As part of the upcoming Kids' Digital Design Contest, architect Mason Kirby will introduce parents of would-be contestants the basics of working with SketchUp, a free 3D modeling program from Google that's easy to learn, plays like a video game, and is impossible to put down. The contest ends on September 15th, so parents and children will have plenty of time to get acclimated to the program and start coming up with ideas.
So break out the juice boxes and string cheese—Mason will start from the very beginning and will end using the ongoing Kids' Digital Design Contest as a template to walk parents and kids through the development of a simple design and to demonstrate the various external resources available.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements:
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
For more information or to register for the Webinar, please click the link below.
More info: gotomeeting.com
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FYI....Sketchup is free if you call 8 hours free. After that it's 500.00.
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"Google Sketchup" is FREE while the "Google Sketchup Pro" version is not.
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"Regular" sketchup is free, & Google has a program to provide "resources for low-cost or no-cost software licenses" for the Pro version for students, educators, and schools. http://sketchup.google.com/industries/education.html So no need to bash the Google on that. The free version of Sketchup is good enough that AutoCAD is developing its on "lite" version to compete.
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wow. im already a pro IM SIGNIN UP MEH PRIZE IS WAITIN
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