3D Printed Solutions & Lesson Planning

Teachers,

Our 3D printers can help us find/design specialized solutions for students across our sites. Check out these builds that were printed on our machines:

Ornament
How sweet it is to know that there is an ornament on the tree just for you. This spells Joy.

Dog Prosthetic
Surely this is not a viable design in real life. But, it is a fantastic lesson plan. Your students can research an animal that can benefit from a 3D printed solution. They can even engineer their own designs.

Cup Holder – Wheelchair
My friend on the Mountain View campus now has a solution for his water bottle.

Cup Holder – Walker
My friend on the Copper Hills campus now has a solution for his water bottle.

Braille Cards
Our pre-readers at Mountain View can have their own set of Braille Cards. Our students in the Blind Club can learn more about the Visually Impaired community by using models like this.

Cane Holder
I adjusted my original design. This design should print this week. Our friend at Mountain View would like a holder for his collapsible cane. This should attach to the wheelchair. Independence. Our students now have increased independence.

Mobility Cards
Our blind students who are walking new and unfamiliar paths really can benefit from cards that help them “see.” Remember: we can't say, “This intersection looks like an X.” Our friends who read braille have a different understanding of letters than we do. So, models like this can help them understand what those walking paths “look” like.

Solutions
Do you see a “problem” that could benefit from a solution? If so, let’s connect. I cannot promise that I’ll be able to design a solution or find one, but let’s collaborate to see if it is possible.

Lesson Plans
Do you want your students to study engineering? Let’s collaborate and plan that. Yes, your students can learn how to design models of their own. Yes, we can print some of them.

** My offer to help is directed to my staff.**

Kindly,
Melissa Culver

Lock Screen - Save Time

Teachers,

Here’s a marvelous solution for your students. When they step away from their computer but plan to return to it, they can lock that screen. This keeps them as the last active user, and they do not lose their place (working on Google Classroom with 5 active tabs). If the children sign out but plan to return right after recess, they will start from the beginning (Clever, Drive, Classroom, assignment, task, links). To redeem those wasted instructional minutes, train your students to lock those screens. [Closing the lid could achieve this same outcome as well.] Now, when the children return from recess, all they need is their password as the computer recognized that they were the last active user. The great thing? Everything that was there before they locked the screen is still active. 🎈 😊

See the images below for help.

In the image below, (Lenovo device that is not a Chromebook) hold the windows button down and tap the letter L.

For a Chromebook, use what is called the Launcher button (hold that down) and tap the letter L.

Kindly,

Melissa Culver