What's+Next+with+3D+Printers+and+Curriculum+(with+Verne+Becker)

What People Are Doing with 3D Printers:

Young Kim, Lycee: printed the parts to a bee, class then painted/completed/added fur/etc. the art extension

Tim McKeon, Churchill has used in science, art, other subjects

Vanessa Miller, Sholom uses it for sculptures in art class

Benny Chan, St. Bernards just thinking about getting started

Most people unhappy with Makerbots, breaking down, lousy support

Tim: working with Arduinos and S4A (Scratch for Arduino) moving arms, fans, bashing robots these were combined with 3D printing

Vanessa: design, style, functionality challenge - to design a pencil holder design something that will function like a paper clip or similar office tool uses a google form that student must fill out to show object's purpose and value

Young: 3D printing club - low enrollment helping kids think thru what they're doing showing how the various processes work - extruding, etc. plans to use a 3D pen - create the 2D pieces, assemble into a box, etc. then move into the engineering part also reappropriate already manufactured items - hinges, etc. from Home Depot

Verne Becker, Town School: spoons in art class to accompany clay bowls water bottles in math class - unit on volume

William Waldman, King Low haven't really figured out the learning yet administration skeptical

Adele, Dalton library proposed getting one for the library, but was turned down Dalton has 3D printers in Science and elsewhere, though

3D software: TinkerCad - general agreement that this web app is the sweet spot for K-12, striking a nice balance between power and usability Bonzai - can import Illustrator files FormZ [|Leopoly] Cubify - draw line drawing, it renders as a 3D object that can be rotated, etc., and then exported as STL Morphi app, allows uploading to thingiverse Mesh Lab

David Held, Poughkeepsie Day: Structure scanner for iPad - add on, about $275 works with Mini, Air, Air 2 [|structure.io] allows you to scan objects/people for 3D printing