Students/makers switched things up to a flattened, glass model, and sales took off - an unexpected lesson in meeting customer demand. She explained the students’ first effort - a plastic globe ornament - did not sell well. “They made $700,” Harden said of the business effort, called that profit, which will go to teacher micro-grants, wasn’t easy, though. Ornaments, left, were also part of the initiative. Christine Harden, technology integration specialist and space coordinator, displays a glass brick students decorated and then sold during the holiday season as part of the makerspace’s new The effort brought in $700, which will be used for teacher micro-grants. The class - which focuses on daily-life math such as doing taxes and managing bank accounts - made the items and then sold them.Ī makerspace at Wheeling Park High School is being used to add a hands-on element to classes and to encourage a bit of business savvy. Recently, that something was a series of Christmas ornaments and decorated glass bricks produced by a financial algebra class, Harden explained. The makerspace also has shelves full of crafty materials such as beads, string and colorful paper equipment that can turn graphic designs into vinyl decals for everything from T-shirts to mugs and a supply of recyclables ready to be turned into something. Sharing the evolving space with Weelunk in a recent interview, she pointed out that work tables geared toward discussion and creation instead of sitting and listening are just the beginning. A maker herself, she once had a side sewing business that produced everything from daywear to historically accurate costumes. Harden, who has both taught on the career and technology side of education and served as a media specialist for Ohio County Schools, may be the natural leader. And, there’s a handy vice, should one be needed for a project. Instead of single-student desks lined up in rows, makerspace work areas are designed with talking and collaboration in mind, Harden said.
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