Games in Education 2014

Participation in our society requires the use of software in almost every professional and academic pursuit. Students can be taught strategies that help them to effectively and quickly decode and dominate the software they will encounter in their lives.
This presentation will demonstrate how SketchUp and 3D software projects are used to teach these strategies. Long term projects based upon a Design Process and freely available software provide students with the opportunity to break down software, exploit it, and ultimately manage complexity while creating engaging digital products.

As projects move along the projects’ Design Process steps, similarities between successive software environments reinforce the strategies.

Reference materials and web resources are available for the projects and will be discussed. While SketchUp is used in the projects that will be covered, the strategies can be applied and taught using any software environment.