21st Century Learning and Teaching

The UK’s Brighton-based MakerClub is important in that it is one of the 3D printing technology companies that recognizes how important it is to invest in the future: our kids.

Since they will be the inventors and makers of the future, it’s important to expose our children to grade-level appropriate technology and science as soon as possible — and not only does it enrich their minds, but as they grow, so will the technology. The world of 3D printing is still in its infancy, and it doesn’t take a crystal ball to know that future generations are going to take this amazing — and fun — technology and run with the winds of change.

MakerClub is involved in a handful of different projects for school-aged kids right now (including the Carduino, a customizable remote-controlled car that kids can 3D print themselves, which we reported on recently), and just recently received an £80,000 grant from the UK government to design a school-age online resource for programming, 3D design, and electronic engineering. Translating to about $126,000, these funds were provided to MakerClub as one of fifteen companies selected as finalists out of hundreds of applicants in the ‘Learning Technologies: Design for Impact’ competition sponsored by the UK government. (For a full list including the other finalists, click here.)

Learn more:

- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/coding-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/maker-space-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=makerspace