From left eighth graders at Wawasee Middle School Devin Sewell, Mason Poff and Julian Dahman are taking apart robots so the equipment can be used later to build other robots. Photo by Tim Ashley.
By Tim Ashley
InkFreeNews
SYRACUSE — There are some terms heard more often today in association with education which, in reality, are putting a label on something that has already existed in classrooms. One of those terms is “makerspace.”
Makerspace can be and often is broadly defined. Ryan Edgar, Wawasee Middle School teacher, said it is simply a lab where kids can make and create stuff. A teacher of robotics for several years, he has seen elements of a makerspace when his students build their robots.
During the summer months at WMS a wall was removed between two rooms to create one larger room and new flooring and ceiling tiles were installed, as well as a white board and the room was…
