|
|
||
|
Say “Educational Technology” to a room of teachers, administrators, and vendors, and you will get many different definitions. Having recently attended the Future of Educational Technology Conference (FETC 2018) as a “civilian” rather than an exhibitor, I was able to attend workshops and presentations, visit the entire convention floor of vendors (387), and stop … Continue reading >>> The Future of Educational Technology Jad Jadeja and the students from the Innovative Airflow Technologies and Turbo Tigers teams. Dripping Springs might not be the biggest city in Texas, but big things are happening at its only high school. As a school that is totally committed to providing students with challenging learning opportunities in science, technology, and math, the … Continue reading >>> High School Students from Dripping Springs, TX Use ShopBot Tools to Rout the Competition Shelter 2.0, the Open Design transitional housing design created by Bill Young and Robert Bridges, has just made the “release” files available for a new 8’x8′ design that not only reduces the materials needed, but includes a lot of small changes to make them easier to assemble and less hardware-dependent. You may have seen early … Continue reading >>> Shelter 2.0 Gets a Boost from Vectric Iceberg glass vase in progress – on pipe after being rolled onto textured plate. In August 2017, Brian Gillespie and Tara Broyhill were artists in residence at the Pilchuck Glass School. During session 6, “Exploration”, they explored how generative design and digital fabrication can inform the form and texture of glass in new ways. It … Continue reading >>> Handibot at the Pilchuck Glass School One of the many campsite areas from the 2017 National Scout Jamboree The 2017 National Scout Jamboree at the Bechtel Summit Reserve in West Virginia was a huge event for makers and an opportunity for 40,000 scouts and scouters to learn how much fun a Makerspace can be. The National Jamboree set up a … Continue reading >>> ShopBot Joins the 2017 National Scout Jamboree’s Makerspace 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 Our ShopBot CNC has proved to be more than just an educational tool. Once they learned about the capabilities of the tool, students got excited about making something special for those they care about. In the 6 months since we received our Desktop MAX, students have made a multitude of signs for various people and … Continue reading >>> More than a tool! In an attempt to keep the kids involved through the end of the school year, I asked my students what they wanted to make with the ShopBot. You can probably guess what they said if you’ve seen what the latest craze is: fidget spinners. My response was fidja-what? They proceeded to introduce me to … Continue reading >>> It’s a Fidget! 
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 |
||
|
Copyright © 2024 ShopBot Blog - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||