Welcome to our projects. At 1 for All Education, we believe in the transformative power of learning. Our projects reflect our commitment to creating inclusive, innovative, and impactful educational experiences worldwide.

Scroll down to explore the initiatives we’ve completed and the ones currently shaping the future of education. From grassroots community programs to large-scale international collaborations, each project tells a story of progress, empowerment, and positive change.

Global 3D Printing 2.0, September 2023 - April 2026

On November 3, 2023 the official kick-off of the 3D Global 3D Printing 2.0 Project took place at BBS Soltau, Germany.

This projects continues where the initial 3D printing project ended. This initial 1.0 project generated such positive results and high energy, that all 4 partners, together with 5 new partners, signed up for a follow-up project to push the student's and teacher's learning experience to the next level. The below schools partner (six from Europe and 3 from the US) in this folow-up project:

Aim: 

The follow-up project continues what the current project initiated: cooperation between like-minded educational professionals with the aim to develop and deliver better, more fun, high-impact, technical education to young people.

Aspects that will remain equally important or even more important: focus on SDG’s, enhancing digital skills (eg digital drawing, 3D printing, international student exchanges (the so called carousel rides), managing files in the cloud (Google Drive), setting up conference calls), communication skills (English as a second language, writing, talking, presenting, reporting) and personal soft skills (listening, collaborating, problem solving, dialogue skills).

Learning Activities: 

MBO students (secondary Vocational Education and Training) learn how to design, draw and 3D print  building blocks of (eventually) adult-sized statues, expressing their messages to a more sustainable world. The blocks will be printed from bio-based 3D printing materials such as elephant grass, hemp, bamboo and (fungus) hyphae, with the use of the latest technology 3D printers. 

Deliverables: 

The Global Printing 2.0 project is build on the 1.0 project and will finetune, professionalize and digitize materials (learning goals, assessment  criteria, instruction manuals/YouTube video’s, best-case practices, templates, etc.) for both teachers and students, such that these become accessible in an online (app based) learning portal. 

Focus areas in the 2.0 project: 

• (Even) more focus on sustainability (e.g. SDGs in curricula, the use of bio based 3D printing materials, the use of solar energy) 
• More cooperation with the schools’ local business environments. 
• Stimulating entrepreneurship under students (setting up their own 3D printing workshop)
• More cooperation with leading 3D printer manufacturers 
• More partners (6 core and 3 associated partners).

Longer term benefits: 

A different and innovative way of learning. Outside and inside the classroom. A visible and proud result. With a clear and sustainable message. Made together. After successfully completing this project there will be a strong consortium of modern western democratic associated schools and a blue print to invite democratic orientated schools in developing countries. The end of this project is the start of the next.

Global 3D Printing 1.0, December 2020 - July 2023

Our first project started in autumn 2017 at a teachers exchange with the question: "What can we learn from each other?". After a successful pilot, completed in 2018 and since December 2020, NOVA College (Netherlands), Technicum (Sweden) and Berufsbildende Schulen (BBS) Soltau (Germany), together with associated partner Oakton Community College in Chicago (USA), have collaborated in the Erasmus+ supported (KA2) project ‘1 for All, Global 3D Printing’. The objective of this project is to create a shared (through live and online international  exchanges) curriculum (including training the teacher) on 3D printing for level 2 (secondary vocational education) students. 

The project aims to enhance student’s digital (3D design and print, cloud-based file management, setting up and conference calls), and (intercultural) communication (English language, writing, presenting) and  collaboration (listening, problem solving, planning) skills. 

The project is on course and results are already (literally) impressive, as – for example – a 3-meter statue of 3D printed building blocks has been erected in all partner institution locations. More importantly, students have enhanced their skills and expanded their horizon through international cooperation.

The project in its current form (1 for all Global 3D printing project untill June 2022 - YouTube) will end in July 2023. However, several current and new partner schools have already shown interest to participate in a follow-up KA2 project.

Nova College, the project lead of the current project, indicated that it very much appreciates the  innovative teaching in the project, but that it does not wish to continue its project lead position. This leads to the notion that future international cooperation between schools may benefit from a  small and flexible coordinating organization, acting as a project lead and secretary for future  projects. This resulted in the foundation of 1 for All Education, an Amsterdam based foundation with the aim to enhance innovative tech education with a focus on international exchange, sustainability, and digital skills.