Cookie Cutter

One of the participants was very eager to design a cookie cutter based on the logo for the wedding.  Here it is!

Some of my designs

3D Printing Made Easy School Technology Summit 2015

I am on livecubeapp talking about 3D printing!

nycschoolstech.livecubeapp.com

New Boxes

My preferred method of displaying 3D printed materials is through diorama boxes.  It gives teachers a chance to role-play what their students would do in class.  Here are some pictures to give you an example of what teachers would create for their classes. 

Check it out:

Transportation

3D Shapes 

Social Studies/Architecture

Games  

AP Calculus 

Archimedean Solids 

Periodic Table of Elements: Group 1 (to be continued)

 Pop/Video Game Culture

Interactive Tetrahedron Puzzle (to be continued)

Geometric Concepts 

Mapping a Wedding Reception

Native American History

Science Simple Machines

Soma Cubes (Version 1)

Art

History of Gaming

Beach Landscape

Waiting for Printing to End

Michele and I are in semester four of 3D printing overall, semester two of printing for adults.  We are getting better with design, we know how to troubleshoot and anticipate needs, the kids and adults are getting very creative with things they want to print. We even got another printer, the XYZprinting machine. So we have doubled the amount of printing, but the seminal problem still remains.

The problem?

Waiting for the printing to end.

Then printing something else.

Waiting for the printing to end.

Then printing something else.

Waiting for the printing to end.

The trouble with teaching 3D printing as a subject is filling the lag time that students have for printing.  Designing simple pieces that students can use to put together will not take long once students have learned how to use the software.  Waiting for printing is the slow process.

Writing A Textbook

Michele and I are teaching the 3D printing course for adults again this summer.  I am starting to write a textbook about Sketchup.  I asked Jerick to make a list of things he learned in 3D printing over two years, and he made a list forty topics long.   It's gratifying to think that something we did helped shape the way a student learns.

Size Matters

Small designs are killing us.  It is very hard to get students to print things that will come out into 3 inch bubbles. Also, one team is designing items that are by nature quite small.  It presents a problem because the designs don't always print out so small.  The upside is that the printing gets done quickly.