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LIBE 477: Final Thoughts, and Making a Website for 3D Printing

The last bit of my life has been spent creating a website designed for the absolute beginner to learn how to use a 3D printer for education. This project really challenged my skill set, but I am so glad I did it. Introducing: DIMENSIONS: Beginner's 3D Printing for Education This TED talk by Stephen Elford might help spark your interest in 3D printing in education. Creating this project really combined and built on many skills I have learned during the LIBE 477 course. I decided that the best way to make a tutorial on how to 3D print for teaching would be to actually go through the steps of trying to do it myself. One of the most important skills I built up during this course was how to develop, maintain and take advantage of my own personal learning network. It's incredible the help people are willing to offer if you just ask. A good friend has a 3D printer, so I enlisted his help to try setting up a print myself. He recommended software and helped me when I got stu...