Smithsonian X 3D
Personally this web site has sparked my interest more than I thought it would. Growing up I never really cared much to learn about things of the past in History. Using the Smithsonian site, I think it would really spark students into wanting to know more and be excited to learn more about History. Educators/Smithsonian X 3D says "The SIx3D viewer offers students the ability to explore some of the Smithsonian’s most treasured objects with a level of control that has never been possible until now". Seeing a piece of history, learning about it and them giving them the option to re crate it, would be great.
Thingiverse
Thingiverse is a great site to be able to reference ideas of already printed 3D objects. I really liked the Educators link. It had many great objects to get ideas from or to print the same one. My favorite part about it is the link to the object where it has an overview of the item and how you can use it. A lesson plan I thought was a great idea was the "Teaching Angles by making a Modular Protractor". I am a visual learner and I still to this day will draw out the angles when solving a problem. I believe that making this modular protractor would benefit students who are visual learners.
3D Printers in the Classroom
I believe that we need to start implementing 3D printers to schools. Teachers could have the ability to spark the interest of students who may have a hard time wanting to learn subjects they already do not like. 3D printing can really get to the point of something your teaching and apply it to the lesson as some students are visual and kinesthetic learners,
Where 3D printing has yet to really make a huge impact, but provides an ample amount of opportunity, is within educational institutions. These range from elementary schools to high schools, universities, and maker spaces around the globe. One reason that 3D printing has been quite slow in making its impact in these institutions is simply because of the lack of knowledge of the technology. Therefore, we have learn some basic knowledge in 3D printing technology and will need to update our information or database so that we can bring this piece of technology into schools!!
ReplyDeleteI really liked the idea of the teaching angles with a modular protractor. I didn't see that on the website, so it is nice to know that! I agree that these printers need to be implemented to schools. It can really spark the interest of students who are hard to reach.
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