Design Thinking For School Districts with 3D Printing

Makers Empire creates market-leading Design & Technology solutions aligned to Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards, backed by university research. We have successfully delivered 3D technology to groups of 200+ schools in Australia, America and the Middle East.

Our solutions for school districts include:

Easy to use 3D design software works on all computers and devices
150 lesson plans aligned to standards
In-app, themed challenge courses that provide a full design program (videos, quizzes, tutorials and design challenges)
Professional development and training for teachers
Class Management tools
Built-in student assessment
Comprehensive teacher resources
Single Sign On (SSO) including Clever and Google Classroom.
Data Privacy Agreements (DPAs).

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We work with school districts across the US

Makers Empire has signed Data Privacy Agreements (DPAs) with many schools districts including: Chicago Public Schools, Colton Joint Unified School District, Denver Public Schools, East Irondequoit School District, Golf Elementary School District, Granite School District, Kaneland School District, Lewisville ISD, Los Angeles USD, Newport-Nesa School District, Oswego Community Unit School District, Pleasanton USD, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative, Valley Central School District, and White Plains Public Schools.

Design Thinking with 3D Design and 3D Printing

School districts are looking to make the most of their existing technology, whether it is computers, 3D printers, or makerspaces.

Many districts that we work with already have the technology in place, but are lacking the teacher training and confidence, and missing the framework to maximize what they have.

The Makers Empire program transforms STEM learning by developing students’ real-world problem-solving skills as well as critical thinking and resilience. The Makers Empire program includes:

Specialized professional development training for teachers
Strategies to help teachers integrate technology into the curriculum
Software and tools to develop STEM programs through 3D design
Opportunities to collaborate with students around the world
Success in increasing girl’s participation in STEM

Secure Safety and Privacy for Students

Makers Empire complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) , the CAN-SPAM Act and Makers Empire’s Privacy Policy.

Schools can choose privacy settings for their students. Student designs (including the username of the designer) and comments can be shared:

only within a class;
only with designers within a school;
only with designers from other schools; and
publicly i.e. with the whole community via the Makers Empire Gallery;

Users can choose to make their specific designs public or private within the app by choosing ‘showing’ or ‘hidden’ when publishing their design.

Students are also asked to agree to the Maker Promise when using the app, which reminds them to be respectful and positive. It makes it clear that violent designs, bad language or bullying are unacceptable.

iPad showing Makers Empire Teacher Dashboard privacy settings

Expert Integration and Comprehensive Support

Makers Empire will work with your district to provide a seamless and easy integration. We know you have many demands on your time so we’re here to make your life easier by equipping you with guides, support and advice at every step of implementation, including:

Needs Assessment – we’ll work with you to identify operational and instructional needs of the district in terms of hardware, software, resources, professional development and training.
Technology Plan – we’ll help you plan for both operational needs and instructional (educational) needs) for 1, 3 and 5 year periods.
Budgeting and Prioritising – we’ll work with you to stretch your budget as far as it can to deliver your priorities.
Implementation – we’ll work with your employees to ensure that the technology is implemented in an effective and efficient manner.
Evaluation and Monitoring – we’ll deliver real-time reporting so you can see how your district is tracking against expected KPIs.

Makers Empire For School Districts

We work with school districts across the US

Design Thinking with 3D Design and 3D Printing

Secure Safety and Privacy for Students

Expert Integration and Comprehensive Support

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