A1 Technologies attended exhibitions across Scotland to show schools how they could use 3D technologies in their curriculum.
High school students in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, will have the opportunity to experiment with 3D digital technologies in the classroom.
Seventeen schools in the district ordered complete sets of 3D digital technologies from A1 Technologies in addition to a RapMan kit 3D printer, software, and several kilograms of printing material; a David 3D laser scanner; and two Chameleon design packages.
Members of the school first learned about the products after Rod Simond, a member of the Aberdeenshire local education authority, stopped by A1 Technologies booth at the Scottish Learning Festival in September 2008. Simond approached Design and Technology teachers within Aberdeenshire schools to see how these technologies could work for students.
A1 Technologies was then invited to the Aberdeenshire Learning festival in November so teachers could assess the products for themselves.
The potential of this equipment is enormous given the cost implications of other products, said Keith Mullan, principal teacher of the Technical Department at Peterhead Academy. Teaching modern design engineering is much easier when projects and learning outcomes are made tactile and visual for children. The RapMan ensures that this facility is available to all not just the CNC specialists from a cost base that is realistic for schools.
A1 Technologies has supplied 3D technologies to three other schools on behalf of Learning and Teaching Scotland, an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Scottish Government. The organization is currently studying the analysis of the products on behalf of all Scottish schools.
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