As long as you have the right intentions and priorities that work for you and your students, there isn't a wrong starting list. Everyone starts with different items. As long as you have the right intentions and priorities that work for you and your students, there isn't a wrong starting list. With the grant money I mentioned when I talked about budgeting and planning here, it was important to me to get a balance of tech and non tech items, but I also didn't have a lot of money and needed to be extra frugal. With my starting items, I also wanted to get things students could explore more independently and in the library. This was before I knew I'd be able to turn a computer lab into a designated makerspace, which I'll be undertaking this school year. The starting list from the grant money:
Then months later, with what was left of the district technology money after setting up the collaboration stations, virtual reality/field trips were of interest to multiple teachers. Teachers also expressed that they wanted items that could be used by a whole class at once. Several teachers in our building had already expressed a desire to use green screens or try 3D printing as well. So after doing a lot of research and pricing, I decided on the following:
We will also still have some computers in the computer lab as well, so I'm going to work on something for them to have links to coding, virtual reality, and other sorts of digital making. I will probably create a Symbaloo for this purpose. More on that to come! And I still need to set up the space, create labels, etc. Stay tuned for more as it develops! Lots to do!
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