“A 3D printer in every school”

Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education

July 2013

Martin Stevens

it is 3D

3D Design & Print for schools

3D printing in context

•What is special about 3D printing?

• Sculptor v potter

• Additive v subtractive

• Layering

• Personalisation

• Everything can be printed

•Is it is 3D a 3D printer company?

• What is 3D printing without design?

Our solution

• Grounded in the curriculum

• Provide design tools for all

• Train teachers in modern technologies

• Cross-curricular projects

• More learning, less teaching

• Hands on experience for pupils

The issues for schools

3D Machining

3D Scanning

3D printing

1. Exam results

2. League tables

3. Cheapest route

4. Easiest route

The real issues

3D Machining

3D Scanning

3D printing

• Pupil engagement at school

• STEM

• Entrepreneurialism

• Design, creativity, innovation

• Employability skills

3D products

3D Machining

3D Scanning

3D printing

• 3D printing

• 3D design

• 3D CAD training

• 3D scanning

• 3D machining

• 3D visualisation

Benefits of using 3D technologies

•Teaches creative skills

•Teaches technical skills

• Whole school relevance

• Soft skills for employment

• Motivation

• A 3D future

Relevance of 3D technologies in the classroom

(and across the school – whole school benefit)

• Most effective use of ICT in curricular delivery

•Design & Technology, but also…

• Geography (eg terrain maps)

• Sciences (eg atomic structure or double helix)

• Art & Design (eg jewellery design & make)

• Any other subject

3D printing history 1980’s - today

Rapid prototyping

Engineering

Architecture and jewellery

It all changed in 2009

Additive fabrication / manufacturing

3D printing

3D technologies now

3D technologies now - engineering

3D technologies now – prosthetics & casts

3D technologies now - architecture

3D Technologies now - fashion

Catherine Wales

Pia Hinze

Joshua

Harker

3D technologies now –

chocolate

3D scanning - museum pieces

CyArk

3D technologies in the future

3D technologies in the future - medicine

3D technologies in the future – house building

3D technologies in the future - aerospace

3D printed parts fly in UK strike jets

3D technologies in the future – space

NASA

3D technologies in the future – at home

3D technologies in the classroom

Talk to us if you want to:

stimulate children’s imagination

motivate them

improve results

prepare them for the future

What can you imagine?

What can you design?

Imagine, design & print

Martin Stevens - www.itis3D.com