How to impress with Sketchup
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Hello, I am a mother of a 9-year-old who loves to use Sketchup. I would like to see it taught and used in her school, which is a small private special ed. K-12 school with lots of kids on the autistic spectrum. The homeroom teacher and the school principal are open to hear more about what Sketchup can do for them, and offered to me to make a demonstration of the program in class. I could show them the house that we've designed, show how some basic tools work. But, as English is not my native language, I know I'll be lost for words. Please, advise on what else I could do or say to bring Sketchup into my daughter's school curriculum. Ideally, it would be part of the IT coursework (using the books by Bonnie Roskes, for example), and incorporated into the instruction of Math and other subjects. How can I inspire the teachers to learn the program themselves and develop lesson plans incorporating the use of Sketchup in the subject matter they teach?
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Find a PC with Internet connection in the class and browse the SketchUcation gallery with them. Show the kids the "Coyote" weapons.
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There may be a few members of this forum who could bend the ear of one of the Google Sketchup Team. They could arrange for an over the internet "Go To" meeting where they could do some interactive work with the kids online. This seems like a really good cause to me. Good Luck.
Can Anybody offer any Help?
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It would be a great program for computer classes. I dunno what they teach kids now in computer class, but I'll I remember from my youth was "Number Munchers" and "Oregon Trail"
It just depends on what kinda things the kids would model, they would probably have more fun building monsters and vehicles like how the game spores is designed. -
Hi Emma,
In the meanwhile I found a very old topic where the attached syllabus by Kevin Gentry was shared. Included some tips & tricks by Grant Marshall, too.
I'll also go on seeking those educational topics I mentioned in the email.
Syllabus.pdf
I guess the attachment - and especially the "tips" - can be useful for other beginners, too.(BTW the Education section of the Old Forums may be an interesting read for you - although registration and therefore replying or such is no longer possible there).
OK, here is one that Guzman did with his students in a couple of lessons only:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=108228#p108228And here is Andrew Nathanson's presentation in SketchUp 3D BaseCamp last June (He is a student of Fred Bartels, a member of SCF here so you can also ask him about education).
[flash=600,450:2c2qtzh2]http://www.youtube.com/v/Yvzypn2Lm-E&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1[/flash:2c2qtzh2]
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