Schechter Westchester’s MakerSpace

By: Dr. Danny Aviv
from Solomon Schechter School of Westchester

Category:
Learning Environment

Subject(s) of entry:
Art, Computer Science, Math, Science

Pedagogy:
PBL - project based learning, IBL - inquiry based learning, Constructivist, Blended Learning, 21st Century Skills

Grade(s) to which this was taught:
9-12

Grade(s) for which this will be useful:
9, 10, 11, 12, High school

Our Idea Incubator (The INC) is the first MakerSpace built in a Jewish institution in North America. It houses Schechter Westchester’s Engineering and Entrepreneurship (E2) program, in which students take advantage of an innovative, modular learning environment to develop crucial skills such as creativity, collaboration, mechanical and electrical engineering, computer programming, public speaking, confidence, and—most importantly—fearlessness.

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