Monday-
Monday morning we walked into class to see these 3D pens which heat up to release a plastic film which hardens and takes shape. We didn't go very far into learning about them yet but will experiment more as the week goes on. Mrs.Lee requested help from the HelpDesk to assist her class in the creation of a sonic postcard. Luckily I did this project last week so I will be able to help if anyone needs it....Once Ryan downloaded the microphone application we began using Imovie. We needed to transfer an image from his phone onto his desktop and then input the file to Imovie. Then we experimented with all the different types of sounds effects
Tuesday-
We started class with some of the student playing and experimenting with the 3Doodler and started going over a 3D Printing website called "Thingiverse". It has downloaded instructions for a lot of different models you can create such as snowmen, Chewbacca, phone cases and containers. Most of the creations are for fun and to look at but some are functional like the phone case, speaker, coat hanger and my favorite was the lacrosse shaft hanger. Afterwards I used the Google Glass which broke my thirteen year out heart because I had the highest expectations you could have. The screen was not very clear and the commands were very difficult. We figured out how to use the camera and record but I needed Cams help to play it. On the website Glass was said that it " gives our operators the ability to do their jobs faster, smarter, and safer."
— Heather Erickson, Engine Assembler. I have not seen any attribute that the glass contains which would make that true.
Wednesday
Mr.Wong had a meeting at the Middle School so he had to leave a few minutes after class began. We got the 3D printed lacrosse head from the printer which was exciting! The head was small and had extra platforms all over it. After scraping and pulling the excess filament off of the head it looks very precise. It had all of the stringing holes and was very recognizable. We tried to reprint it bigger but we won't find out until tomorrow. It took some time rotating it on the X,Y and Z axis.