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Re: Anybody hear of this - 3D printers for every FIRST team

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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
The other thing that gets me is I saw even 2nd grade classes get funded. Not to say that teaching elementary school is any easier than teaching high school (it likely is not) but how many 2nd grade teachers do you know who can design in CAD and operate such a machine, and teach 6 year olds to do the same....
Autodesk 123D Design Suite is designed for this exact purpose.
http://www.123dapp.com/

If a teacher's goal is to promote interest that early, I see no problem.
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