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Christine Sturgeon
Manson Northwest Webster Schools
Manson and Barnum, Iowa
chsturgeon at gmail.com (personal)
csturgeon at mnwcougars.com (work)
Twitter:  @c_sturgeon

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Christine Sturgeon <chsturgeon at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello, Illinoisans!  I'm a teacher librarian from Iowa but wanted to put
> my two cents in on this topic, a favorite of mine.
>
> To make it clear to teachers that I wasn't going after their turf, we held
> a school-wide assembly and pointed out to everyone, we already do making
> here.  In shop class and FCS and art and all the rest.  So why do we need a
> makerspace?  I think just stating that as a fact helped teachers to see
> that we understood that.
>
> The story I always tell to say answer that question is this:
>
> So my daughter was in a class where she had to create a large project on a
> book she read.  She read *World War Z*, and wanted to create a puppet
> show of a scene.  But not just any puppets - no paper bags or socks, but
> muppets that she'd sew.  She found directions on Youtube.  $80 in supplies
> later, she was ready to go.  Now all I want you to know that I'm a woman
> with a sewing machine, but I also didn't know where I put my charger.  So
> she went to the FCS teacher and they worked something out.  But what if my
> daughter rode the bus and couldn't stay after school, and had no study
> halls?  What if she didn't get along with that teacher?  What if the FCS
> teacher was very territorial about her equipment after some bad experiences
> with other kids?  So let's have a place where she can use a sewing machine
> just because.
>
> If you want to chat about makerspaces more, let me know (email or Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/c_sturgeon>).  As far as I know (no one has
> corrected me yet), we're the first school district in Iowa to have a
> makerspace in all district buildings.  It's just two (elementary and 7-12),
> but it still counts!
>
> Christine Sturgeon
> MNW Schools
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We're a middle school and are in the planning stages of creating a
>> MakerSpace in our library.  We are fortunate to have an extensive elective
>> program that includes Woods, Plastics, all mediums of art, sewing, music,
>> etc.  Some of our elective teachers feel like a MakerSpace intrudes on
>> their curricular area.  If you have experienced similar push back, would
>> you please email me off list and tell me how you were able to work through
>> it?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Denise Reeder
>>
>> --
>> Denise Reeder
>> Library Information Specialist
>> Lincoln M
>> ​​
>> iddle School
>> 200 South Lincoln Avenue
>> Park Ridge, IL  60068
>> https://sites.google.com/a/d64.org/lincoln-middle-school-lrc
>> 847.318.4220
>>
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