3D Printer = Excitement!

Last year my superintendent handed me a grant application for $500 and asked me if I wanted to try for a 3D printer. Of course I said yes! Once I started pricing them I started reconsidering, but then came across the micro printer. As luck would have it the printer & two class packs of ink filament, plus shipping would come to $508. I wrote the grant with the idea of collaborating my Graphic Arts class with one of my intermediate classes to create a game board & pieces based upon what the elementary students were studying in social studies. I was super excited when I got the grant! It came in the mail and despite my best efforts I just could not find the time to get the printer out & figure out how to use it. Then last Friday there was a full moon, it was raining & the students were bouncing off the walls. I went into my classroom, grabbed that 3D printer, handed it to my Graphic Arts students and told them to figure it out. I could not believe how engaged they were! They figured it out & printed a tiny little form. I think we're ready to start working on that game board!