The New School is excited to announce that our friends at Cubify generously donated a Cube 3D printer to IDC 2013. So we hosted a contest to give away one of their very awesome Cube 3D printers. To enter, attendees were encouraged to submit photos of themselves with the Cubify 3D printing minstrel who were available all 3 days of the conference, along with their name, a note about their dream 3D printing project, and hashtag #IDC13 to Google+, Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. At the conference closing on Thursday, June 27th, the winning entry was awarded to Aaron Lee Morris, by Mohamed, Susan and Hamidu, the 3 students from Sierra Leone that presented in the Keynote. The winner was given a promo code to redeem for a free Cube printer online.
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From the winner Aaron: “When it came to choosing my caption for what I’d print with the 3D printer, it was a no-brainer. After spending nearly a week with a bunch of people passionate about providing kids with the tools to build their own learning experiences, the easy answer was that we needed to find a cheaper/quicker way to get tools like 3D printers in the hands of as many kids as possible! I’m planning on using the 3D printers with my colleagues at PBS KIDS. I think I absolutely need to hold true to my promise to attempt to build at least the infrastructure for a smaller 3D printers, but am definitely going to need some help! Other than that, at PBS KIDS we’re super interested right now in connecting the digital and tangible worlds, and the 3D printer might prove to be a super valuable tool to help accomplish that goal. I will keep everyone updated! I’d really like to thank the planners, organizers, and participants at the conference. It was so exciting and valuable to find myself surrounded by people just as passionate and excited about creating learning opportunities for kids. The insight, knowledge, and expertise I experienced over the course of the conference was overwhelming and wonderful! Also, huge thanks to Susan, Mohamed, and Hamidu for coming to talk with us and for picking my entry!”
