printlabInternational, a 3D printing reseller and distributor based in the UK, has launchedprintlabClassroom, an online portal featuring 3D printing creative projects, workbooks, tutorials and teacher training guides.
With the platform, the company aims to help “prepare the next generation” for their future careers and provide teachers with “engaging” content for use in the classroom.
Integrating 3D printing into the curriculum
Noticing a gap in educational 3D printing, PrintLab Classroom aims to inspire students and teachers fromSteam（科学，技术，工程，艺术和数学）主题和beyond to adopt technology into lessons.
The company, which has previously taken part incharitable和教育3D printing initiatives across the world, especially hopes to reach out to teachers of core subjects such as geography, history, and languages.
动手项目
该门户目前为课程提供12个订阅访问项目。在一个项目中，printlab为经济学学生提供了资源3D人口图。在另一个地方，地理学生可以学习如何制作自己的contour model.
还提供补充信息，包括介绍3D打印，Tinkercad，Sketchup和Meshmixer的学习标准，学生工作簿，视频指南雷竞技官网登录和教程。
Countering the widening skills gap
Printlab教室还适用于图书馆，制造商，STEM俱乐部，父母和业余爱好者。订阅者将获得12个月访问课程的访问，每2个月增加一次新项目。
“Additive manufacturing is exponentially growing and is a vital tool across a range of industries,” explained PrintLabs co-founder Jason Leung. “This means we must prepare the next generation for their future careers by addressing the widening skills gap.”
On the need to train teachers in the technology, Leung explained that the lesson package was itself developed alongside teachers, who “require an easy to use, an engaging solution which makes their challenge of inspiring young people possible.”
Printlab is currently offeringfree trial lesson planson its website.
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特色图像显示了PrintLab教室的一系列项目。通过printlab图像。
