Build a Makerspace for Young People

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Build a Makerspace for Young People
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Build a Makerspace for Young People
The course Build a Makerspace for Young People is an online class provided by Raspberry Pi Foundation through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Find out how to create and run a makerspace for young people. Look at the pedagogy and approaches behind digital making.

Course description
  • Embrace the maker movement – build a makerspace in your community
  • 3 weeks
  • A makerspace is an area inside a school, library or other public facility, which young people can use to apply digital skills to the real world, exploring ideas and making things collaboratively.
  • This online course will show you how to create a makerspace in your community. You’ll explore different approaches to makerspaces, understand the pedagogy that underpins the maker movement, and get practical advice on getting started.
  • By the end of the course, you’ll understand the benefits of embracing making and know how to find partners to help you build a successful makerspace in your community.
  • How to create a makerspace in your community
  • The pedagogy that underpins the maker movement
  • Practical advice to help you get started
  • The different approaches to makerspaces
  • Identifying partners who can help you build a successful makerspace
  • Explore how to create a makerspace in your community
  • Explore different approaches to makerspaces
  • Discuss the pedagogy that underpins the maker movement
  • Apply practical advice on getting started
  • Identify partners to help you build a successful makerspace in your community
  • This course is designed for anyone who wants to build a makerspace for young people. You might be a school or community librarian, a primary or secondary school teacher, a school governor, a member of a parent-teacher association or a museum education officer.
  • Raspberry Pi Foundation
  • The Raspberry Pi Foundation works to put the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world, so they are capable of understanding and shaping our increasingly digital world.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Build a Makerspace for Young People

Course Topic

IT & Software, IT Certification, Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator

University, College, Institution

Raspberry Pi Foundation

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Build a Makerspace for Young People

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Raspberry Pi Foundation you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: Raspberry Pi Foundation
Topic: Coding & Programming, IT & Computer Science, STEM Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Computing

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