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This talk is about why 3D is an important technology for kids to learn, the benefits it brings them and (after a brief summary of the history of 3D printing), where it is going and why it will be of great significance in their lifetimes, covering such sectors as fashion, aerospace, medicine, construction and space travel, finishing on whether 3D printers will end up in the home.
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“A 3D printer in every school”
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education
July 2013
Martin Stevens
it is 3D
3D Design & Print for schools
3D printing in context
•What is special about 3D printing?
• Sculptor v potter
• Additive v subtractive
• Layering
• Personalisation
• Everything can be printed
•Is it is 3D a 3D printer company?
• What is 3D printing without design?
Our solution
• Grounded in the curriculum
• Provide design tools for all
• Train teachers in modern technologies
• Cross-curricular projects
• More learning, less teaching
• Hands on experience for pupils
The issues for schools
3D Machining
3D Scanning
3D printing
1. Exam results
2. League tables
3. Cheapest route
4. Easiest route
The real issues
3D Machining
3D Scanning
3D printing
• Pupil engagement at school
• STEM
• Entrepreneurialism
• Design, creativity, innovation
• Employability skills
3D products
3D Machining
3D Scanning
3D printing
• 3D printing
• 3D design
• 3D CAD training
• 3D scanning
• 3D machining
• 3D visualisation
Benefits of using 3D technologies
•Teaches creative skills
•Teaches technical skills
• Whole school relevance
• Soft skills for employment
• Motivation
• A 3D future
Relevance of 3D technologies in the classroom
(and across the school – whole school benefit)
• Most effective use of ICT in curricular delivery
•Design & Technology, but also…
• Geography (eg terrain maps)
• Sciences (eg atomic structure or double helix)
• Art & Design (eg jewellery design & make)
• Any other subject
3D printing history 1980’s - today
Rapid prototyping
Engineering
Architecture and jewellery
It all changed in 2009
Additive fabrication / manufacturing
3D printing
3D technologies now
3D technologies now - engineering
3D technologies now – prosthetics & casts
3D technologies now - architecture
3D Technologies now - fashion
Catherine Wales
Pia Hinze
Joshua
Harker
3D technologies now –
chocolate
3D scanning - museum pieces
CyArk
3D technologies in the future
3D technologies in the future - medicine
3D technologies in the future – house building
3D technologies in the future - aerospace
3D printed parts fly in UK strike jets
3D technologies in the future – space
NASA
3D technologies in the future – at home
3D technologies in the classroom
Talk to us if you want to:
stimulate children’s imagination
motivate them
improve results
prepare them for the future
What can you imagine?
What can you design?
Imagine, design & print
Martin Stevens - www.itis3D.com