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If you’re a teacher making use of digital fabrication in your classroom, this may not surprise you. A relatively simple project can help you teach quite a number of topics. Check out Sallye Coyle’s blog post at 100kSchools.org, and you’ll see how making a lighted acrylic sign can help you instruct lessons about… CAD and … Continue reading >>> What can your students learn from making a sign? Bill Young brought in this sign, made from acrylic that has been V-Carved, plywood that has been pocketed and cut out, and a peg that was 3D printed. At the bottom of the sign is a strip of LEDs, their changing colors programmed with an Arduino. While it is a simple enough project, it contains … Continue reading >>> What can you teach from making a sign? HS Teacher Eric Andracke Eric Andracke is a High School Teacher at Mahomet-Seymour High School in Mahomet, Illinois. He’s currently in his eighth year of teaching at Mahomet-Seymour, twelfth year as an educator. Eric teaches classes in Construction, Manufacturing, and 3D Animation. He is a graduate of Illinois State University, with degrees in Technology … Continue reading >>> To show off your High School STEM program, just take your STEM equipment to a football game! I went to the The New England School of Architectural Woodworking (NESAW) to attend ShopBot Camp this Saturday and it was awesome! The school is located on the first floor of a converted warehouse/factory building that also houses several artists’ studios. NESAW began as a collaboration between the Division of Continuing Education at the University … Continue reading >>> ShopBot Camp! (Easthampton, MA) I went to the 2013 NYC Maker Faire today and…to quote one of my students who also attended…it was “very intense.” There was definitely a lot to see but the highlight of the day was that I had a chance to meet some of the great people from ShopBot! I finally had a chance … Continue reading >>> ShopBot at the 2013 NYC Maker Faire! Sometimes things just don’t go like you planned in the shop. As I was working with a student on our latest project…which I hope to blog about soon…I ran our Ø 1/8″ carbide end mill into a hold-down screw, shattered the tool and ruined the work piece. This is why it’s important to … Continue reading >>> Crash!…Shop Safety Reminder I’ve noticed that a lot of hobbyists have been making really cool-looking finger jointed boxes with laser cutters and I decided that I just had to give it a try using my ShopBot Desktop CNC machine. I found several blog postings that discuss how to build these types of boxes and I found a few … Continue reading >>> Making boxes… Hi, I’m Ed Birkey, a 23-year Technology Education teacher. For the past couple of years I’ve been working in the Fort Dodge (Iowa) Community School District. And now you’ll see me as a regular blog contributor here at 100kSchools.org. I’m looking forward to sharing my activities and even more, learning from other teachers about they’ve … Continue reading >>> Report from Teacher Ed Birkey on SkillsUSA Sometimes students will stay in my classroom after school to play chess. Our paper chess board was warped and didn’t lay very flat which was a problem…
I found an old piece of hardboard paneling in the back of my classroom that was about the right size and … Continue reading >>> A New Chessboard for the Classroom… |
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