IEA partners with educators to strengthen how gifted and twice-exceptional students are understood, supported, and challenged. Through expert-led workshops and optional site visits, we help you build a thoughtful, customized approach grounded in research and ready for real-world application.
Workshops Each engagement is tailored to your students, your faculty, and your goals—equipping educators with practical strategies they can use immediately. Sessions are available as single-day intensives or multi-day programs.
Tuesday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 1
4:15-6:15pm each day (4 hours total)
Location: IEA Learning Center (540 S Marengo Ave, Pasadena CA 91101)
Cost: Free, thanks to a sponsorship by Amolen (Capacity is limited)
Instructors: Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron, Nonscriptum LLC
Who should attend: Educators looking to learn 3D printing from beginner to more-advanced tips and suggestions, as well as those looking for ways to tie in makerspaces to core curriculum.
Description: Looking to incorporate 3D printing into your classroom? This training will equip you with the tools you need to bring your curriculum to life with maker technologies. The instructors’ Make: Math series of books (Make: Geometry, Make: Trigonometry, Make: Calculus and the Make: Math Teacher’s Supplement) have made math more fun and tactile, and the same principles can be applied to a range of disciplines. The training will utilize two free computer-aided design tools: the web-based Tinkercad and the open-source program OpenSCAD, which is ideal for math modeling and learning text-based coding.
First day: 3D printing possibilities and design
How 3D printers work, available 3D printable materials, designing for print success, and the 3D printing design-slice-print workflow.
Second day: Project ideas and applications
Ideas for curriculum-tied projects with examples of student work; an introduction to OpenSCAD for math modeling; a walk through freely-available math and science models; using 3D printing to motivate learning coding.
Participants should bring their own laptop or Chromebook device if possible, and know the brand of their school’s 3D printers (if any).
This opportunity and all materials are sponsored Amolen through a collaboration with the Institute for Educational Advancement and Nonscriptum LLC.
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IEA partners with schools and districts to design, refine, and implement effective programs for gifted learners. Engagements are customized to your needs, with scope and fees determined accordingly.
Benefits:
“The uniqueness of the gifted renders them particularly vulnerable and requires modifications in parenting, teaching and counseling in order for them to develop optimally.”
– The Columbus Group, 1991