How do you enlist community mentors to help build an ecosystem for campus making?

Within both K12 and higher education, coursework must foster creativity, problem solving, and innovation. We can accomplish this goal through aligning course activities with the maker philosophy.

Our biggest issue is encouraging collaboration across disciplines, and sharing resources. After attending the Innovation Summit in October, I heard that many schools were facing the same problem, and I'd like to contribute our proposed solutions, so that others can follow along with our progress.

Students new to a makerspace face an intimidating learning curve, and this can discourage participation. Getting students up to speed with basic skills, especially those that are inherently safe and engaging will be necessary to grow the maker culture (beyond the hardcore devotees) at any institution.