Rapid Prototyping in Technology Education

摘要

Rapid prototyping, while costly, can afford students a unique opportunity to bring their ideas to reality. Where finances do not allow a university or secondary school to purchase the costly hardware, alternatives exist. If technology education truly embraces both a technological design approach and a value for cutting-edge technologies, rapid prototyping is a direction teachers should consider. It has revolutionized the teaching of technological design at one university, and it has a unique potential to empower technology education students.