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Introduction

A Brief History

Practical uses of 3D Printers

in Education

  • 1984: Birth of 3D printers
  • 1992: The first stereolythographic apparatus machine is made by 3D printers
  • layers upon layers
  • 1999: Engineering organs
  • 2002: First working 3D kidney is printed
  • 2008: First self replicating printer produced; DIY projects; prosthetic breakthrough
  • 2009: Bioprinting cells and blood vessels
  • 2011: 3D printed automobile, aircraft and gold jewelry available
  • 2012: 3D printed jaw implanted

http://individual.troweprice.com/staticFiles/Retail/Shared/PDFs/3D_Printing_Infographic_FINAL.pdf

  • easier for students to understand concepts will 3D examples
  • ie physics, anatomy
  • students can create art sculptures, or architect models from 2D drawings

Article Critique

AsapSCIENCE (2013, Decemeber 1). Will 3D Printing Change Everything? Retrieved March 5, 2013 from http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD2Rdeo8vuE

MacGregor, C. (2012) Absolutely fabricated: The skeptic's guide to 3D printing. New Scientist, 216(2895), 46-49.

Activity

"3D Printing will change the world"

- Harvard Business Review

Pedagogy

Practical Implications

http://www.londonbloggers.net/1354/how-3d-printing-will-change-our-world/

3D Printers can be understood in terms of Constructivist Learning Theories

Technology that supports

3D printers

This article starts out with an anecdote about the author and his attempt to use a 3D printer to fix his broken kettle. MacGregor (2012) soon comes to realize that 3D printing is not as easy as it appears to be, and cannot understand how people will eventually be building customs clothes or phones at home. He claims that 3D printers must be equipped to face “practical, economic, legal and societal forces” in order to gain a lasting spot in the lives of everyday people in the near future (MacGregor, 2012, p.46). The article states that there are still many design flaws and that there are negative aspects associated with 3D printers that are not discussed in the media (Robert Wood as cited in MacGregor, 2012, p.48).

I enjoyed this article because it pointed out some challenges associated with 3D printers while most media has only preached the benefits.

Pros

  • Manufacturing Opportunities
  • able to make anything you need
  • Cheaper
  • in the end, a 3D printer will be less expensive than buying all new products
  • New job opportunities
  • Medical Advances
  • muscles and tissues will be available that are specific to your body!

Spend no more than 5 minutes online to come up with as many negative aspects of 3D printing as possible.

Comment in the Discussion post on Blackboard.

Guiding Questions:

What surprised you about what you found? Did you learn anything? Did you find a lot of negativity or positivity surrounding 3D printing? Why do you think this is?

  • 3D Printer
  • Software is needed but can downloaded on most devices
  • ie computers, tablets

Cons

  • Limited material available for manufacturing at home
  • 3D printing weapons
  • Copyright issues
  • 3D printers are not able to check if the creation will hold together once created
  • it could crumble once made

3D Printers are used heavily in Design education, a process that encourages creativity, individuality and a variety of solutions to solve problems. The teacher in the room is no longer the keeper of the content, they are now facilitators in the creative and critical thinking that happens to their students. Contradictory to the traditional approach where teachers must help their students find the sole correct answer, constructivist theories allow the students to find multiple correct answers through the use of creative, self directed learning.

http://www.philforhumanity.com/3D_Printing.html

http://www.londonbloggers.net/1354/how-3d-printing-will-change-our-world/

click here to view different 3D printer software

http://www.3ders.org/3d-software/3d-software-list.html

Kocadere, S., & Ozgen, D. (2012). Assessment of basic design course in terms of constructivist learning theory. Procedia – Social and Behavioural Sciences, (52), 115-119.

3D printed gun

References

3D Printers

AsapSCIENCE (2013, Decemeber 1). Will 3D Printing Change Everything? Retrieved March 5, 2013 from http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD2Rdeo8vuE

Jacob, A. (2012). Oops, it crumbled -- reality check for 3D printers. New Scientist, 215(2878), p22-22.

Kocadere, S., & Ozgen, D. (2012). Assessment of basic design course in terms of constructivist learning theory. Procedia – Social and Behavioural Sciences, (52), 115-119.

MacGregor, C. (2012) Absolutely fabricated: The skeptic's guide to 3D printing. New Scientist, 216(2895), 46-49.

http://www.londonbloggers.net/1354/how-3d-printing-will-change-our-world/

http://www.philforhumanity.com/3D_Printing.html

http://individual.troweprice.com/staticFiles/Retail/Shared/ PDFs/3D_Printing_Infographic_FINAL.pdf

By Molly Kostelnik

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