FREE WEBINAR
Using 3D Printing to Make Prosthetics in K12
e-NABLE in the Classroom
The e-Nable community has helped schools put 3D printers to use (and teach empathy & engineering) by supporting teachers to 3D print and put prosthetic hands together for donation through their network.
Are you an educator who seeks to engage students in learning opportunities that are meaningful, relevant and based on making?
Join us to hear from educators who have brought this experience to their students. We will be discussing challenges, opportunities, tips and tricks. Additionally, attendees will gain access to an opportunity to deliver this experience to students at home with no 3D printing involved.
Optimize Your Time
Leverage the wisdom of educators & administrators who have brought the e-NABLE, 3D printing prosthesis experience to students across all grade levels.
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Join us to learn tips and tricks from the pros. You’ll get a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities involved in bringing this learning opportunity to your students.
Engage Your Students
You’ll hear from educators and administrators who have engaged students in this program through a wide range of opportunities from stand alone clubs to school-wide assemblies, specialized programs and more.
Decrease Anxiety for Yourself & Your Students
Learn practical ways to give students a sense of purpose and agency.
Meet your Panelists
Jen Owen
Creative Director, e-NABLE
Jen Owen is a Co-founder of e-NABLE and owner and co-creator of enablingthefuture.org, a website dedicated to sharing the open-source designs and stories from a global community of volunteers who are creating free 3D printed hands and arms for those who were born missing fingers or who have lost them due to war, accident, natural disaster or disease.
Jon Schull
Founder, e-NABLE
Jon Schull is a Co-Founder of e-NABLE, the global network of volunteers using 3D printers to make radically inexpensive prosthetics for underserved amputees. He is also co-Founder of Rochester Enable Limited, a 501(c)3 that administers the EnableFund and supports the Rochester Enable Lab at Vertus High School.
Michael Ecker
Principal, Calavera Hills Middle School
Michael Ecker is the Principal of Calavera Hills Middle School. In working in schools, he has been committed to building school cultures that seek relevance and meaning for both students and staff through opportunities for real work. Thus, CHMS been on the front line of innovation in schools.
Aaron Sottile
Educator, Carlsbad Unified School District
Aaron Sottile is a science educator and enthusiast in the Carlsbad Unified School District. #sottilescience
Andrea Santiago Boyd
Educator, Vertus High School
Andrea Santiago is a STEM teacher at Vertus High School, a charter school that serves young men in the city of Rochester. While at Vertus she connected with the Re-NABLE team in early 2019 to learn about 3D printing. Since then she has turned into a Re-NABLE lab manager and curriculum developer. She helps mentor Vertus high school students as 3D lab technicians and created and teaches a for credit 3D printing high school elective course.
Shashi Jain
Entrepreneur, Intel Corporation
Shashi Jain is a Strategic Innovation Manager and Organizer of the Portland 3D Printing Lab and is focused on Corporate Innovation strategy and joint Startup/Corporate projects. He is an early-stage startup advisor, professional speaker and teacher of invention education among.
Amanda Scampini
STEM Specialist, Peck Elementary School
Amanda has been an educator at Peck Elementary School for the past 16 years, serving children on the southwest side of Chicago. She started her career as the Science Resource Teacher, supporting the staff with science curriculum integration and teaching Science Lab. Her position has recently transitioned to STEM Specialist and she continues to support the science program while also facilitating a MakerSpace Lab for 1st through 4th graders.
Neesha Rahim
CEO, BitSpace
Neesha Rahim has been a leader in the education space for 20+ years. As the CEO of BitSpace, she works with her team in a movement to catalyze the disruption and evolution of our antiquated education system by supporting innovative, amazing educators at the front lines of this work.
You Will Leave This Session With:
- An understanding of the challenges & opportunities to bringing the e-NABLE program to your school
- Time saving strategies that prepare you to get administrative buy-in & determine exactly how you want to work with your students
- Connections to leaders in K12 Design Thinking that you can connect with later
- BONUS! Learn how to bring this experience to students remotely — no 3D printers involved!
