OETC24

I went over to Columbus Ohio for the annual Ohio Educators Technology Conference (OETC).
There were a few makerspace sessions and a couple of Maker playgrounds that I helped out at.
One group was showing shrinky dinks and using a heat gun to shrink them
I reconnected with some people and had some good education discussions.
There were many sessions on AI.

 

 

 

 

I learned that Houston Acrylic sells some “Ugly Duckling” packs of acrylic with blemishes for half price (though teachers might get them for less???). (I usually buy from Smokey Hill Designs)

Someone shared PixBrix, another building block item that can partner with Lego. You can build 2D or 3D designs.

 

 

 

 

I spoke with the Kajeet people about a mobile wifi alternative to our mifi, especially if we want more devices.

I also spoke with the B&H Photo Video & Canon people about poster printers. I really want a 24″ wide format printer (cost $1000-1500 depending on which ink cartridges you want to utilize – less uses the smaller ones ($1 per mL) ; more uses the larger ones (50 cents per mL)). I think there are many uses for it in schools. The cost of a poster is a couple of dollars compared to the $20-30 that Walgreens or CVS charges.
Maybe we can work a donation for some marketing/promo of the product…