Encouraging personal 3D use since the beginning, MakerBot preserves its leadership in educational studies. Progressing with providing 3D printers to all schools, the company gathers all educators together with a new project.
Directing its general mission from personal printer manufacturing to education after being bought buy Stratasys, MakerBot will make a first with a new education enterprise. In this project called MakerBot Educators Program, educators will be encouraged to use 3D technology in their classes. Aiming to inform the educators, this program is expected to bring many educators together.
Eligible candidates will need to have contributed to Thingiverse Education and have access to a MakerBot device in order to participate. After becoming a member, you will be invited to join the MakerBot Education team in monthly missions, designed to increase student access to the technology, expand the content available for classroom use, and promote the benefits of design thinking and STEM learning. Participating educators will receive a welcome kit, complete with exclusive MakerBot gear, and can earn prizes like extra MakerBot PLA filament by participating in monthly missions.
The programme’s launch was announced at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida, but educators will need to have contributed to Thingiverse Education and have access to a MakerBot device to be considered eligible. After becoming a member, educators will be invited to join the MakerBot Education team in monthly missions. These missions are designed to increase student access to the technology, expand the content available for classroom use and promote the benefits of design thinking and STEM learning.
“After recently establishing Thingiverse Education, now the largest collection of 3D printing lesson plans online, we saw an immediate response from hundreds of teachers who were excited to contribute content and share best practices with their peers,” said Drew Lentz, Manager, MakerBot Learning. “The new MakerBot Educators program is taking it a step further by forging a closer relationship between MakerBot and the most engaged teachers of our community.”
