I have preferred to make my second of using Tinkercad after watching how to use it in lynda.com, which was very useful and helpful. Since we need to create a useful object with the 3D printing, I have changed my object from “hookah” which looks not feasible project to a new object which is “a calligraphy pen holder”. This will be a useful item for me and I can use it in my real-life. I choose not to decorate it so my students and I can draw using Arabic letters because tinkercad can’t accept Arabic letters.

One of the most important things that I have learned through this course was 3D printing. At the beginning of the course, I thought it would not be useful for me as a language teacher, but after some thought, I realised that I could use it in the beginner classroom. By using 3D printing, I could print the Arabic alphabet to explain how letters can be connected in the different positions. In Arabic, every letter has four positions: stand alone, beginning, middle, and final position. If the letters were printed in the different positions, learners could use them to focus on the form by linking them together to write different words, instead of wasting time on writing. In fact, this will facilitate the writing process too, and it will make the learners less confused about the dots and the similar letters.

Moreover, we could print some cultural items and use them to decorate the class. For instance, the hand is a cultural item to ward off the evil eye. We can print many items and every day we can present an item at the beginning of the class. We can create culture sheets, where the student can take notes about the items and submit their notes at the end of the semester.

The last session, I have tried to create some simple decorating patterns