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MakerBot Educators
May 18, 2010, 12:28:14 PM5/18/10
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Dear Educators,
We're on the lookout to get the MakerBot into the hands of more
teachers and students.
We figure that students can put theory into practice and get practical
manufacturing experience with a MakerBot. We want students to be able
to make their imagination real by exploring the world of 3D design and
fabrication while exploring manufacturing in a tangible, personal way.
We imagine a utopia where students get hands on access to 3D printing
in a room full of happily buzzing MakerBots and share their designs on
Thingiverse where there are already 1000's of models that are ready
to download and print! Most are available under an open license so
that students can download, customize and improve them.
So we're starting this group for educators and students to share their
ideas and resources!
Ok, so now we've begun and this is the place to start chatting about
it.
Nirmal Thapa
MakerBot Educational Outreach Coordinator
We're on the lookout to get the MakerBot into the hands of more
teachers and students.
We figure that students can put theory into practice and get practical
manufacturing experience with a MakerBot. We want students to be able
to make their imagination real by exploring the world of 3D design and
fabrication while exploring manufacturing in a tangible, personal way.
We imagine a utopia where students get hands on access to 3D printing
in a room full of happily buzzing MakerBots and share their designs on
Thingiverse where there are already 1000's of models that are ready
to download and print! Most are available under an open license so
that students can download, customize and improve them.
So we're starting this group for educators and students to share their
ideas and resources!
Ok, so now we've begun and this is the place to start chatting about
it.
Nirmal Thapa
MakerBot Educational Outreach Coordinator
Sebastian Oort (NL)
Jun 4, 2010, 3:23:49 PM6/4/10
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Well, if you have the Makerbot, i'll supply the school :P
I really love the concept of being able to make anything a child
imagines (i work in primary education 4 to 12 years old) and besides
just making stuff with it, it would be great to illustrate various
technical principles by analyzing the machine. Our school is rather
different than most in Holland, and we rather enjoy making things (and
stories, drawings etc etc).
Bas
On 18 mei, 18:28, MakerBot Educators <makerbotindustr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I really love the concept of being able to make anything a child
imagines (i work in primary education 4 to 12 years old) and besides
just making stuff with it, it would be great to illustrate various
technical principles by analyzing the machine. Our school is rather
different than most in Holland, and we rather enjoy making things (and
stories, drawings etc etc).
Bas
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wrote:
bre pettis
Jun 4, 2010, 6:33:48 PM6/4/10
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Hey MakerBot Educators,
We regularly get asked by teachers, students, and robot clubs for free MakerBots. We can't give them away. :(
$950 is kind of a lot for a bake sale although anything is theoretically possible. What are your ideas for college and high school fundraising? If some of the folks here have good ideas, I'd like to blog about them and get the word out so that more MakerBots can be used by young people to make their imaginations turn into real things.
Brainstorm!
Bre
MakerBot Industries
http://makerbot.com
Recent Press: http://nyti.ms/mkrbot
We regularly get asked by teachers, students, and robot clubs for free MakerBots. We can't give them away. :(
$950 is kind of a lot for a bake sale although anything is theoretically possible. What are your ideas for college and high school fundraising? If some of the folks here have good ideas, I'd like to blog about them and get the word out so that more MakerBots can be used by young people to make their imaginations turn into real things.
Brainstorm!
Bre
MakerBot Industries
http://makerbot.com
Recent Press: http://nyti.ms/mkrbot
Rob Giseburt
Jun 4, 2010, 10:49:38 PM6/4/10
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Sell Make: Magazine subscriptions, and keep 50%?
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/make_money_fundraising_program.html
Obviously part of a bigger plan...
-Rob
Marty McGuire
Jun 4, 2010, 8:24:14 PM6/4/10
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I am a fan of the way HacDC (I think) funded their 'bot. They sold raffle tickets to raise enough money for two MakerBots, gave away one in the raffle and kept the other. I am not sure how the legality, etc. of doing raffles works everywhere, but it seems like a really clever way of raising enough money and getting more MakerBots out into the world!
