Monday, October 24, 2016

Environment Selection for my 3D class

This was a big week for me, I got married! We had a lovely wedding celebration on Sunday. I did not want fall behind on my project so I did as much as I could on Saturday to choose a learning environment that is suitable for my 3D SketchUp class, and to build a mockup sample.

I decided not to use VR worlds yet. I do not underestimate the potential and benefits of immersion in 3D worlds. I am not sure these worlds a suitable for general  education yet.   

I will use a Weebly site to deliver my education materials and make links to videos on YouTube that will have 3D animations: http://3dbuildingsketchup.weebly.com/ .  I may use BlackBoard as a place to contact my students, deliver grades and have discussion groups.

I created a 3D model of a character that will be my teaching 3D model helper. His name is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c. 80–70 BC, died after c. 15 BC), commonly known as Vitruvius, was a Roman author, architect, civil engineer  and military engineer during the 1st century BC.The  Lego movie made Vitruvius famous again by having him bring together all the Master Builders for a meeting in Cloud Cuckoo Land.

In this simple short video, I show how it is possible to create  a simple animation using SketchUp. This is by no way anything close to Machinima, but I enjoyed many effective learning animations that don't have any fancy special effects.

I prefer to create more educational content than spending hours learning animation, just to have a character that can move its hips while walking. 



"The Lego Movie" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJDhE1tfBoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfzws2YBy9M

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