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Good Afternoon, 5th Graders: Please take 7 minutes to type in Master Key. Next we’ll be watching a short video on how to add “dimensioning” to your modles. I’ll then give you a specific task to show you’ve understood the two concepts that we’ve covered the last 2 days. 4th Graders: Please log into...
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Good Afternoon, 5th Graders: Please start with 8 minutes of MasterKey. I will then show you short Tutorial on how to create exact measurements in SketchUp. You will then be asked to produce several objects that are build to specific dimensions. When you are finished you will share that with me using Google Docs....
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Good afternoon. 5th Graders: Today is PPD, Personal Project Day. I’ll explain more about this in at the beginning of class today. Please start on MasterKey until I call for your attention. ____________________________________ 4th Graders: Today we will be learning about an important tool here at Lewis call Google Docs. I’ll be helping you...
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Good afternoon, 5th Graders: Please start today by finishing the Sketch Up tutorials we started yesterday. After finishing each one you’ll have to turn them into me on Shared Work. To do this, choose File > Save As from within SketchUp. Add your name to the title shown in the title box, so it...
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Good Afternoon, 5th Graders So how many car-free cities & communities are out there? Click here to find out. Let’s visit a few of these car-free communities to see what is happening. First let’s visit a city that by it sheer design has alway been car-free, Venice, Italy. Below are some links for help...
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Good afternoon, 5th Graders: Please log into your Google Doc’s account and finish writing me that paragraph on what you did over the summer break. Remember to share it with me! Next we’ll be discussing our first big projects. 4th Graders:
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Happy Friday everyone! Student blog posts will usually be divided into two sections, one for 5th graders and the other for 4th graders. Make sure you read the portion of the post that is meant for you! 5th Graders: Today we will finishing with our “getting started” tour of the lab. **I want to...
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Good afternoon 5th graders and welcome to the lewis tech lab. I’m Mr. Jamesbarry, yes the same teacher you saw for music yesterday! Many of you returning students will be familiar with the tech lab, but there are a few changes, and some basic rules I’d like to go over before starting. What you...
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