EduLift, an ICA Edu Skills Pvt Limited Initiative, is an educational based start up, operational for the last one year. EduLift today, hosted a 3D printing workshop at Residency Towers, Avinashi Road to give an insight on 3D printing. This workshop brought under one roof heads and representatives of various educational institutions.
3D technology has become one of the emerging trends in the decade. At this workshop, participants were introduced to the various aspects of 3D printing. 3D printing is also known as additive manufacturing is an advanced process of creating solid, physical models from a digital file. The process of 3D printing is simple yet creative. 3D printing is done with the help of 3Dexter, a leading Edutech company providing experimental learning process at the grass root level through 3D Printing Technology.
3Dexters visions to harness innovation in young minds and establish mini factories in educational institutions allowing students to visualise-design-create. The design labs are set up in schools and will be run by company certified trainers. Through these digital labs, students can develop their own products with umpteen number of changes as they require to derive the final output. Depositing thin layers of a material using squirts of material in liquid form. A product design can be achieved via Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software.
On the sidelines of the session Karthikeyan from EduLift shares that, “In the years to come, conceptual learning will be mandatory in CBSE, ICSC curriculum. About 20 schools in Tamil Nadu have been selected for the funds under the Atal Innovation Mission, which aims at providing practical knowledge through installing high-tech labs. This 3Dexter will be a perfect take for implementing learning methods based on innovation and focus. This technology allows the students to draw the images through their perspective, which in turn will be printed through 3Dexter.”
Various schools principal and management staff from the city attended the session and they showed interest in installing the printer in the school for development of their students. This form of printing is all set to bring in a revolution in pedagogy.