Denver Language School gets a new toy: A 3-D printer
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The 3-D printer with its own lesson plans and curriculum. It does not use ink and does not have an empty paper tray, but uses a plastic filament.
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DENVER - Instead of 3D pop-up books in the library, the Denver Language School has bought a 3D printer.
The K-thru-8 school in Denver bought the technology from 333D in Australia.
"With a class of 25 to 30 students, if you used a conventional printer you would need 25 to 30 printers or you would take a month to print all their models. We can lay out a whole classroom of printed objects on the build plate and print them overnight," said 333D Chief Engineer Ray Bartholomew.
The printer was being tested in the school's auditorium while the engineer was in from Australia. It printed a sample school logo in an hour. A sample sabretooth skull was on display as an example of a large object able to be printed in 20 hours.
It does not require ink and does not need your co-worker to fill it with paper because you're too lazy to do it yourself.
"This particular printer uses a plastic filament, that it heats up and extrudes onto a build plate, and it slowly builds the model up by layers like adding slices to a loaf of bread," said Bartholomew.
The printer comes with its own lesson plans and curriculum. TIME LAPSE: Testing the 3-D printer
Time lapse: Denver Language School's new 3-D printer
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"What we really considered was do we really need more text books? Do we really need more online materials? Or are many of those things available, in general, in different free forms? And did we really want to put some money towards this engaging and amazing curriculum, printer and opportunities for students? And that's what we chose," said principal Kathy Benzel.
We know what you're thinking: that sounds expensive. Denver Public Schools gives each principal a budget to allocate. According to Benzel, the cost of the printer is in line with other curriculum options that considered.
"I think it's about the process, and it's about what we're teaching students when they engage in that process of creation. From the very seed that's planted in their mind, to the development of a project, to the fruition of having that project come out in this 3D printer, and then problem solving if it didn't work well for them," said Benzel.
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