{"id":335,"date":"2016-01-09T02:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/?p=335"},"modified":"2016-02-08T12:36:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T19:36:43","slug":"what-are-makerspaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/2016\/01\/09\/what-are-makerspaces\/","title":{"rendered":"What are makerspaces?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/files\/2016\/01\/NoNeedToReinvent-TheQheel.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-336\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-336\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/files\/2016\/01\/NoNeedToReinvent-TheQheel-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"NoNeedToReinvent TheQheel\" width=\"428\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/files\/2016\/01\/NoNeedToReinvent-TheQheel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/files\/2016\/01\/NoNeedToReinvent-TheQheel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/files\/2016\/01\/NoNeedToReinvent-TheQheel-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/files\/2016\/01\/NoNeedToReinvent-TheQheel-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/files\/2016\/01\/NoNeedToReinvent-TheQheel.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no need to reinvent the wheel!<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makerlabs.com\" target=\"_blank\">MakerLabs<\/a>\u00a0is a 26,000 square foot makerspace in Vancouver that provides you with the tools, space, and skills to make almost anything.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makermobile.org\" target=\"_blank\">Maker Mobile<\/a>\u00a0is a travelling classroom, hackspace, workshop, art studio, and laboratory on wheels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinycommunitycenter.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Tiny Community Centre<\/a>\u00a0is the world&#8217;s smallest mobile classroom, artist residency, and curiosity cabinet! Built using waste and recycled materials, the Centre provokes visitors to examine the waste generated in their own lives and consider how it can be re-purposed to create positive social change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/128400652@N07\/sets\/72157648040735440\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Hive Learning Pop-Up<\/a>\u00a0This annual event is a celebration of hands-on digital literacy and an opportunity to learn about the city\u2019s various learning pathways. The pop-up makerspace is a creativity-inspiring experience for makers of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Public Library\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vpl.ca\/programs\/cat\/C1051\" target=\"_blank\">Inspiration Lab<\/a> is dedicated to digital creativity, collaboration, and storytelling. It offers sound studios, high-performance computers, video editing, self-publishing software, and thousands<br \/>\nof online video tutorials on design, video, photography, production, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\" target=\"_blank\">Instructables<\/a> is an online makerspace where you can make &amp; share EVERYTHING: technology, workshop, craft, home, food, play, outside, costumes\u00a0&lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/SpectrumLED-An-INSANELY-Bright-200-WATT-Variable-S\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spectrum LED<\/a>&gt; &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/member\/toddie123\/\" target=\"_blank\">toddie123<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no need to reinvent the wheel! MakerLabs\u00a0is a 26,000 square foot makerspace in Vancouver that provides you with the tools, space, and skills to make almost anything. Maker Mobile\u00a0is a travelling classroom, hackspace, workshop, art studio, and laboratory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/2016\/01\/09\/what-are-makerspaces\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1426614,1355083],"tags":[5108,4954,271296,558,228883,287565],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity-in-curriculum-pedagogy","category-makerspaces","tag-creativity","tag-design-thinking","tag-imagination","tag-technology","tag-tinkering","tag-wonder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edcp508\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}