Deeper Learning in the Southwood Makerspace
Over the course of the school year, the Southwood Deeper Learning team has launched a Makerspace for the school. Fundamentally, this place is an opportunity for deeper learning for our students.
The students come to the Makerspace ready to rise to a challenge. Their responses to the challenge cross the curriculum. A makerspace challenge involves a process that includes questioning, designing, perfecting, sharing, and reflecting. During this process, you would expect to see the students displaying the important characteristics of Our Kid.
Consider one example. At the beginning of February, the grade 4 students were asked to design a carriage to be pulled behind a Sphero to transport a small stuffed toy approximately 3 meters in a straight line. The students demonstrated collaboration, communication,…
