Distance Learning Options
We know planning for your makerspace during distance- and hybrid-learning can be a challenge, but we are here to help!
The good news is there are several ways to continue leveraging your makerspace and INVENTORCLOUD’s curriculum, whether you have access to your makerspace or not.
- Option One
If your students are stuck at home but you have access to your makerspace, you will be able to complete each project almost as usual. We recommend delivering the project content and procedure during virtual class meetings or having your students individually read and complete it outside of virtual class meetings. After your students have completed the design step of the project, they can download and send their CAD files (or photo, drawing, image, etc., depending on the project) to you. After you’ve received the files, make the designs in the makerspace and send the finished items to your students. - Option Two
If no one has access to your makerspace, we recommend delivering the project content and procedure during virtual class meetings or having your students individually read and complete it outside of virtual class meetings. After your students have completed the design step of the project, they can download and send their files to you. After you’ve received the files, you can send the files to INVENTORCLOUD and we will make their designs in our makerspace. After we’ve completed the designs, we will send them to you to distribute to your students. - Option Three
If you do not want to use INVENTORCLOUD’s remote makerspace services, your students can replace the use of makerspace equipment with commonly available household items and craft supplies. We recommend delivering the project content and procedure during virtual class meetings or having your students individually read and complete it outside of virtual class meetings. Depending on your goals, you can either skip or complete the computer-aided design step (for applicable projects). When your students reach the step involving makerspace equipment, they can instead make their design using commonly available household items and craft supplies such as cardboard, paint, markers, tinfoil, tape, etc.
