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Slide together steps prototyped and produced during July’s Digital Fab for Educators.
Traveling to Durham, NC from Baltimore, MD with his wife and elderly dog gave one of the July 2017 Digital Fabrication for Educators Workshop attendees, Frank, an idea of what to create during the workshop at ShopBot. The old girl (canine) … Continue reading >>> Prototyping and Production Across Platforms: Laser and CNC at Digital Fabrication for Educators, July 2017 Whether it takes place at ShopBot, or on site, a 2 – 3 Day Professional Development workshop gives teachers a chance to hone their skills with digital fabrication machines. Educators starting at all levels, from newby to someone with a year or more experience running their ShopBot CNC router, end up with new techniques … Continue reading >>> Digital Fabrication for Educators: Your Place or Ours 
Alberta shows off the sign she made on a ShopBot. May and early June was the time to visit a number of digital fabrication labs in middle schools, high schools, and community colleges around the US. Some labs are fine tuning their plans after being in existence for a year or more, while some are just starting their journey. … Continue reading >>> (Re)Visiting Digital Fabrication Labs in Middle and Upper Schools Four Saxes: An original drawing (right) scanned and re-conceived with 3 different digital fabrication tools: Engraved in wood (ShopBot CNC router), 3D printed with ABS plastic (Ultimaker 3D printer), and laser cut out of thin acrylic (Epilog laser). Early in May, I visited Polk County, Florida as a part of a TIES team. Polk … Continue reading >>> The Embracing of Digital Fabrication Technology in Polk County, Florida Creating the right look for a character on the stage is one of the tasks of a costuming department in a theatre. When creating a hat for a character, a felt hat must have the material draped over a form, or hat block. The hat block must be able to accept pins to hold … Continue reading >>> Fashioning Hat Blocks: Digital Technology Enhances a Dying Art Form
Do you have digital fabrication equipment such as a ShopBot CNC machine, laser cutter, and/or a 3D printer, and an interest in education? Do you want to know more about the software and machines available to you? Are you a facilitator of a digital FabLab or Makerspace who would like to join a … Continue reading >>> Digital Fabrication in Education Workshop Carnegie Science Center is a popular spot for a play date, where children and adults can experience science first hand. It is also home to a Chevron FabLab, a digital fabrication laboratory for innovation and invention. The Carnegie FabLab holds camps and programs for children 8 – 18. Its mobile lab brings in depth digital … Continue reading >>> Professional Development for Educators in Pittsburgh: Carnegie Science Center ATEA Region 5 meets in North Platte, Nebraska North Platte, NE often serves as a stopping place on the transit between the East and the West Coasts of America. The Original Transcontinental Airways that carried mail between Washington D.C., New York & San Francisco made a stopover at the North Platte Landing Field, which was the … Continue reading >>> Recognizing the Community in Colleges in Heartland America Teachers and students with their finished projects When Rick Sheldahl, Career and Technical Education Director of the Durham (NC) Public School System, and Don Ramsey, carpentry instructor at Southern School of Energy and Sustainability visited ShopBot in 2014, they were looking for an affordable CNC machine that could help their students set up a production … Continue reading >>> Durham Public School System Invests in CTE and STEM Education Friends from 5 Continents sharing one last evening at SZOIL after Fab 12 in Shenzhen. The Location: This year’s gathering of the International FabLab network took place in early August in Shenzhen, China. About an hour from Hong Kong, Shenzhen is a new city, grown up in the last 25 – 30 years from … Continue reading >>> Notes from Fab12 in Shenzhen, China |
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