This meeting is for all Tech Wizards who want to attend Kids Congress next week. If you cannot make it it is essential that you follow through and catch up in your own time. Planning is on this document: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhhbb9zb_60gtzj4fd5
The Kids Congress site is here...
Agenda:
- Your role at the Kids Congress - support the learning of the group.
- Organisational stuff (permission letter, transport, collection from Science Alive, equipment, technology 2 go for the weekend).
- Run through the plan with Toby and Rob.
- Pre-requisites for Tech Wizards to attend (learning SketchUp and Google Earth, teaching skills). Tech Wizards who do not know how to use SketchUp and Google Earth by the end of this week cannot come sorry.
- SketchUp tutorial & Google Earth tutorials - time to learn the skills.
All this software is freely available for mac or pc. Please remember to check with your parents before downloading/installing at home though (it just makes life easier!).
- Google Earth - download here...
- SketchUp - download here...
Key SketchUp Tutorials:
Key Concepts for using SketchUp (orbit, zoom, pan):
Drawing shapes:
Using the modify tools:
Create a chair (some more advanced tools):
Selection tools:
Once you have completed these tutorials, choose a minimum of 5 from this list (they will take you to youtube):
Paint Bucket - Components - eraser - rectangle - lines - circle/polygons -
arcs - move - rotate - text & 3D text - walk
Key Google Earth Tutorials:
Navigating the globe in version 4.3:
Sky Mode:
Read the document: 5 Easy, Cool things you can do in Google Earth...
Making movies with google earth...
There are many tools to learn in SketchUp and Google Earth, if you want the more try these:
12 comments:
I have Learn't that on Sketchup with the push and pull tool you can type how many cm, metres & milimetres then push enter and the shape will be the exact shape you typed in
I learnt about the pan tool. It is the one with the hand. It moves up,down,left and right without orbiting.
On Sketchup I learnt how to make ramps and diaganal sides on bilding and how to add thing to hellecopters have extra stuff.
how to use the angil tol and houw to get componits in skechup
Today I learnt: why you need to have all the edges connected up and why you need to make sure that all the lines are on the same surface. This is very important if you want to pull your shape up. It was very fun experimenting with sketchup
Emma
I have learnt how yo use the push/pull tool. This is how you use the push/pull tool, you select the box or whatever shape it is then push or pull the shape and it will work I also learnt how tomake a chair on sketchup.
- Holly
I learned the "Follow me" tool where you can draw a line and you can pull it into 3d and it follows the line!
I also learned about the"look around" where you can look around easily.
I learned about the "Ark" tool where you can make a curve which I haven't been able to do before!
Cheers
Today I learnt how to use the move tool on sketchup. To use it you select an area you would like to move and then you use it and it moves something. I also learnt how to carve your stuff with the push/pull tool. To use it you draw a line on a block and then you push it back and it will go away.
I also learnt how to use the push pull tool to make exact measurements. To do it you click on a building and then you type in how large or small you want it to be and then you hit enter and it will make it the exact measurement.
i learnt how to use line and pan tool
it is the one with a hand on it
i learet how to use the line and pan tool
the pan tool has a hand on it
today i learnt how to use the three main tools:
the pan tool(the hand), the orbit tool(the one with the arrows) and the zoom tool(the magnifine glass)
I downloaded sketchup onto my computer but I can't figure out how to make a roof if anyone reads this can they please tell me how to?
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