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3D printing is an innovative rapid prototyping technology that utilizes a 3D printer to manufacture an actual three-dimensional object. It is currently used in various industries because it is known to increase a company's profit. However, little is yet known of its advantage in schools.Both teachers and students need every advantage they can get in order to have a productive educational experience. In school, there must be an effective and efficient imparting of knowledge and skill from the teacher to the student.3D printing provides new advantages that may revolutionize education. It has unique advantages that may increase the probability of a productive educational experience. Here are three advantages of 3D printing in a school setting.Enhanced teaching aideVisual aides are important in effective and efficient teaching. Traditionally, teachers make use of words and pictures either to illustrate a point or to provide an example. With a 3D printer, the teacher has a technologically advanced pedagogical tool at his disposal that is much better than the conventional visual aide. Instead of using mere words or pictures when giving a lecture, the teacher can now present to the class a three-dimensional object, which the students can see and touch.As an enhanced teaching aide, .. more »

Flight simulator games have become very sophisticated in recent times such that pilots of full size aircraft use them to gain knowledge of destination airports, for route planning and to gain familiarity with different aircraft types. They are available in basic and advanced levels.The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is exploring the mandatory use of simulators for certain aspects of pilot training and exploring which types of training might be more suited to them. At present there is no regulatory requirement for simulator training in Australia. It is well known that there are inherent dangers in conducting simulated emergencies in actual aircraft and serious accidents have occurred in the past during flight training such an engine failure.CASA has issued a discussion paper with 12 options to be considered covering flight training operations.The question asked is whether mandatory simulator training should only be imposed if suitable devices exist in Australia. What criteria would be used to determine which devices are suitable? Obviously there would be a number of impacts on the aviation industry were CASA to make that ruling so CASA is giving all interested parties an opportunity to comment and put forward suggestions.There is a time limit for input .. more »

Shh...don't tell anyone, because I would never want to sound like a party pooper, but I do have to quietly admit to you that holiday parties have never been a favorite time in the classroom for me. I don't know, 30 kids wired up on excitement, sugar, and costumes...what am I missing?So, with that in mind, I've always tried to sneak in learning activities that have the disguise of holiday celebrations! When I was a classroom teacher my holiday parties strongly resembled "center activities" where students moved from one activity to the next. Kids know how to do this normal classroom routine and this kept craziness to a minimum.Holiday activities can still meet content and technology standards yet be disguised as holiday activities. Really, many of the best school activities that we can remember from our childhood are probably activities that we enjoyed foremost, and if we reflected really hard, we'd find learning behind the scenes.Keeping the multiple intelligences in mind, we can have students engaged in activities that meet those intelligences while celebrating the "second most popular holiday" Halloween. We can focus on internet research and information gathering while learning about the history of Halloween. After all, actually reading .. more »