Case Study: Kings Mountain Middle School achieves reliable, empowering 3D printing education with MakerBot SKETCH Classroom

educator Spotlight Beverly Owen's Thoughts on the Makerbot Sketch Classroom

Kings Mountain Middle School needed a reliable, classroom-ready way to introduce 3D printing to students (including in a hybrid learning environment) while building teacher and student design skills. MakerBot addressed that need by providing the SKETCH Classroom—two SKETCH 3D printers plus filament, tools, and access to MakerBot’s certification and curriculum resources.

MakerBot’s solution paired easy-to-set-up hardware (touchscreen SKETCH printers with CloudPrint connectivity) with the MakerBot Certification program (Operator and Curriculum Creator) and print management tools. The printers ran for hundreds of hours with consistent results, students earned ISTE‑certified training and digital badges, teachers learned Tinkercad design workflows, and the SKETCH Classroom delivered measurable classroom impact through reliable, all-day printing and immediate curriculum integration.

Kings Mountain Middle School

Beverly Owens

Teacher