GREENWICH — She is just 12, but Caroline Murphy is already aware of how her peers constantly check their cellphones. But at Greenwich Library’s new Innovation Lab, Murphy says the kids are focused and engaged — and they are curbing their cellphone use.
“The other kids think it’s cool and different,” Murphy said of the new spot, also known as the makerspace, where visitors can explore science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics concepts, known as STEAM.
“It’s better than being locked up in a house or on video games or something like that,” she added. “At least here, you could create something different and unique.”
A rising seventh-grader at Central Middle School, Murphy visits the makerspace every Tuesday as part of the summer program for elementary and middle school students at Greenwich-based Community Centers Inc….
