• Quiet
• Interactions with books only
  
• Very Quiet
  

Pot of Gold was somewhere at the end of the rainbow,
if we start the journey and imagine what could be.

Interactive lessons...hands-on...before makerspaces.

• The High School librarian decided to consolidate the collection to get more floor space.
  
  
• Re-purpose the 8 year old double sided shelving.
  
  
• Reuse them at the older campuses.

So the change begins...

• Started with two elementary campuses then moved to the middle school
• Designed a new layout to create learning spaces for students
• Rearranged and re-purposed shelving in the libraries
• Selected bright colors to brighten the room
• Arrangement of furniture and shelving emphasized flexibility
• Tables with wheels acquired for mobility and collaboration
• Removing Free Standing Shelves to open cramped spaces
• More space for classes for interactivity and collaboration

Spaces to learn - play - explore - create - collaborate - grow

• Caught the Makerspace bug
• Worked with the established current year budget
  
• Began training personnel - library aides
• Kick-off with one elementary school
• Mornings - before school - student passes -

• Puzzles, Legos, Keva Blocks, Lincoln Logs, checkers, chess, play dough, marble runs, etc.

• Start small and use whatever you have- boxes, paper, tinker items, etc.

• Nearly everything has a makerspace use - collect recycle items
  
• Let students use their own imaginations
• You don't have to know everything. Kids will teach the teacher.
  

• Students use their kinesthetic abilities
• Access to multiple learning spaces
• Learning through play
• Collaboration with peers
• Integrates science, mathematics and literacy learning
  

• Buy-in to the concept and vision of a makerspace

• Recognizing it won't be the library you grew up with. Interactive and noisy.
  
• Understanding how makerspaces builds literacy

Students love to come and interact with the makerspaces
...because they are actively engaged.