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Help me help a 5th grader learn Google SketchUp...

Over the summer, I'm volunteering my time to help an incoming 5th grader develop his Google SketchUp skills. Will be with him and his mom today, actually...

He's got a great imagination and a real eye for detail. (The creation above was one of the first things he built when I first showed him SketchUp. He's really into vehicles!)

I plan to explore the UI with him, deconstruct some models from the 3D Warehouse, and just play.

I've put together some links to get us started:

• Self-paced tutorials (these work INSIDE SketchUp): http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=36e1fa0d054a15eecc725c514c21d975

• Video tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/SketchUpVideo

• Quick Reference Card: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=116693

• Getting Started Guide: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=116359

• User's Guide: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=116174

• Reference Guide: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=116008

• Concepts Guide: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=116360

Looking for ideas as to how to make this experience memorable and poweful for my young charge. How would you approach it?

Thanks!

-kj-

 

 

• 4 July 2011
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