--Marty
juniortan.operator204
Jun 7, 2010, 8:41:30 PM6/7/10
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get your school kids to submit ideas for the deepwaterhorizon response
call to action! the bounty right now is more than a makerbot!
On Jun 5, 8:24 am, Marty McGuire <schmartiss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a fan of the way HacDC (I think) funded their 'bot. They sold
> raffle tickets to raise enough money for two MakerBots, gave away one
> in the raffle and kept the other. I am not sure how the legality, etc.
> of doing raffles works everywhere, but it seems like a really clever
> way of raising enough money and getting more MakerBots out into the
> world!
>
> --Marty
>
call to action! the bounty right now is more than a makerbot!
On Jun 5, 8:24 am, Marty McGuire <schmartiss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a fan of the way HacDC (I think) funded their 'bot. They sold
> raffle tickets to raise enough money for two MakerBots, gave away one
> in the raffle and kept the other. I am not sure how the legality, etc.
> of doing raffles works everywhere, but it seems like a really clever
> way of raising enough money and getting more MakerBots out into the
> world!
>
> --Marty
>
> On Jun 4, 2010, at 6:33 PM, bre pettis <brepet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hey MakerBot Educators,
>
> > We regularly get asked by teachers, students, and robot clubs for
> > free MakerBots. We can't give them away. :(
>
> > $950 is kind of a lot for a bake sale although anything is
> > theoretically possible. What are your ideas for college and high
> > school fundraising? If some of the folks here have good ideas, I'd
> > like to blog about them and get the word out so that more MakerBots
> > can be used by young people to make their imaginations turn into
> > real things.
>
> > Brainstorm!
>
> > Bre
>
> > MakerBot Industries
> >http://makerbot.com
> > Recent Press:http://nyti.ms/mkrbot
>
> > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Sebastian Oort (NL) <sebastian.o...@gmail.com
>
>
>
> > Hey MakerBot Educators,
>
> > We regularly get asked by teachers, students, and robot clubs for
> > free MakerBots. We can't give them away. :(
>
> > $950 is kind of a lot for a bake sale although anything is
> > theoretically possible. What are your ideas for college and high
> > school fundraising? If some of the folks here have good ideas, I'd
> > like to blog about them and get the word out so that more MakerBots
> > can be used by young people to make their imaginations turn into
> > real things.
>
> > Brainstorm!
>
> > Bre
>
> > MakerBot Industries
> >http://makerbot.com
> > Recent Press:http://nyti.ms/mkrbot
>
MakerBot Educators
Jun 28, 2010, 12:21:17 PM6/28/10
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Hello all,
Upon browsing through New York Times, I came across an interesting
article on young engineers. The article is titled, Studying
Engineering Before They Can Spell It. Here is the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/education/14engineering.html?pagewanted=1&hpw
On Jun 7, 8:41 pm, "juniortan.operator204" <juniortan1...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Upon browsing through New York Times, I came across an interesting
article on young engineers. The article is titled, Studying
Engineering Before They Can Spell It. Here is the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/education/14engineering.html?pagewanted=1&hpw
On Jun 7, 8:41 pm, "juniortan.operator204" <juniortan1...@gmail.com>
wrote:
MakerBot Educators
Jun 29, 2010, 2:12:21 PM6/29/10
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Marty,
That's a good idea. I took a look at their website. We would like to
hear from students who are involved in computer science/robotics clubs
at their school. We can work something out with an after school club
where students can come together and assemble a MakerBot. This would
give them hands-on experience as well as provide an environment for
collaboration, cooperation and fun learning.
-Nirmal
On Jun 4, 8:24 pm, Marty McGuire <schmartiss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a fan of the way HacDC (I think) funded their 'bot. They sold
> raffle tickets to raise enough money for two MakerBots, gave away one
> in the raffle and kept the other. I am not sure how the legality, etc.
> of doing raffles works everywhere, but it seems like a really clever
> way of raising enough money and getting more MakerBots out into the
> world!
