This week in the iNEST maker club... mentors kicked off the meeting by discussing new 3d prints that were fabricated since the last meeting. Most prints were successful, but the few that failed were discussed with mentors pointing out common flaws in 3d designs and how to work around them. We rolled out the four Lix 3d pens that were purchased for the club today, and four students quickly got to work creating 3d objects by hand. Several students have signed up to take their turn with the pens next week. Many students continued working with TinkerCad today, two designs were printed during the club meeting, and eleven new designs were dropped in the common drive for printing. Other project areas we observed students working on today included sewing, digital embroidery, and programming Scratch games. Mary Clay, Deborah, and Dr. Oliver spent some time discussing the upcoming NC-TIES conference, and met briefly with the five students who will be attending the conference and putting on a student showcase presentation. These students will spend the next three weeks creating sample circuitry projects to share at the showcase. We're excited they will have this leadership opportunity to share their knowledge of makerspace circuitry projects (copper foil, conductible ink, conductible thread, and LittleBits).
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Purpose:Dr. Oliver's weekly update of activities in the iNEST Maker Club. Archives
April 2019
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