Maker Faire Guide What can you do with what you know? As a maker, it is your job to take a concept and turn it into a real prototype. This involves exploration, sharing ideas with others, choosing and defining a project, planning, executing and refining your plan, and displaying your final project at the Bartlett City Schools Engineering Fair. Your Maker Project is all about turning your ideas into action, creating a and sharing your with others! “THING,” “THING” Getting Started… Brainstorming Have lots of Dr. Linus Pauling famously said that the best way to have good ideas is to have LOTS of ideas. That is, create a list of as many ideas as you can, then start focusing on the ones that appear promising. Eventually, you’ll winnow the list down to the good ones. Don’t be surprised if only a fraction of your initial ideas turn out to be good. That’s normal. (Makerspace Playbook) Here are some websites for Makers to help with brainstorming: Community Science Workshop Network DIY Howtoons Instructables Make: Projects Maker Camp The Maker Ed. Initiative The Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium
Maker Faire Guide What can you do with what you know? As a maker, it is your job to take a concept and turn it into a real prototype. This involves exploration, sharing ideas with others, choosing and defining a project, planning, executing and refining your plan, and displaying your final project at the Bartlett City Schools Engineering Fair. Your Maker Project is all about turning your ideas into action, creating a “THING,” and sharing your “THING” with others! Getting Started… Brainstorming Have lots of Dr. Linus Pauling famously said that the best way to have good ideas is to have LOTS of ideas. That is, create a list of as many ideas as you can, then start focusing on the ones that appear promising. Eventually, you’ll winnow the list down to the good ones. Don’t be surprised if only a fraction of your initial ideas turn out to be good. That’s normal. (Makerspace Playbook) Here are some websites for Makers to help with brainstorming: Community Science Workshop Network DIY Howtoons Instructables Make: Projects Maker Camp The Maker Ed. Initiative The Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium
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