In the last few weeks I have been conducting Google SketchUp workshops
with 5th graders at two schools, one in Cupertino and the other in San
Jose, California. I am working with 132 students. Students are learning
how to create solid geometry forms from plane geometry shapes and are thinking about creating a 3D space that people move through. They will be creating their vision of bus shelters. On the surfaces of their structures they are
applying their pattern designs reflecting on community.
What I learn in teaching these workshops has led to revisions in
lesson plans on the Slot Shelters site in the Google SketchUp workshop section. I have been fortunate to bring in HP tablets loaded with SketchUp in to the classrooms. The Krause Center for Innovation has been very generous to loan me these computer for these workshops. In the coming weeks student designs will be uploaded to the SketchUp 3D warehouse.
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