BUILD YOUR LEARNING WITH 3D PRINTING Sources include: Fast Company; Huffington Post; Techcrunch.com; ps.com; store.makerbot.com; the Telegraph; dvice.com; global.fncstatic.com 1984: WORLD’S FIRST 3D PRINTER 2010: FIRST 3D BIOPRINTER (WITH ABILITY TO PRINT ORGANS) 2013: WORLD’S FIRST 3D PRINTER VENDING MACHINE, 3D PRINTING PEN, AND 3D PRINTED DRESS UNVEILED 2014: WORLD’S FIRST 3D PRINTED BUILDING EXPECTED STATS: Current “Single Replicator” from MarketBot only costs $1749. The industry is currently valued at $1.2 billion (as of 2012), expected to grow 300% to 5.2% by 2020. The personal 3D printer fabbster from Sintermask. Photo from Flickr. CURRENT CONVERSATIONS REVOLVE AROUND THE IDEA OF A PRESENT KNOWLEDGE- BASED ECONOMY. WHEN WILL 3D PRINTING MAKE ITS MARK ON YOU ? → WHAT DOES A DESIGN- BASED ECONOMY LOOK LIKE? PREPARE FOR A REVOLUTIONARY MARKET SHIFT . An increasingly active learning environment — in 3-D instead of 2-D. Be a prosumer. Create your physical world in a highly iterative, complex, tactile way. Collaborate beyond classroom walls. Exchange open- source blueprints: www.thingiverse. com Imagination and creativity: Think 3D printing on the moon. Innovation and its ethical concerns: 3D printed guns are already in the works. Critical thinking and problem solving. In 2010, an 83-year- old woman became the first to have a 3D-printed jaw transplant. Collaboration. Dutch architects are working on a 3D-printed house that can be assembled in one day. Entrepreneurship and leadership. Think cubify.com. This is your brain. This is your brain on 3D printing. Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. —Albert Einstein CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION: HTTP://LEAPFROG.UMN.EDU/FUTUREOFEDUCATION ORGANIZED BY THE TECHNOLOGY REDESIGN TASK GROUP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP, POLICY, AND DEVELOPMENT