1. Makerspace in McIntyre
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Makerspace in McIntyre
Proposal to the Information Technology Commission
Image: Dani Brake

2. What is a makerspace? It’s Shared Resources It’s People
fabrication tools such as 3d printers and laser cutters
Sewing machine
Arduino and Raspberry Pi
Digital studio
Art supplies
Paint
Fabric
Space(es)
Hi-tech and lo-tech
Portal
It’s People
Experts
Novices
Community
Cross-disciplinary
Collaborations
Hands-on learners
It’s a Movement
To make is to learn
Exploration and play
Failure
Problem solve
Enrichment
Entrepreneurial
Inventing and prototyping
It’s already underway
Images: Dani Brake

3. Why ITC?
(6.01.2) The Student Technology Fee is intended to provide students with additional services and should not replace existing funds intended to support student technology.
(6.01.3) Student Technology Fee funding should concentrate on areas that visibly benefit all students.

4. Why McIntyre Library? Libraries share stuff.
“what one person cannot afford to purchase for occasional use, the library can buy and share with the community”
Libraries share stuff.

5. Why UW-Eau Claire? UW-Eau Claire Mission
Foster in one another creativity, critical insight, empathy and intellectual courage, the hallmarks of a transformative liberal education and the foundation for active citizenship and lifelong inquiry

6. UW-Eau Claire Values Diversity and Inclusiveness
Makerspace is about equity and inclusivity in access
Leadership
Student groups, projects, development and celebration of skills
Innovation and Continuous Improvement
Makerspace is a place to experiment, explore, invent, innovate, fail, try again
Stewardship and sustainability
Sharing resources, upcycling and recycling materials
Museum of Art and Design, NY

7. What we have…
Interest across disciplines

8. Space…

9. A start…

10. Examples & Possibilities Lawrence University
Examples
&
Possibilities

11. Lawrence University

12. Access to technology and creative resources should span academic disciplines
Davy Sumner, UW Eau Claire alum
Installation artist and experimental musician
Eaux Claires music festival 2016
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14. What is a makerspace?
It’s whatever we make it