Professional Development Workshops
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7 hr
415 New Zealand dollars
3D Printing in the Classroom
Technology Teacher PLD
3D printers are an incredible classroom resource. They can create components with almost limitless complexity, use a range of materials, and are safe enough for students to experiment with. But without the right skills, they can be slow and tricky to use, which often leads to their full potential being under utilised.
This hands-on workshop will provide you with the confidence to keep your printer running smoothly and the skills to design and print classroom-ready models, jigs, prototypes, and moulds. You will learn how to make the most of your 3-D printer to boost classroom creativity and efficiency while keeping students engaged and safe.
The day will include a blend of theory and practice.
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Morning: Develop a technical understanding of how 3D printers work, including materials, slicing, file types, and common failure points. Participants will get hands-on experience setting up, calibrating, and troubleshooting printers to ensure reliable, repeatable results.
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Afternoon: Get hands-on experience with practical applications, using jigs to create wooden designs, moulding with wax, silicone, and plaster. You will finish the day with a set of resources to inspire your students.
NEXT SESSION:
Monday 14 September
Central Dunedin
Check out the program schedule here
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265 New Zealand dollars
3D printers are a powerful classroom resource — precise, custom, and safe to use — but without a solid understanding of how they work, they're often slow, unreliable, and underused.
This hands-on half-day workshop gives teachers of any subject a solid foundation in 3D printing. Participants will build confidence operating and maintaining FDM printers, and learn to prepare, slice, and print reliably and repeatably.
Session one covers the technical fundamentals: the 3D printing technology family, materials, slicing, file types, and common failure points, with hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance practice.
Session two explores where 3D printing adds genuine value in the classroom — and its limits — through demonstrations of instructional aids covering gearing ratios, beam design, mechanisms, and wave patterns, linked to classroom projects and syllabus points.
Participants leave with practical knowledge and the confidence to start using 3D printing in their own classroom.
NEXT SESSION:
Monday 14 September
Central Dunedin
Check out the program schedule here
3D Printing Fundamentals
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