3D Printer Student Use Policy

[NifeWrench]

We recently bought ourselves a 3D printer with SteamTRAX curriculum for a couple of our science classes. This was a pretty large sum of money for us and I'm running into conflicting opinions in our administration on who should be allowed to use the printer.

 

My question to anyone who currently has a 3D printer is what is your policy on 3D printer use? Do you allow students to print their own personal (school appropriate) items or do you limit use of the printer to strictly be used by specific classes?

 

Also, how often would you say the printer is used directly for a classroom lesson?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Steve21]

It's a school device, so should be used for school purposes. No real different to a normal printer, they shouldn't be printing personal things off really.

 

Maybe if there's an after-school engineering club etc, or they pay towards costs but wouldn't do it for free at all

 

Steve