In memory of their son, Dave and Noelle Conover approached the principal of Mt. Lebanon’s Foster Elementary School about what type of gift the students could use.
“We thought he was going to say, ‘We’d really like a big-screen TV,’ or maybe, ‘We’d like a 3-D printer,’” Noelle recalled. “He said, ‘Have you ever heard about a makerspace?’ And frankly, two years ago, we had not heard about makerspaces at all.”
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A quilt on display at the Full STEAM ahead event represents a project featuring light-up capabilities.
Since Jason Ramsey made his suggestion, the Conovers have become major proponents of maker learning, by which children can explore science, technology, engineering, arts and…
