Cultural Icon (3D Print)

3D printing is a cool tool you can use in your classroom it allows you to bring, in this case, cultural icons from web pages or your own drawings to life giving your lesson a more personal touch.
For this assignment I chose one of the greatest cultural icons of the Latin American culture, especially the Mexican culture. Quetzalcoatl which means "feathered serpent" is the god of wind and wisdom" of the Mayans and Aztecs. I presented the idea to my teacher and she showed me how to 3D print it. It came out looking just like the picture I submitted.

Quetzalcoatl

I can see myself using something like this to add a little bit of flavor to the cultural experience aspect of my lessons. It is important to teach my future students not only the language but also about the culture of the language they're learning. They need to know what's that culture made of and what its people believe and celebrate. My experience with 3D was quite amazing!