When Greg Keller graduated from Linfield College in 1996, he told one of his professors that he was interested in working with technology in the classroom. The professor smirked. His response? “Good luck with that.”
Now, Keller is more than eligible for an “in your face” retort. Back in fall 2016, David Douglas High School launched its precocious MakerSpace Lab. The Lab is essentially a “library for technology,” according to Keller.
The Lab, part of a wider worldwide phenomenon to involve kids more intimately with technology, is the product of a Career Technical Education (CTE) Revitalization Grant, which also paid for a new culinary room at the high school. The grant was the brainchild of a group of people from the high…