Lesson Plan Ideas

[jenny.feuilles]

I am super excited. Our school just purchased a glowforge for use in the classroom. I am looking for lesson plan ideas. My mind has been spinning ever since they “ok’d” the purchase. I teach middle school visual arts and love mixing tech with art.

[whitetigertooth]

That’s awesome!.. and a great excuse to have some remedial class time! and welcome aboard!

[deirdrebeth]

This post may be of help!

Elementary applications for the GF

Hello fellow teacher! I used school to justify ordering my Glowforge. I told myself that if I could come up with 50 things I could use it for in class I could get one - here’s my list My kids are a bit older than yours - 9 and 10 year olds, but you might be able to get a few ideas out of it.

[cynd11]

You might also want to do a search for posts by @theroar84. He’s been posting a bunch of tutorials on things he does with his students, using Tinkercad for designing.

[bmcgrain]

A couple of quick ideas:

1. Economical - 4x8 sheet of 1/8" plywood cut into 12"x12" squares at about $.35/each. Good to cut and assemble different designs - won’t break the budget - settings are easy to determine for cuts, scores, and engraves
2. Artistic and Economical - go the way of engraving or scoring designs on 4"x4" subway tiles - finish with either craft paint or sharpies.

Lots of room for trial and error.

Brian

[rmaker1952]

Welcome

[rbtdanforth]

@jenny.feuilles

tech with art.

A key part of working with the Glowforge is what you do on the computer which you don’t need the Glowforge. I would start teaching there and let the final third be the cutting stuff out and cleaning and finishing at the end.