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[3D printing] promotes so much thinking.”

— Staci Woodruff, Rosemary Heights Elementary

There’s an awesome buzz of excitement in the classroom. [Students] are interacting with one another and … learning from each other.”

— Curtis Wiebe, Morgan Elementary

Something that everybody should learn is to be able to build or create.”

— Jeff Unruh, Pacific Heights Elementary

You have kids that don’t necessarily shine academically [but] really shine with the 3D printer. They’re engaged and they’re excited.”

— Jennifer Fernandes, Lynn Fripps Elementary

Students are so much more apt to take risks. They’re not worried about making mistakes. It really gets them into that [iterative] frame of mind.”

— Joe Ducklow, Lynn Fripps Elementary

All that learning you can’t see unless you do it.”

— Katie McMitchell, Lynn Fripps Elementary

Why 3D printing

Aligned to the ADST and STEAM curricula, our educational resources promote a project-based, hands-on learning process driven by technology and design thinking. 3D printing, with its ability to quickly materialize ideas, is a natural fit inside a 21st century learning environment.

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Design thinking

At the heart of Tinkerine’s vision is a creative process called design thinking. Design thinking is taking a hands-on, user-centred approach to problem solving. It applies a structured framework that consists of a series of distinct phases.

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