Maker Space
Typing Activities
1. Typing Club (login needed) 7. Spacebar Invaders
2. Keyman 8. Keyboard Revolution
3. Free Typing Lessons 9. Frogs Off Their Diet
4. Desert Typing Racer 10. Room Escape
5. Meteor Typing Blast 11. Key Bricks
6. Save the Sailboat Race 12. Key Tower
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Makerspace Page!
What is a Makerspace Program?
The goal of our Makerspace Program is to foster the development of problem solving and planning skills in our students. The problem solving skills we focus on are communication, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. To help develop planning skills, many of our activities follow a typical engineering design plan which includes: getting information, thinking about possibilities, planning one's steps, trying out one's idea, evaluating the results, revising choices as needed, and sharing what has been accomplished. The skills in our program are presented through both individual and collaborative hands-on and technology activities requiring intuitive and/or computational thinking. The activities span a wide spectrum of experiences such as project challenges, computer coding, open-ended design, and puzzle solving. We also focus on using our God-given resources responsibly. The Makerspace problem solving and planning skills enable students to succeed in academic endeavors, in their personal lives, and later on in the employment world. It is an exciting and rewarding program to teach!
Please feel free to get in touch with me about the Makerspace Program at any time.
Mrs. Marie Irvin, Makerspace Teacher
mirvin@shcslions.org
Links of Interest:
What Is Makerspace? https://www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/
21st Century Problem Solving Skills https://www.aeseducation.com/career-readiness/what-are-21st-century-skills
Future Success and Right-brain Thinking: https://www.danpink.com/books/whole-new-mind/
