Maker laboratories can be simply divided into campus maker laboratories and social commercial maker laboratories. The most representative maker laboratory is Haier maker laboratory, which currently covers There are 61 universities in 56 provinces, so the maker laboratory refers to campus maker laboratory.

I. How to build a campus maker laboratory

As the maker laboratory gradually extends from society to campus, the positioning of maker laboratory and maker space is different. For school education, the value of the maker laboratory lies in the formation and commercialization of creativity. Its focus is to create an environment to cultivate students' maker thinking. The pursuit is not an ideological result, but a thought process. Therefore, it is not suitable for the school to establish a maker laboratory that meets the educational needs of the school and copy the maker model in the current commercial society.

1. Clarify the subject direction of the maker laboratory

The main theme of the campus maker laboratory is towards intelligent robots, aduino, 3D printing, handmade, laser cutting, etc. Although different maker activities can be integrated with each other, it takes a lot of time to master them all. Therefore, a maker laboratory includes all types of activities, but it does not necessarily allow students to be proficient. Therefore, it must be cut from the position of the school and the specialty of the maker teacher.

2. Improve the curriculum system of the maker laboratory

Any educational concept needs to be systematic in order to make children from simple to difficult, from entry to proficiency, especially in the maker education laboratory. Therefore, the school establishes a maker laboratory and needs to plan a maker course that meets its own needs.

3. Strengthen the promotion of maker culture

The positioning of the Maker Lab is not only for the gathering of makers, but also the exchange of maker culture. For the school’s Maker Lab, students can better cultivate their cooperation ability by completing a project together. The club is the best way to gather students together.

II. How to design the curriculum system in the maker laboratory

The Maker Lab is a window for the school to display the achievements of scientific and technological innovation education to the outside world. It can integrate different disciplines and cultivate students' various skills and innovative qualities. The campus maker laboratory series of courses involve computer, science, technology, engineering design and mathematics and other disciplines. Based on the needs of Chinese classrooms, they are positioned at the cultivation of innovative ability, and follow a step-by-step and spiral structure of knowledge rise. They not only provide students with international competitions. The platform also provides advantages for students to apply for patents and entrepreneurship, and to help students develop their suitability.

III. What do I need to prepare for the construction of the maker laboratory?

1. Functional area: display area, creation area, activity area, discussion area, material area, reading area.

For the hardware of the maker laboratory, teaching area, material area, and display area are necessary. Tool area and activity area are also indispensable. Any discussion area is not necessary. Any place can be discussed. . If there is a robot area, a drone area, a technology model area, or a woodworking area, etc., they can all be divided, but they don’t have to be too detailed. After all, the Maker Lab needs to produce works based on students’ creativity. You don’t know what tools the students’ creativity needs to produce, and the areas are too detailed to start.

2. Configuration: there must be some standing tools, such as computers, 3D printers, laser engraving machines, woodworking metalworking tools and some programming tool boxes, robot component boxes, etc. Various materials are also needed, some standing consumables, some The tool manual, or the resource library for work, can be learned and called at any time.