Back in November, a large group of students came together for a class on 3D printing software from the Association of IT Leaders in Education, the Baptist Rainbow Primary School, Makers Empire, and the DTSL Group. With a total class size of 914, this class was accepted into the Guinness World Record Book as the largest number of students to attend a single venue software course. This record nearly doubled the previous record holder of 500.
In addition to giving the prodigious class a crash course on 3D printing, the course taught about the important role that 3D printing technology is playing in managing the growing water crisis. “There are many people in the world who are not able to receive drinking water everyday,” says Albert Wong, AiTLE chairperson, “but with advances in technology, solutions utilizing 3D design and 3D printing are simpler than ever before to help solve problems…”
Students were able to develop skills in important new technology, gain awareness of significant ecological problems, and then walk home with a 3D printed commemorative medallion as a souvenir of taking part in history’s largest software lesson.
