3DVinci Launches ModelMetricks – Google SketchUp Projects for K-12

Jan. 29, 2009 - PRLog -- 3DVinci Launches ModelMetricks – Google SketchUp Projects for K-12
3D Design Projects Easy to Implement into Variety of Academic Subjects
January 22, 2009
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Washington DC --- January 22, 2009 --- 3DVinci, the premiere producers of 3D design project materials that blend left-brain analytical skills with right-brain creativity, today announced the updated version of ModelMetricks, a series of books that use free software to teach students in K-12 to visualize, create and analyze in 3D .
For educators seeking motivational tools and educational computer projects to extend and reinforce lesson objectives, Modelmetricks’ enrichment products help students quickly learn to do 3D design projects for a variety of academic disciplines. With ModelMetricks’ engaging projects, teachers of art, math, social studies, computers, history, science, geography and design can get students excited to explore, explain and present a variety of geometric, artistic, and spatial concepts.
ModelMetricks projects are based on Google SketchUp, a free, fun, easy-to-use, yet powerful 3D design application. The ModelMetricks project-based approach enables new users to create their first designs in SketchUp within a few minutes. Educators can focus on motivating students and promoting creativity and analytical skills, rather than on teaching and learning the software.
"ModelMetricks books are very easy to understand, with step-by-step instructions that appeal to all learners along Gardner's Multiple Intelligence(s) scale," stated Chris Mooney, computer teacher at Lamoille Union High School.  "We are using SketchUp and ModelMetricks as enrichment to our computer science curriculum, to encourage student creativity and to help students develop skills in 3D design and modeling. I highly encourage all schools to use these full-color books, as they bring the material alive for the aspiring SketchUp wizard."
"Over the last few years, Google has seen the use of SketchUp increase tremendously in the K-12 area. On all grade levels, and in many subject areas, educators have been looking for materials they can use to both teach how to use SketchUp, and to give kids an idea of what they can create,” stated Allyson McDuffie, SketchUp for Education Program Manager, Google, Inc. “3DVinci’s ModelMetricks books are exactly what educators have been asking for - they get kids excited to use SketchUp and guide them through hundreds of projects they can complete on their own. We strongly recommend them!"  
Educators and students from all over the world use the new tools and concepts provided by ModelMetricks to help children achieve a new understanding of the visual world around them. ModelMetricks projects foster independent thought and self expression, by combining an easy-to-use computer application with activities that take complex concepts and make them fun to learn and easy to understand. Unlike video games and other computer activities, ModelMetricks projects enable students to generate their own creations.
Visit http://www.3dvinci.net to:
   Try out 3DVinci’s free online material and get started with Google SketchUp.
   Check out 3DVinci’s ModelMetricks books, available online for $15 to 20.
About 3DVINCI
3DVinci offers books, tutorials, educational materials, and free online projects that enable anyone to design, create and model in 3D. Our materials on Google SketchUp, Piranesi, OneCNC, and other applications are used by professional architects and designers, amateur do-it-yourselfers, educators, mathematicians, and students in grade school through grad school.
For more information, visit http://www.3dvinci.net.