Back to School – MakerBot Teacher Giveaway!
Are you a teacher that could use a MakerBot? It’s almost time to go back to school and so we’re giving 10 teachers each a MakerBot Cupcake CNC Deluxe Kit with standard MK4 Extruder and a bonus Heated Build Platform kit.
Before August 23rd send an email to [email protected] with the following info. We may publish the ideas/lesson plans on the blog or wiki after the contest ends.
- Your name
- Your school’s name
- The address you’d like the MakerBot sent to if you are chosen
- A paragraph describing how you would integrate the MakerBot into your curriculum. Include some description of the learning environment and what you teach
- A lesson plan that you will implement if you get a MakerBot
Both me, Bre Pettis, (a former art teacher in Seattle Public Schools) and Charles Pax (a former Newark New Jersey physics teacher) will evaluate the information submitted and our criteria for the giveaway will be clarity, innovation, and curriculum integration.
Teachers who get a MakerBot will be expected to join the MakerBot Educators Google Group and document their experience with the MakerBot so that the other teachers can be inspired!
If you are not a teacher, but know a teacher who would benefit from having a MakerBot, please pass this along to them!
Our goal is to get more MakerBots into teachers hands and give them creative tools that will inspire young people to use their imagination and creativity. If you questions about the contest, leave a comment!
Update: Do not be fooled by the photo above of young children. Any teacher at any level is encouraged to apply.
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MakerBot Teacher Giveaway! « Charles Edward Pax
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Matthew Woodhouse
Is the contest open to public Universities as well ??
bre
Hey Mathew Woodhouse. Yes. All teachers of any sort may apply.
michael hiratos
HI Bre, can teachers from “Downunder”, be involved. Or is it only open to U.S. schools.
Thanks
Charles Edward Pax
From top to bottom and side to side, all teachers across the globe are eligible for this giveaway.
MakerBots for Teachers | MakerBlock
[...] MakerBot Industries is giving away ten MakerBots to ten teachers at any educational level. Let’s just consider this my entry: [...]
Erik de Bruijn
That’s a good reason to become a teacher
Alison Colman
Hello! Can educators who teach under the auspices of a nonprofit organization with an educational mission apply? Or is this only for K-16 educators who teach at accredited schools?
Thank you!
MakerBot for Teachers [Giveaway] | Hack Education
[...] complete details, see the MakerBot blog. Deadline for submissions is August 23. // [...]
bre
Hey Alison Coleman, Yes, we’re willing to consider all teachers inside or outside the mainstream accepted educational system.
John De Cristofaro
I emailed about this, but then I figured I should post it in the comments for all to see. What about librarians?
Forget Woodshop Class: MakerBot Giving 3D Printers to Teachers | GeekBeat.TV
[...] But we’re living in the future of that past, right? So what can kids make now? Thanks to some generous donations coming from MakerBot, creators of open source rapid prototyping 3D printers, kids can make, well, [...]
Bre Pettis
Hey John De Cristofaro, the giveaway is for teachers. Nothing against librarians though!
Stuart
Woohoo!
Application in the mail
Andrew
Would you allow homeschool teachers to participate and will I need to show a teacher id card?
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MakerBot Teacher Giveaway – Make Sure to Have a Detailed Lesson Plan! - MakerBot Industries
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Peo
My e-mail is [email protected]
MakerBot Teacher Giveaway Announced! - MakerBot Industries
[...] hope these teachers will inspire others to empower young people to make things! As we mentioned in the original blogpost, we expect these teachers to join the MakerBot Educators Google Group and document their [...]