Tinkercad

 

The 3rd graders are using Autodesk Tinkercad, an easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding, that encourages creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration in our classroom. Tinkercad is a free and web-based application. This means that students may it both at school and at home using almost any computer that is connected to the internet, without having to install any software.

By using Tinkercad, your child is joining the largest community of 3D design, 3D printing, and circuits enthusiasts of its kind. The skills they will be learning are directly connected to innovative careers such as building, architecture, animation, engineering, industrial design, electrical engineering, and more. 

Through the use of this learning tool, they will be able to go from mind to design in minutes. To learn more about design and making, please visit: makingstartshere.com

Currently students are designing their dream houses inspired by Chris Van Dusen's book If I Built a House. In March they will be using the program to design an item to be printed with one of the district's 3D printers with the help of Mr. Langevin, one of the district's technology specialists. I look forward to further incorporating the use of technology in our classroom and inspire your child to design and create.