PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (November 12, 2014)--Twenty-five teachers representing 11 elementary, middle and high schools statewide participated in the first 3-D printing workshop. The workshop was sponsored by the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program. The three-day workshop was the first of its kind, providing hands-on training to local educators.
"This is the biggest group I have ever taught so far," said Zachary Robinson, a trainer with MakerBot, which provided some of the 3-D printers for the workshop.
"This group stayed late and skipped their lunch," said Edward Petersen, ARDEC's STEM coordinator, describing the teachers' level of interest.
Tim Leicht, a technology education teacher from Montgomery Township High School, is using his 3-D printing training to introduce to his students to all types of engineering and the ability to design objects.
Chris Resch, a biology teacher also from Montgomery Township High School, is using his 3-D printing training in his new class, Investigation into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. His students will use the 3-D printers to design different objects.
COMBINING ART AND SCIENCE
David Bodmer and Megan Boyd, both teachers at Mt. Olive High School, plan to use their training to combine art and engineering.
"When we came here, it came together," exclaimed Bodmer. He will teach the engineering aspects of 3-D printing while Boyd, the art teacher, will teach how to take a two-dimensional design and make it three dimensional.
Other schools represented were Bloomfield School District, High Point Regional High School, Montclair High School, Mt. Hebron Middle School, St. Anthony School, St. Mary's Prep, All Saints Academy, Picatinny Child Youth and School Services, Randolph High School and Sparta Middle School.
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