In education, the benefits of 3D printing is pretty clear: students are excited and motivated to learn when they can design and create 3D prints related to the topic. And educators are excited to be able to teach STEAM (Science, technology, Engineering, Art and Math) courses in a new, hands-on way.
In a workshop to show teachers how to add 3D printing projects to their curriculum, Y Soft recently held a workshop with the Autodesk Academia Forum. Teachers were tasked to design a wind turbine and competed to see whose turbine could generate the most electricity.
Using a fleet of YSoft be3D eDee printers, 32 teachers formed groups of four, designed their model and printed from any available eDee printer (pull printing, sound familiar?) when they were ready. They learned how print management on a 3D printer can help them manage student access while still giving students the freedom to print when they needed without having to lock the printers in a lab.
