07/06/2026
Absolutely — I’d weave it in as the “fun warm-up” before the bigger problem-solving work:
Tech Arts 2.0 is officially underway, and we started the morning with something fun: custom 3D printed name plates.
Because obviously, if you can make your name look this cool, you should.
But this week is about more than making fun things. We’re looking at how students can take the skills they’ve learned and actually apply them in real-world spaces, like local library makerspaces with 3D printers, laser cutters, Cricuts, and other tools they can access outside of class.
Our big challenge this week is simple:
Find a problem or annoyance in your life, then design a solution for it.
Students will be learning how to move from idea, to design, to export, to prototype, to testing, to “okay, that didn’t work exactly how I thought it would” and then trying again.
Because that’s the actual skill.
Not just making the thing, but learning how to improve the thing.
Tech Arts 2.0, practical skills, real tools, tiny annoyances, better solutions.
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