Daniel A Tillman on 3D Printing In Education https://ift.tt/2NZmEpB The work of Daniel A Tillman, Professor in Educational Technology, College of Education at the University of Texas at El Paso centers around educating children and technology. Professor Tillman has been writing about using 3D printing and other digital fabrication tools in the classroom since 2009. He writes about how fablabs, AR, 3D printers and music can help kids learn math. 3D Printing has often been touted as a resource for educators and children alike. Most of the people talking about education and 3D printing have a vested interest in presenting it as a panacea. We continually here that this or that amazing 3D printing project is going to help kids and see lots of happy kids with 3D printers. But, can 3D printing actually help kids learn? What are actual findings? Is 3D printing amazing for education, allways, for everyone? At 3DPrint.com we were curious to see if a more nuanced view was possible and so we searched for someone who had considerable research in the classroom with various technologies including 3D printing. We found Professor Tillman’s work on the pedagogical value of digital fabrication, letting kids make musical instruments to learn math and using makerspaces in education and turned to him for that nuance through an interview.
In workshops I’ve organized I’ve used 3D printed parts and files to illustrate the “why” for math as well as how it combines the screen and the real. Is that something you feel 3D printing can do?
I’ve always felt that when giving workshops that kids can really grasp concepts better if they can hold the 3d print. Do you think that this is something that could benefit a lot of kids?
Things such as diagrams or maps of battles are often complex to read. Wouldn’t a 3D print be better?
How did you use mobile makerspaces to stimulate learning?
Do you think schools should have makerspaces?
How can 3D printing help kids to become more interested in STEM?
You’ve done research into music’s role in math education, how does that work? Regarding music, I focus mostly on activities with musical instrument design, choreography-design, and music composition as contexts for mathematical problem-solving tasks. Do you think that iterative experimentation with engineering and 3D printing will better prepare kids for the modern world?
How can we prepare kids for a world ten twenty years into the future when we don’t know what that world will be like?
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