{"id":7120,"date":"2012-09-03T13:53:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2012-09-03T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:53:49","slug":"3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/2012\/09\/03\/3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>3D printing<\/strong>\u00a0is the process of<strong>\u00a0creating an object using a machine<\/strong>\u00a0that putting down material layer by layer until the desired object is formed. Such printers use specifications generated by\u00a0<strong>computer modeling<\/strong>\u00a0applications or by3D scans of existing objects. This process of creating 3D models is much faster than many traditional methods of creating prototypes or replicas of existing objects, facilitating an innovative culture of learning in which students can quickly move from imagination to the production of a solid model. 3D printers also allow users anywhere to \u201cbuild\u201d their own versions of rare or delicate artifacts, expanding access to items that can enable learners in many fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3D Printing<\/strong>\u00a0is affordable enough to be in most schools. \u00a0 The opportunity for teachers and learners to design and fabricate almost anything they wish is a breakthrough dimension of learning equivalent to that of the original (2D) desktop publishing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction Source(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/library\/resources\/7-things-you-should-know-about-3d-printing\"><strong>Educause &#8211; 7 Things<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3D printing\u00a0is the process of\u00a0creating an object using a machine\u00a0that putting down material layer by layer until the desired object is formed. Such printers use specifications generated by\u00a0computer modeling\u00a0applications or by3D scans of existing objects. This process of creating 3D models is much faster than many traditional methods of creating prototypes or replicas of existing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325967],"tags":[548272,14967,4963],"class_list":["post-7120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-markets-poll","tag-3d-printing","tag-emerging-markets","tag-poll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7121,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120\/revisions\/7121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}