Michele Archer has an anecdote about an professor she once met at a local university.
The professor told Archer about college students at ease working with electronic devices but flummoxed when asked to use a hammer.
It is just such a fissure a Makerspace can help close.
Archer, director of the Makerspace program at The Swain School, Salisbury Township, is among many area educators interested in making the Makerspace experience a common one.
“We teach them how to work and how to learn,” Archer said of efforts in The Imaginate Center, the Makerspace at The Swain School.
Julia Dweck, gifted specialist at Willow Lane Elementary School, echoes Archer highlighting a growing “Maker Movement” in kindergarten through 12th grade education. The hands-on…
