![]() ![]() This can provide active engagement in practice fields or more specifically domain-specific learning opportunities for mathematics, humanities, and the arts including applied fields like architecture, design, mechanics and construction. The program tools and objects created therein can be used as virtual manipulatives, to support students understanding of 2D and 3D concepts through visualization and movement. An environment such as this provides a virtual ‘problem manipulation space’ in which knowledge construction can be facilitated. SketchUp provides a virtual environment or a type of microworld in which students can learn new skills. ![]() Role of SketchUp 3D Modeling in Education With the proper instruction the use of CAD software like SketchUp, can not only engage and enable students to create meaningful projects and designs, but also provide them with relevant 21st Century Learning Skills that current and future employers will look for. Schools should therefore define a coherent and consistent policy on the use of CAD systems as an integral part of studio design and evolve an in-house strategic and operational control that enable this set objectives to be met. ![]() Some professionals feel that the main impediment to maximizing the benefits of CAD systems in architectural education is not only the inappropriate definition of the objectives for the implementation of CAD education but also that the control subsystems are usually ill-structured and relatively poorly defined. In today’s employment world the use of CAD software is now the industry standard and CAD skills are preferred over hand drawn designs and illustrations. Most K-12 math and art classes are designed to teach drawing by hand or reading graphs and scale diagrams from paper or text books. However, the world of education has lagged behind greatly in classroom use and integration of these technologies particularly in the area of drawing and design. In today’s growing technological world almost every aspect of the global economy uses computers and technology for the design and delivery of products and/or services.
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