A Bit of Background
More About the Model
Results, Results, Results
Finding a Home
Identify the Stage
100

The more emotional, artistic side of the brain

What is the right side?

100

Using, Tinkering, Experimenting, Creating

What is the UTEC model?

100
Collaborating with others on a project

What is a team?

100

Classrooms, libraries, carts, homes, etc

What are homes for makerspaces?

100

Coloring a picture

What is the using stage?

200

Critical thinking, Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Citizenship.

What are the 5 C's

200

Stage that can utilize items like board games, puppets, and popsicles sticks.

What is the Using Stage?

200

A type of activity where students try to create the best product from a given prompt

What is a competition?

200

Paper, carboard, legos, glue, markers

What are low cost supplies for maker spaces?
200

Remodeling a favorite racecar to be faster

What is the tinkering stage?

300

Loertscher, Preddy, & Derry

Who are the creators of the UTEC Model?

300

Stage that highlights questioning and researching better ways of doing things.

What is the tinkering stage?

300

A key terms that helps define all activities in a makerspace

What is create/creativity?

300

3D Printer, Sewing Machines, iPads

What are high cost supplies for maker spaces?

300

Comparing multiple methods for growing flower seeds

What is the experimenting stage?

400

This author wrote about the psychological differences between a fixed and growth mindset in 2000

Who is Carol Dweck?
400

Stage built on building, trying, failing, repurposing, modifying, and testing theories

What is the experimenting stage?

400

An activity that can be paired with a lesson from the classroom.

What is curriculum collaboration?

400

Blogs, newsletters, word of mouth, social media

What are ways to advertise your maker space?

400
Inventing a new method for cleaning a shower

What is the creating stage?

500

Who created the levels of high order thinking (creating, evaluating, analyzing, etc) that can be developed within makerspaces?

Who is Dr. Benjamin Bloom?/What is Bloom's Taxonomy?

500

Stage defined by an invention or novel product or idea

What is the creation stage?

500

Growth, items, greater brain knowledge, an idea, or further questions.

What are products of makerspaces?

500
Space, flexible seating and tables, sink, outlets, inspirational materials, etc

What are items needed to identify an area for a makerspace?

500

Testing different versions of a board game to design an original one

What is the experimenting and creating stage?