Good project after completing 3:Core Concepts, 4 Push Pull, and 5 Accuracy

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I can share my Tiny House project videos, if you’d like. They are based on SketchUp for Schools, but just as easily done in the desktop version.

Looking for Project Ideas

This year I tried giving my instructions in the form of videos, and now I keep joking that I finally found a way to get the iGeneration to listen to me. The design used here was chosen by another teacher, and came from TinyHousePlans.com. Specifically, the 8x16 Tiny House. (Look around his site, BTW, and he’s clearly using SketchUp to do all his work.) The trailer came from 3D Warehouse, but I had to shorten it to 16’ bed. The door and window components are my own. [27 PM][16 AM]

I also have a MatchPhoto lesson that’s probably good for one class. That requires the desktop version.

The Joy of Teaching

I’ve just finished teaching this academic year’s drawing/SketchUp class. This is my sixth year, and it’s been a fun and enlightening experience. I was tasked with teaching perspective, so I did that in the hand drawing half of the course, and to continue the theme, included Match Photo in the SketchUp half. While I used SU for Schools last year, this year I had to go back to SketchUp Make 2017 as Schools doesn’t do Match Photo. Any plans for that to ever happen? (Hint, hint @joy) I believ…