My students need chipboard, markers, and graph paper along with other materials to create and design their own 3D prototypes.
$568 goal
This project expired on November 28, 2018.
This project expired on November 28, 2018.
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
The school's media center is a space where discovery, exploration, and creativity interweave while engaging with technology. Students' are provided opportunities through projects to learn about how to use different types of technology.
Our school's students are very eager to use a variety of materials to design and create to transition from just consuming media to being creators, makers, and inventors.
My students are predominately first-generation Mexican-American children of immigrants in grades K-5. Our school has an active performing arts program and technology program.
Our goal is to deliver students with up-to-date technology and unplugged activities to provide skills that students can use not just in technology fields, but also in different areas while tapping into multiple fields and interests.
My Project
When one thinks of maker spaces, we tend to think of 3D and laser printers, scanners, engravers, and all kinds of tech-related equipment, which is fantastic, but a lot of it starts without technology prototyping an idea. Our school has significantly invested in technology throughout the years, investing in various devices and ensuring most grade levels are 1:1.
Students engage to a significant degree with technology, but I want to create a space for students to explore, create, design, and hopefully, invent, to ensure our students continue to have access to world-class skills to prepare them for success in the 21st century, but that doesn't necessarily revolve around technology.
I want the center to be accessible, and not necessarily bogged down with tech devices. Students will be able to navigate the design process starting from drawing on graph paper to prototyping with chipboard. Creating a design in 3D will help students think in different ways, and see their digital and 2D ideas in different ways. I want to have a large variety of materials so students can explore and be as creative as possible.
Our school's budget has been cut dramatically for the past few years, but we still have the responsibility of making sure our students are obtaining the skills and experiences they will need to be successful. The materials like chipboard, graph paper, and the rest will help to close that gap just a little bit more and help create a space for my students to see themselves further as makers.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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