3D Design

I found using the TinkerCad program more difficult than the other tutorials. I found it easier to search Youtube for additional instructions. I made a simple button, then moved on to the smiley face button, but the smile part did not look the way I wanted it to, and I eventually gave up due to time pressures. I think that going through the trial and error as well as trying to troubleshoot and look for solutions is important for students to experience, to develop perseverance and problem solve.

I chose the button tutorial because I thought that it might be a good way for the TL to help connect different parts of ADST courses together, like product design and textiles. For instance, students could design custom buttons in product design for their garment projects in textiles. Teachers in other courses could also collaborate with product design to create 3D objects relating to the course content- for instance, models in Science or Social Studies. For an extra curricular, it has also been my dream to have a repair club. This club would run out of the Creation Station, mainly for textile repairs, but I thought that it could also be for students to use 3D printing techniques to create small items to replace parts that break around the house. 

I think that it's not financially feasible for every 3D design project to actually be printed in the learning commons, but it is an important and useful skill for students to at least participate in the modelling process.

References:

"3D Print Your Own Buttons." ThinkerCad. AutoDesk Inc, 2022. https://www.tinkercad.com/learn/overview/OXTHFAJIRXTM0PF;collectionId=OY5L5E8IRXTI47Z Accessed 11 May 2022.

TutorTube, "Tinkercad Tutorial - Lesson 13 - Select All and Select Multiple Objects." Youtube. 24 April, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aIDBdUSH1s Accessed 11 May 2022.