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Last year, the Thief River Falls Education Foundation funded the creation of a Makerspace at Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls. Makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high-tech tools to no-tech tools. Last week, the school, in collaboration with staff from Digi-Key, began introducing students to Makerspace.
Stacey Leake, technology integration specialist, said Makerspace is a great way to introduce students to creative ways to solve problems and engage in science, engineering and tinkering.
Northwestern Minnesota is known for its tinkerers. Without those tinkerers, there would be no Polaris, Arctic Cat, Digi-Key or Steiger tractors.
Times have changed and so too the tools used by tinkerers.
Last week, Kevin Walseth, business eco-systems…
