Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace

An invaluable how-to text that details the workshop model, addresses the design challenges, and explains the best avenues for curriculum-based learning in the school library makerspace.

• Explores crowdsourced research methods that lead to authentic participatory learning

• Ensures that student-led workshops and design challenges result in tremendous success

• Supplies practical tips that can be applied by beginner maker-librarians and provides curricula suggestions for advanced maker-librarians

• Explains how to incorporate design thinking, empathy building, and problem solving with design challenges that spur student creativity