At the end of November we attended the ERFA-CAD conference in Uster. ERFA-CAD is an interest group of around 30 mainly teaching staff at technical vocational colleges in German-speaking Switzerland. The ERFA group meets about twice a year at a member’s school to exchange experiences, in which Autodesk also participates and provides information. The ERFA […]
Category Archives: School and education
3D printers in schools and classrooms
3D printers and CAD (Computer Aided Design) at primary school level? – That works very well and makes sense. As part of a project week at the Volketswil ZH elementary school, we carried out a similar project. The aim was to give the pupils (SuS) of the 4th-6th elementary school an imaginative and playful first […]
MakerBot 3D printers have become an important tool in more than 5000 schools in the United States and many others around the world. Many teachers would like to introduce 3D printing into schools and classrooms to teach their students hands-on problem solving in STEM subjects & teamwork and prepare them for the professional world. But […]
Summer is approaching, school will soon be over, but MakerBot Thingiverse motivates you to keep learning throughout the summer. Thingiverse launches five competitionsone for STEAM subject area (comparable to STEM): Math, electrical engineering, Natural Science, mechanics and art. The first competition ends on July 19 and the last on August 16. So you have the […]






