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Teaching 3D printing

Workshopshed

Just spotted that Makerbot have Lesson Plans on their site

 

http://curriculum.makerbot.com/lessonPlans.html

 

Does anyone teach 3D printing in schools?

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  • I have been working with the MakerBot Education group and am in the process of building a set of open source lessons that can be downloaded and integrated into classroom curricula as part of the SOLID Learning program (http://www.solidlearning.org) but seem to spend most of my weekends conducting workshops for teachers who want to build their own RepRaps rather than building lessons for the students right now. What's magnificnet about the community is that teachers will often share their individual designs and use recommendations with others using standard 3D Model repositories. It's a great time to be in education!

     

    VR,

     

    Kalani Kirk Hausman

  • in reply to Former Member

    The solid learning material looks interesting, I like the cross subject references

     

    I think with a lot of tools it's easy to fall into the trap of spending more time tweeking, customising and enhancing the tool rather than using it to make other things. The RepRap is classic for this as it's intended for making more RepRaps image

  • in reply to Workshopshed

    Thank you, Andy. I am now working with Universities in Texas as well as public (K-12) schools in NY, TX, HI and other parts of the world. My teachers are building 3DR RepRaps, which can be self-maintained but which can also be used to build many examples for use in classrooms. The DremelFuge is now being used in both University and Healthcare settings needed ultracentrifuge capability - and the sub-$100 USD each (including the rotary tool) makes them very easy to bring into use. The UK has been leading the US in 3D printed educational content so far, but I am hopeful that we will expand our use as time goes forward.

     

    Kirk

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  • in reply to Workshopshed

    Thank you, Andy. I am now working with Universities in Texas as well as public (K-12) schools in NY, TX, HI and other parts of the world. My teachers are building 3DR RepRaps, which can be self-maintained but which can also be used to build many examples for use in classrooms. The DremelFuge is now being used in both University and Healthcare settings needed ultracentrifuge capability - and the sub-$100 USD each (including the rotary tool) makes them very easy to bring into use. The UK has been leading the US in 3D printed educational content so far, but I am hopeful that we will expand our use as time goes forward.

     

    Kirk

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