NuVo a New Type of Learning Program, With 3D Printers

A company called NuVo Studio is trying to bring 3D printing into the classroom. They feel that the current education system puts too much importance on lectures, and doesn't involve children in actual hand-on learning. They are trying to change this with an initiative to bring 3D printing into classrooms. NuVo is an entirely new school program which allows students to leave these hand-off lecture hall style class rooms to attend classes where students get to use 3D printers for a variety of tasks. The programs last between 2-9 months and are for middle school and high school students. More details can be found at the article here: http://3dprint.com/4753/nuvu-studio-engineers-students/

What do you guys think? Is NuVo and programs like it the future of education? What benefits and downfalls do such programs have on a child's education?

It is clear that the children of the iTechnology generation have the eye-hand skills that make teaching them by practical experience the best way to teach them. You must remember that chalk and board instruction has really only been used on a wide scale since about 1875, or 150 years. For at least 10,000 years before that, the majority of teaching was done by example. This programme by NuVo is an adaptation of the tried and tested method of teaching anyone new skills.

The problem NuVo will face is how to win the competition for time in a school day. There are so many other programmes that special interest groups want introduced that even the time for the 3 Rs is under attack.

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