QSITE report for ACCE

The first semester of 2016 has been very busy for the various QSITE chapters, schools and organisations in Queensland. This section discusses how two different Queensland schools have approached the introduction of MakerSpaces within their schools, and then goes on to share a summary of the recent Queensland Digital Technologies Summit 2016: Initial Teacher Education. Over the course of the last twelve months many suggestions have been put forward on ways to enact the new technologies curriculum in Australia with a focus on digital technologies; not the least of these has been MakerSpaces. A MakerSpace is space where people gather to share resources and knowledge, and build or make things. The location may provide the materials, tools and space for collaboration with others. MakerSpaces are defined and enacted in various ways both in the community and within schools. Some school examples include: • A teacher or librarian supervising library games at lunchtime; • Library construction...