3-D Modeling with Google SketchUp: My Dream Room

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Wait for Ms. Hernandez's instructions before you get on to SketchUp.

Last class, you were tasked with creating a wacky village of houses. Today, you may choose to continue working on your village or create today's project. If you are not working on the 5-house village, but a project of your own design, fill out this form to describe your design to Ms. Hernandez. Only those who have completed and submitted this form with their name can create projects outside of today's assigned Google SketchUp activities.

*TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT - My Dream Room*

Create your "dream" room with Google SketchUp. Follow the worksheet to learn how to create "Walls and Windows." Your room should begin to look like this:




Next, learn how to create a dresser and a bookcase and put them in your room. After placing these pieces of furniture in your room, you can start to decorate. Use Google 3D Warehouse to search for beds, computers, or any other piece of furniture you would like to include in your dream room.

3-D Modeling with Google SketchUp: The Basics

Google SketchUp is a free sketching tool that you can download at http://sketchup.google.com

You can use SketchUp to sketch designs for 3D models of houses, buildings, cities, cars, amusement parks--practically anything that you can imagine. Today we are going to get to know the basics of SketchUp by building a painted house with windows, a rooftop, and a chimney.


Use the worksheets from Ms. Hernandez to help you get started. Once you have sketched your first house, show Ms. Hernandez and begin working on today's assignment.

*TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT- My Neighborhood:
Google SketchUp Basics*

1. Sketch a "Box with Windows", following the instructions in your worksheet.

2. "Add a Roof" following the instructions in your worksheet.

3. Paint the walls and add coloring by following the instructions in your worksheet.

4. Use what you know to create a village or a neighborhood of 4 or 5 houses. Unleash your imagination and make your houses as wacky as you wish! Create your village or neighborhood of houses and save your project in order to share it with your classmates next week.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Media Technology!

Hi, I'm Ms. Hernandez and welcome to the wonderful world of media technology! This is the course blog for King Visionaries Fall 2010! This blog will serve as our collaborative space to consider, share, and develop all of the ideas and skills we will learn in this class. Let's take a look to see how we will use this blog:

Today we are going to consider this question: What is CREATIVITY? Let's watch this video on creativity.

What is creativity? How can we be creative in today's world? Answer these questions by posting a comment below.

For the remainder of today you are going to create a GLOGSTER like the one below:




A glogster is like a poster that you create online. Create your glogster! Use these instructions:

1. Choose 5 words to describe yourself.

2. Make sure you include what you think creativity is and how you are creative in your life.

3. Any images or other artwork that represents who you are.