Week 4: Makerspaces/Basic Networking

Week 4: Feb. 2-8

This week's discussion was Makerspaces and Basic Networking, however the class discussion centered around 3-D printers, which is an fascinating topic for me and I found it interesting to read what my other classmates thought about the subject.

I remember finding out about 3-D printing while watching an episode of  "Big Bang Theory" in 2011, and I was a little baffled at the concept. I recall one of the characters tried print asmall object that took 12 hours to print. Later that year or the following year I remember there were issues about 3-D printers being used to print weapons.

Fast forward to today, 3-D printing is much more common especially with MakerSpaces and other STEAM/STEM programs becoming more common in many libraries and schools.
I personally enjoyed the topic of 3-D printing and I would definitely love to see one in action and possibly use it one day. A local library close to me was offering a course on how to use 3-D printers and I would have loved to go but the class scheduled conflicted with my work schedule.

Once I am familiar with using 3-D printers, and have done my research on in properly, I think that it could possibly be a a topic for grant. But I would love to learn more about using 3-D printers and teach a basic course on it.