{"id":971,"date":"2011-09-01T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/971-the-education-revolution-will-be-3d-printed.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:12:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:12:02","slug":"the-education-revolution-will-be-3d-printed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-education-revolution-will-be-3d-printed","title":{"rendered":"The Education Revolution Will Be 3D Printed&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; <br \/><!-- s9ymdb:8546 --><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EDU-Header.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zcorp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Z Corporation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/tierney.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Congressman John Tierney<\/a> announced a new education program entitled&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/congressman-john-tierney-and-z-corporation-announce-new-education-program-aimed-at-skills-crisis-128666968.html\" target=\"_blank\">EngineeringZONE&trade;<\/a><br \/>\n aimed at tackling the U.S. skills crisis, <a href=\"http:\/\/triplehelixinnovation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melba Kurman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mae.cornell.edu\/lipson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hod Lipson<\/a> are also<br \/>\nworking to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/triplehelixinnovation.com\/inspiring-next-gen-inventors-teens-engineering-education-and-3d-printing\/2234\">inspire the next generation of inventors through 3D printing<\/a>. Just as the &#8216;Maker Movement&#8217; is motivating more people to start making their ideas a reality with 3D printing, this same sense of empowerment is being channeled by educators to inspire students to engage in their studies, especially in relation to the<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)<\/span><span class=\"st\"><em><\/em> focus of the U.S. government.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Shapeways is working towards making it easier for educators to integrate 3D printing into their learning curriculum by helping them to understand and communicate 3D modeling, 3D printing, the materials, processes and potential.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>If you are an educator or student interested in being involved in our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/education\/\">3D Printing Educational Program<\/a> please sign up to keep up to date with developments. It does not matter if you have no prior experience or are an expert in the<br \/>\n field, <b>we want to work together to inspire, educate and empower students with 3D<br \/>\nprinting<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Image by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/brumd\/5118378828\/in\/photostream\/\">brum d<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; While Z Corporation and Congressman John Tierney announced a new education program entitled&nbsp; EngineeringZONE&trade; aimed at tackling the U.S&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":11585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[481,478],"tags":[482,477],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shapeways","category-community","tag-6-inspiration","tag-1-whats-hot"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EDU-Header-625x312.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Education Revolution Will Be 3D Printed... - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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