On the move

There is a lot of information, opinions, Pinterest pictures and blog posts that could answer this question. What I have determined from my reading of blogs, Twitter and experience is that a makerspace is what the students make it. Good prompts help the students discover attributes of materials and spark ideas but students will take this and make it there own. Observing students navigate the making process is finest example of self-differentiated learning. Students access the materials that they are ready for and manipulate them into ideas that are only limited by their imagination. Now I have read about how wondrous this is and the limitless possibilities but I still worried is it enough or will they need more support? I can't say that I have a definitive answer to these questions because each student is in a different place. I can say that working with my students has shown me that they need many more opportunities to experiment with materials before they will risk big ideas. I ha