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http://individual.troweprice.com/staticFiles/Retail/Shared/PDFs/3D_Printing_Infographic_FINAL.pdf
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.
"3D Printing will change the world"
- Harvard Business Review
http://www.londonbloggers.net/1354/how-3d-printing-will-change-our-world/
3D Printers can be understood in terms of Constructivist Learning Theories
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
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?
Cons
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
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