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"Designs 'R Us": Google Sketch Up TRAINING (MYP 4 & 5)
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Thursday, March 25, 2010. Google Sketch Up TRAINING (MYP 4 and 5). For your architectural and urban planning solution product models, you will be creating a color model in 3D using Google Sketch Up. You need training! Once you gain an understanding of this amazing software you'll be able to create models like the ones below:. You can download if for free from here: http:/ sketchup.google.com. Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Art and Tech Educator.
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"Designs 'R Us": August 2009
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Sunday, August 23, 2009. Welcome to MYP Technology and Design! Dear MYP Students and Parents,. Welcome to Codrington School's first ever MYP Technology and Design Class! I am so thrilled to be part of the Codrington community and look forward to the year ahead. Check back here to follow along with what we are doing in class, check out photos, projects and more. I can't wait to get started! Art and Tech Educator. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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"Designs 'R Us": Google Sketch Up! (MYP 1, 4 and 5)
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. MYP 1, 4 and 5). Google Sketch Up is a great and FREE software for 3-dimensional computer model design. We will be using this in MYP 1, 4, and 5. You can download if for free from here: http:/ sketchup.google.com. Start by watching the video tutorials below. 1 First - For videos 1-4 write down notes in your process journal listing at least. 2 Second - Try what you learned in Google Sketch Up! 1) New User Concepts.
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"Designs 'R Us": April 2010
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Thursday, April 29, 2010. Creating Animations from Google Sketch Up. So you've finished your fabulous 3D model. Now, you want to show off your hard work in a presentation. How can you do that effectively? How can you show your model to someone who doesn't have Google Sketch Up? There are many options to presenting your work from Google Sketch Up. Ever seen those incredibly professional looking animations of a 3D model? Well we can do that!
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"Designs 'R Us": MYP 4 - PeePoople & a great solution for sanitation
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Saturday, March 20, 2010. MYP 4 - PeePoople and a great solution for sanitation. What a great name. This is the name of an organization that deals with innovative sanitation solutions for developing and disaster areas. Now THIS is a great example of an innovative but simple design solution for a very necessary, life-threatening problem. (visit their website). What is the Problem? About the solution, PeePoo.the product. The Peepoo is easy to c...
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"Designs 'R Us": October 2009
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Tuesday, October 6, 2009. MYP 3: Consumerism.how much do we actually consume? How can we lower our impact? We started watching National Geographic's series "Consumer Epidemic: The Human Footprint". Please watch the rest of the series by next Wednesday, October 14th. There are 10 parts available on YouTube). Please respond to the following questions in your process journal. 1 What about this series shocked you? Why or why not? 6 List 5 technol...
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"Designs 'R Us": MYP 2: Building Sustainable Practices in Architecture & Urban Planning
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Sunday, May 9, 2010. MYP 2: Building Sustainable Practices in Architecture and Urban Planning. MYP 2 has begun to create their Sustainable City, named " Serenia. For inspiration in architecture and city planning we watched a few videos on green roofs, sustainable buildings and interesting concept ideas for cities. Check them out below, and check back for photos and information on our new city. Construction begins this week! How do they think?
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"Designs 'R Us": Creating Animations from Google Sketch Up
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Thursday, April 29, 2010. Creating Animations from Google Sketch Up. So you've finished your fabulous 3D model. Now, you want to show off your hard work in a presentation. How can you do that effectively? How can you show your model to someone who doesn't have Google Sketch Up? There are many options to presenting your work from Google Sketch Up. Ever seen those incredibly professional looking animations of a 3D model? Well we can do that!
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"Designs 'R Us": Photojournalism...far and wide, by Nathan Fried Lipski
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Nurturing our inner creative spirit through Design Technology. Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Photojournalism.far and wide, by Nathan Fried Lipski. One of my friends, Nathan Fried Lipski. A girl walks along a water pipeline in Dharavi. One of the largest issues facing the people of India is the lack of clean water. In many areas running water is not available to the people on a regular basis and water delivery trucks provide clean water once each week. Water delivery in Baigan Wadi. You won't be disappointed!
