PTC (Parametric Technology Corp.) is the 16th largest software company in the world and was founded over 25 years ago. PTC is best known as the leader in 3D design applications, with over 49,000 commercial customers globally including Toyota, Motorola, SONY, John Deere, Volkswagen, Hasbro, and Nike to name a few. Working with their commercial customers, PTC started to see a decline in technologically literate graduates and graduating engineers/technicians from higher educational institutions. As a result, PTC formed the PTC Education Program in 1999 to address the shrinking pipeline and to drive technological literacy. To date, they have over 15,000 teachers from 10,000 schools in 28 countries leveraging their program to turn today’s students into tomorrow’s innovators.

Our Schools program introduces students to 3D design technology as early as middle school so they can become better problem solvers, critical thinkers, and collaborators. To date, over 3.2 million students worldwide have used PTC software in the classroom, and PTC's program is credited with transforming the study of design in several inner-city schools, closing the gender gap in test scores, and changing the way thousands of kids think about learning.

Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition – Software Grant Program
FREE licenses of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire design software (up to 300 seats), project based curriculum, and tutorials. We also encourage teachers to allow students to install Pro/ENGINEER at home. All that is required to receive the software and curriculum is that you attend an introduction workshop. After the completion of all workshop requirements each participating teacher will be eligible for the program. All workshops are taught by fellow teachers that have been certified as instructors by PTC. There is typically a nominal fee for the workshop paid to the workshop instructor; otherwise the entire program is free.

Learning Labs, Inc. has not only been selected as a PTC educational representative, and Vice President and Sales Manager Daniel Schweickert has been certified as a PTC instructor.

Pro/ENGINEER Schools Advanced Edition – $60.00 fee for a two year license
Certain students will excel and be ready for the next phase of 3D design, which is why PTC has developed this comprehensive 3D engineering package. The functionality in the Pro/ENGINEER Schools Advanced Edition will give students invaluable experience to prepare them for an engineering program in college or for a job directly out of high school. This edition includes a complete CAD/CAM/CAE solution.

Mathcad Schools Advanced Edition – $60.00 fee for a two year license

With PTC's Education Program, students can:

• Build technological literacy
• Learn to work collaboratively in teams
• Develop communication, interpersonal, and social skills
• Improve critical thinking and strategic thinking skills
• Increase confidence
• Experience project-based problem solving
• Become familiar with advanced design processes
• Prepare for real-world careers in technology

Our Schools program is not just providing free/low cost applications!

PTC is focused on delivering an integrated program aimed at inspiring the next generation of engineers, designers and technicians.

Our integrated program provides the following four elements:

• Free/low cost design applications
• Complete curriculum and project based activities – Mapped to national standards (ITEA) and STEM
• Initiative
• Assessment tools
• Global Engineering Education Program – Project based collaboration

As for higher educational solutions, we also have a winning University Plus Program.

Our hope is that by introducing design technology early, students can gain an understanding of how and why technology works and be more inclined to enter engineering or a technology program after high school. We want to help bridge the academic gap and inspire all students to design the products of the future… because the designers of the future are our future too.

Please visit PTC's website or contact your Regional Manager for more information.

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