WiFAB Summer Training for FabLab Teachers
In-Person, Two Locations Available
Locations: UW-Stout (Menomonie) and Omro High School
Dates: See Below for More Detail
Credit: WiFAB 102 may be taken for 3 cr, see below for details
Learn how to develop a fab lab curriculum that fosters multi-disciplinary learning and engages students with hands-on STEAM education. Discover how to use simple problems to teach age-appropriate concepts while optimizing your fab lab’s setup, training, and operations. Gain strategies to guide students through problem identification, solution design, prototyping, and testing. Explore ways to connect your fab lab with industry and community partners for real-world impact. Plus, receive a pre-workshop consultation to tailor the experience to your needs and post-workshop support to ensure success!
WiFAB at UW-Stout
The WiFab 102 workshop at UW-Stout may be taken for college credit. To do so, you must also enroll in EDUC 404-800A. Please contact phamj@uwstout.edu for more information and instructions.
UW-Stout Campus | Menomonie, WI
Never been in a FabLab, or have limited experience? This 1-day course will introduce you to equipment, and you will complete a project from start to finish!
This course focuses on applied learning within a FabLab. Some prior experience within a FabLab environment is helpful, but not a requirement. This course will run over a 3-day period.
Class is limited 16 registrants - reserve your spot today!
After completing 102: Teaching in a FabLab, this class takes your skills to the next level by creating curriculum that is peer reviewed and ready to implement in your classroom. This course will run over a 3-day period.
Class is limited 12 registrants - reserve your spot today!
WiFAB at Omro High School Fab Lab (Eastern WI)
The WiFab 102 workshop at Omro High School may be taken for college credit. To do so, you must also enroll in EDUC 404-801A. Please contact phamj@uwstout.edu for more information and instructions.
Never been in a FabLab, or have limited experience? This 1-day course will introduce you to equipment, and you will complete a project from start to finish!
This course focuses on applied learning within a FabLab. Some prior experience within a FabLab environment is helpful, but not a requirement. This course will run over a 3-day period.
Class is limited 10 registrants - reserve your spot today!
"Digital fabrication is wonderful for students to experience at any age. The idea that you can take your abstract thoughts and ideas and make a physical object out of them is very empowering.”
- Chris Wiemer, Stoughton High School
"I knew very little about Fab Lab equipment or how to build a curriculum around that. But after this week-long workshop we've had and really diving into it and thinking about it, I feel like I am more prepared as an educator. And that is something I can bring back to my school and share with everybody there."
- Mackenzie Bennin, Granton Area School District