>
> --Marty
>
That's a good idea. I took a look at their website. We would like to
hear from students who are involved in computer science/robotics clubs
at their school. We can work something out with an after school club
where students can come together and assemble a MakerBot. This would
give them hands-on experience as well as provide an environment for
collaboration, cooperation and fun learning.
-Nirmal
On Jun 4, 8:24 pm, Marty McGuire <schmartiss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a fan of the way HacDC (I think) funded their 'bot. They sold
> raffle tickets to raise enough money for two MakerBots, gave away one
> in the raffle and kept the other. I am not sure how the legality, etc.
> of doing raffles works everywhere, but it seems like a really clever
> way of raising enough money and getting more MakerBots out into the
> world!
>
> --Marty
>
> On Jun 4, 2010, at 6:33 PM, bre pettis <brepet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey MakerBot Educators,
>
> > We regularly get asked by teachers, students, and robot clubs for
> > free MakerBots. We can't give them away. :(
>
> > $950 is kind of a lot for a bake sale although anything is
> > theoretically possible. What are your ideas for college and high
> > school fundraising? If some of the folks here have good ideas, I'd
> > like to blog about them and get the word out so that more MakerBots
> > can be used by young people to make their imaginations turn into
> > real things.
>
> > Brainstorm!
>
> > Bre
>
> > MakerBot Industries
> >http://makerbot.com
> > Recent Press:http://nyti.ms/mkrbot
>
> > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Sebastian Oort (NL) <sebastian.o...@gmail.com
>
> > Hey MakerBot Educators,
>
> > We regularly get asked by teachers, students, and robot clubs for
> > free MakerBots. We can't give them away. :(
>
> > $950 is kind of a lot for a bake sale although anything is
> > theoretically possible. What are your ideas for college and high
> > school fundraising? If some of the folks here have good ideas, I'd
> > like to blog about them and get the word out so that more MakerBots
> > can be used by young people to make their imaginations turn into
> > real things.
>
> > Brainstorm!
>
> > Bre
>
> > MakerBot Industries
> >http://makerbot.com
> > Recent Press:http://nyti.ms/mkrbot
>
Chris Connors
Jul 16, 2010, 6:17:31 AM7/16/10
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Personally, I opted to buy a Makerbot out of my own money rather than
have the school purchase it. This allows me to use it in various
settings. I've had students design small parts in Sketchup and upload
them to the 3D warehouse or Thingiverse.
Converting the files to code is a time-consuming process, often taking
at least 5-20 minutes per part. Another bottleneck in using it in
class is the build time. I ended up limiting the size of the part to
keep them around 20 minutes or so. About two parts per 70 minute
period was the best I got in the first semester using it with middle
school students.
In Sketchup, some of the resulting student designed files had design
problems and couldn't be built. There are ways that you can make extra
lines in your design or that faces of the object can be missing. These
flaws result in essentially blank gcode in Skeinforge. I ended up
going over each design by hand and clearing out the errors. This
further reduced the speed of turnaround.
That said, the students who designed and got their parts made were
very excited through the experience.
Chris
On May 18, 12:28 pm, MakerBot Educators <makerbotindustr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
have the school purchase it. This allows me to use it in various
settings. I've had students design small parts in Sketchup and upload
them to the 3D warehouse or Thingiverse.
Converting the files to code is a time-consuming process, often taking
at least 5-20 minutes per part. Another bottleneck in using it in
class is the build time. I ended up limiting the size of the part to
keep them around 20 minutes or so. About two parts per 70 minute
period was the best I got in the first semester using it with middle
school students.
In Sketchup, some of the resulting student designed files had design
problems and couldn't be built. There are ways that you can make extra
lines in your design or that faces of the object can be missing. These
flaws result in essentially blank gcode in Skeinforge. I ended up
going over each design by hand and clearing out the errors. This
further reduced the speed of turnaround.
That said, the students who designed and got their parts made were
very excited through the experience.
Chris
On May 18, 12:28 pm, MakerBot Educators <makerbotindustr...@gmail.com>
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