Designing with a Budget
One of the most important pieces of my instruction is having designers make choices, make mistakes, persevere, and create what they hoped to create. With the 3D printers and Glowforge, designers have a lot of materials and design choices so I developed a Design with a Budget module for my designers.
Each completed on time assignment has a value of $2 which is paid to the designer's budget every Friday. Designers then are able to use their budget to create different designs with different materials. The prices of both the machine time and material cost are calculated before a designer can move forward to ensure that designers have the money for their design. |
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Glowforge Design Challenges
I quickly realized that too many of my designers wanted to stay in their comfort zone with designing which is why I created weekly design challenges with different materials. With the Design Challenge, designers learn about new materials that can be used by following a tutorial video. The materials of the design challenges is covered to encourage designers to try something new. |
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