Rapid+Prototyping

__Summary:__ Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. Rapid Prototyping decreases development time by allowing corrections to a product to be made early in the process. The reasons of Rapid Prototyping in engineering are The concept of rapid phototyping can be applied to education. By scaffolding the lesson and constantly getting feedback from students to modify the lesson as it moves forward. As stated above, this will increase the effectiveness of communication between instructor and the students as well as reduce time wasted on covering topics that the students already know or taking more time to cover those topics that students struggle in understanding.
 * To increase effective communication.
 * To decrease development time.
 * To decrease costly mistakes.
 * To minimize sustaining engineering changes.
 * To extend product lifetime by adding necessary features and eliminating redundant features early in the design.

__Strengths &__ __Weaknesses:__ I find this model challenging to apply in the classroom and finding strengths and weaknesses with this model rather personal. A teacher must be familar with their content and their students. Knowing students' areas of personal strengths and weaknesses would greatly help in teaching a lesson using this model, but a needs assessment at the beginning or throughout the lesson would also provide the teacher with feedback on how well the students are understanding the material in the lesson.