North Collins High School is putting the finishing touches on a brand-new “Makerspace”, a high-tech room that is stuffed with state of the art equipment.
“[Students] can come in here, get challenges, do projects,” Principal Brandon Wojcik said. “It’s a way to demonstrate their learning. It’s a way for them to understand that failure is OK.”
The room has 3-D printers, a laser engraver and robotics equipment. Right now, students are able to use the space during study halls. The school plans to open the room to all subject and all teachers this year.
“It really transcends every content area,” Principal Wojcik explained. “A teacher in social studies doing a lesson on the Civil War or doing a lesson on western expansion can come down here with a group of kids and maybe allow them to do a culminating project at the end of that.”
“It really is a room that is not subject specific,” science…
