Service Learning Through 3D Printing | #iste2015 Librarian's Playground
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The document outlines a service learning project at Steinert High School involving 3D printing to benefit the community, focusing on initiatives like creating door wedges for firefighters and engaging with the e-nable volunteer network. It details steps taken by students, including acquiring a Makerbot, using design software, and fundraising for materials needed for projects. The document also suggests additional service learning activities for makerspaces and emphasizes the importance of cultivating service habits.
Service Learning Through 3D Printing | #iste2015 Librarian's Playground
- 1. Service Learning Through 3D Printing: Steinert High School Innovation Lab Hamilton, NJ
- 3. Students Set Our Year-One Goals: ◎ School-wide access to 3D printing ◎ Find easy-to-use design software ◎ Use technology to solve problems and help others
- 4. Easy Design/ Local Community Service Project Door Wedges for Firefighters Inspired by Manasquan High School Innovation Lab (Amy Edwards, Librarian) image credit: Thingiverse user schlem
- 5. Global Community Service Project We joined the e-NABLE Volunteer Network! enablingthefuture.org
- 6. Step One: Obtained a Makerbot Replicator 2 through DonorsChoose.org project
- 7. Step Two: Through trial and error, students selected free, easy to use beginner and intermediate design software Beginner: www.tinkercad.com Intermediate/Advanced: www.sketchup.com
- 8. Step Three: Fundraising! Needs: ◎ plastic filament ◎ hardware to assemble hands for eNABLE (screws, elastic, etc.) ◎ postage ◎ tools to assemble hands for eNABLE ◎ maintenance
- 9. Books and Burgers Night Fundraiser
- 10. Design Challenge/Fundraiser: 2014 Holiday Ornament
- 12. Step Four: Hard work! With lots of fun and hands-on learning.
- 13. Want big impact? Use big image.
- 14. Our other Year-One activity: School-wide Hour of Code event
- 15. No 3D printer? No problem! Other Service Learning ideas for Makerspaces: ◎ Project Linus ◎ Knit-A-Square ◎ Carewear.org ◎ AMillionThanks.org ◎ Mother Bear Project ◎ Toys for Tots
- 16. “If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make not only for our own happiness but that of the world at large. ― Mahatma Gandhi
- 17. Credits ◎ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
- 18. Thank you! Contact me: Renee Rogers @overdolibrarian overdolibrarian@gmail.com Link to these slides: http://is.gd/3DServiceProjectsISTE2015
Editor's Notes
- #3: Last fall, I obtained a 3D printer for our HS library through DonorsChoose.org. I presented the idea of an Innovation Lab to a group of interested students, and left it up to them to define the parameters of the club.
- #4: The students’ main goals were to make 3D printing available and accessible to everyone, and to use the technology (and the club) to help others.
- #7: Tips for obtaining a 3D printer: Try Donors Choose and publicize it throughout the school and local community / look for a matching grant week - we obtained 50% of the funding through individual donors and had those donations matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Look for inexpensive alternatives. Smaller 3D printers were shown at ISTE for about $350.
- #8: Tinkercad.com allows students to design and print in less than an hour, with almost no learning curve. As students advance, try Sketchup Make.
- #9: TIP for eNABLE hardware: check out Handomatic.com
- #10: Students conducted hands-on demos of the printer at Barnes & Noble. The night also included a fundraiser at Red Robin, next door. :)
- #11: A design challenge was issued to students to design a holiday ornament to sell as a fundraiser. The design needed to be attractive, lightweight, include a way to hang it, economical to print, and had to incorporate school spirit, and the year. Students chose the winning design. We charged $5 per ornament, and could barely keep up with demand.
- #12: Ornaments were sold to the teachers, and at the annual Breakfast with Santa.
- #13: Students assembling a prototype hand for eNABLE. It was great to see the students, who were very comfortable with the computers and technology side of it, using hammers, screw drivers, and learning to tie different knots to assemble the hand.
- #15: One of our Innovation Lab founders became very interested in coding, and convinced us to host our first-ever Hour of Code event through the library. Students had a “free pass” to come to the library during lunch to participate. Many of them returned after school to try additional tutorials via code.org.