On the seventh floor of Academic Hall, education students are greeted with the vibrant colors of brand-new materials. Scissors, duct tape and hot glue guns drape across the large silver peg board at the front of the room. Placed above the peg board are the words, “Matt’s Maker Space” in unique STEM-related patterns.
Point Park University is the first university to own a Matt’s Maker Space lab, and it features several types of equipment including a 3D printer, virtual reality goggles, a green screen production kit and more. This lab was created to help education students learn how to teach K-12 STEM and to provide them with more insight on maker education.
Access to these new resources is aimed at assisting education majors in creating lesson plans and participating in hands-on learning, which they can implement in their own teaching upon graduation. Professors and lecturers…
