, invent, and make to learn. Leveraging her experience as a practitioner she provides a compelling, yet simple recipe for any school or educator to transform any space into a makerspace on a shoestring budget. It is time to bring the fun back into learning!"
—Eric Sheninger, Corwin Author, Digital Leadership

"Fleming provides a concise overview of the Maker Movement as a revolution taking place in learning today. This book makes a case for the importance of creating a culture of innovation and offers practical tips and strategies for those interested in creating their own makerspaces."
—Greg Toppo, Education Reporter
USA Today

Contents

Preface by Peter DeWitt

Preface by Peter DeWitt

Introduction

  • 1. The Maker Movement
  • 2. Planning Your Makerspace
  • 3. Setting Up Your Makerspace
  • 4. Creating a Maker Culture in Your School
  • 5. Makerspaces and the Standards
  • 6. The "Expert" Maker
  • 7. Makerspaces and the School Library
  • 8. Makerspaces as a Unique Learning Environment
  • 9. Showcasing Student Creations
  • 10. Makerspaces as Catalysts for Future Change
  • 11. School Leaders

Resources

Connected Educators Website

www.corwin.com/connectededucators

Additional materials

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Worlds of Making

Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School


January 2015 | 80 pages | Corwin

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Paperback 01/02/2026 9781483382821 $37.95
Lifetime 01/02/2026 9781483382838 $35.00

Makerspaces: Your questions answered here!

Get the nuts and bolts on imagining, planning, creating, and managing a cutting-edge Makerspace for your school community. Nationally recognized expert Laura Fleming provides all the answers in this breakthrough guide. From inception through implementation, you’ll find invaluable guidance for creating a vibrant Makerspace on any budget. Practical strategies and anecdotal examples help you:

  • Create an action plan for your own personalized Makerspace
  • Align activities to standards
  • Showcase student creations

Use this must-have guide to painlessly build a robust, unique learning environment that puts learning back in the hands of your students!

The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it’s a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. To explore the other books in this series, visit the Corwin Connected Educators website.

Check out the Connected Educator Series matrix to find out which book is right for you. 

"Laura Fleming does an exquisite job of creating a guide for all schools to tap into students’ innate desire to create, tinker, invent, and make to learn. Leveraging her experience as a practitioner she provides a compelling, yet simple recipe for any school or educator to transform any space into a makerspace on a shoestring budget. It is time to bring the fun back into learning!"
—Eric Sheninger, Corwin Author, Digital Leadership

"Fleming provides a concise overview of the Maker Movement as a revolution taking place in learning today. This book makes a case for the importance of creating a culture of innovation and offers practical tips and strategies for those interested in creating their own makerspaces."
—Greg Toppo, Education Reporter
USA Today


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface by Peter DeWitt
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Maker Movement
  • 2. Planning Your Makerspace
  • 3. Setting Up Your Makerspace
  • 4. Creating a Maker Culture in Your School
  • 5. Makerspaces and the Standards
  • 6. The "Expert" Maker
  • 7. Makerspaces and the School Library
  • 8. Makerspaces as a Unique Learning Environment
  • 9. Showcasing Student Creations
  • 10. Makerspaces as Catalysts for Future Change
  • 11. School Leaders

Recent Product Reviews:

"Fleming provides a concise overview of the Maker Movement as a revolution taking place in learning today. This book makes a case for the importance of creating a culture of innovation and offers practical tips and strategies for those interested in creating their own makerspaces."
Greg Toppo, Education Reporter, USA Today
"Laura Fleming does an exquisite job of creating a guide for all schools to tap into students' innate desire to create, tinker, invent, and make to learn. Leveraging her experience as a practitioner she provides a compelling, yet simple recipe for any school or educator to transform any space into a makerspace on a shoestring budget. It is time to bring the fun back into learning!"
Eric Sheninger
"As of now there are about 20 books in the Corwin Connected Educator Series, a seemingly ever-growing set of titles masterminded by Peter DeWitt and Corwin Press. Each book is short enough to be read in one sitting, which makes the collection ideal for book studies and professional development, both during the summer and throughout the school year. Also, each paperback is authored by one or two educators who speak (and blog, tweet, etc.) with a credible voice in the world of connected education. Some of the topics include: Flipped leadership Tools for connecting educators, parents, and communities Blogging for educators Best practices for establishing a makerspace Tools to connect and empower teachers Finally, all of the authors are active on social media, and they regularly present at local conferences, which helps in bringing to life the contents of these books."
Ross Cooper, Supervisor of Instructional Practice K-12, Salisbury Township School District, Edutopia

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