This Friday, the STEAM for Social Change program began at a new site at the Jamaica Seventh-day Adventist School in Jamaica, Queens. The students began to learn the basics of the 3D printing and designing application, Google Sketchup.
They performed the most basic lesson, using the rectangular prism tools, and creating name tags. The more advanced students began a more complex lesson, starting by creating toy cars, as well as learning the dynamics of the MakerBot Replicator printer and applying those rules to the building techniques.
I am very excited to be instructing the fresh faces and brains in the world of 3D printing, and they are eager to begin as well.
-Ms. Semple
DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice aims to bridge the digital divide by combining media literacy and cultural awareness along with a vast understanding of technology to encourage young women in under served communities to pursue careers in computer science and new media.
