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Create the conditions to inspire your students to want to make.

A question I am frequently asked by schools that have makerspaces is: How can we get more of our students engaged in our makerspaces? Many educators feel that their direct instruction is what is needed to engage students in making experiences. While I do believe that there can be a place for some instruction for skill building in a makerspace, I don’t believe it is the only strategy that should be used for engaging our students; nor is teacher-led instruction the only way we can encourage our students to be creative or innovative. Rather than forcing students to make, GREAT makerspaces create the conditions to inspire our students to want to make.

In my makerspace, I work hard behind the scenes to create a learning environment that inspires our students to want to make. For example, hanging on the walls of our makerspace, we have copies of real patents for many items that are familiar to our students, such as smartphones, video-game controllers, Legos, and cars. We have issues of Make: Magazine