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A project log for 3D Prints for Teachers of the Visually Impaired

Visually impaired students can make great use of 3D prints to learn just about any subject, but their teachers need help making good models.

joan-horvathJoan Horvath 09/21/2016 at 20:480 Comments

We had the opportunity of presenting this project in a Lightning Talk at the Hackaday Pasadena meetup last night. In particular we asked people to help out with creating the designs that teachers of the visually impaired had asked for. Afterward a few folks who teach or are taking CAD classes at the college level came up and asked if they could participate. Of course! We had gotten so focused on K-12 teachers that we had not really reached out to that group. If you have CAD students needing a project, by all means claim one of the categories and go for it.

Over the last week we have also gotten questions about whether we had reached out to the Special Ed community in general to see if there might be interest from teachers who are helping students with other special needs. Let us know in the comments here or in the Google Group if you have any thoughts on this.

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