Category Archives: 3D Printing
How to Use Tinkercad!
I love 3D printing with students! I continue to be amazed by student creativity in what they design. Check out some 3D cells 5th graders designed and printed a while back. Tinkercad is an easy way to start the design process. Check out the video Continue reading
CovaisTech Roundup Episode 2!
Episode 2! In this episode I talk about 3D printing, the Hour of Code and literacy activities on the iPad.
Links to what I talk about:
3D Cell lesson
Hour of Code
Puppet EDU
CovaisTech Roundup Episode 2!
Episode 2! In this episode I talk about 3D printing, the Hour of Code and literacy activities on the iPad.
Links to what I talk about:
3D Cell lesson
Hour of Code
Puppet EDU
3D Printed Cells!
The time has come to teach animal and plant cells in 5th grade. I’m pretty sure it’s been the same lesson for a while now. “Look at this diagram of a cell. Here are the parts. Great, now label it on this handout.” Ms. Grigg Continue reading
Kaechele MakerFest 2015!
Shannon Hyman, Kaechele Elementary’s librarian, invited #TechTakeout to her AMAZING MakerFest Day to run ten different stations. Each one of the stations highlighted a tool that the students would have access to in the Kaechele Makerspace located in the library. Every 4th and 5th grade student had the opportunity to attend the event and learn …
3D Printing at Short Pump Elementary
At Short Pump Elementary we are starting the year off right! Our Elementary Instructional Technology Department wrote a grant last year for a 3D printer and some Makey Makeys. Jim Covais, one of my fellow elementary ITRTs, taught a class this summer that utilized the greatness of the 3D printer in an educational way. Once …
How I Spent My Summer Vacation – Part 2
In the last post I talked about the first session that I taught called Digital Creations. If you didn’t read that one check it out. I have a few ideas on how you can use Photoshop and Premiere Pro in your classroom. The second session Continue reading
