Use Google SketchUp software to design houses, skyscrapers, and other fun 3-D stuff. We will get our creative juices flowing by designing a house and adding color and windows. We will learn a few basic tools to push and pull flat shapes into 3-D forms. You will know how to zoom, rotate, and pan. You will meet Sang, the Google Man. Google SketchUp software is used by architects and designers, as well as kids and adults worldwide. At home, you can download the software for free and continue to create.
Daniel Pink in a "Whole New Mind" talks about how the skills of the 21st century will revolve around creativity and design. SketchUp is the way to put creativity and design into practice.
This is the description for a course I hope to teach through Summer Institute in June and July of 2010.
