3D Cinema for education

Great tool for inspiring kids with game technology! Amazing interactives (http://www.amazing-int.com/) have developed a 3D projection system with loads of fab resources including the human heart, a 3D of Whitby, artefacts (like gladiator helmets, Roman coins etc) and a 3D Tudor village!!! Its really effective, despite having to wear Two Ronnies style glasses!

Google Sketchup

Here is a particular good motivator for male students who are obsessed with 3d games. Although it has been out for a while, the interface is getting simpler – students will / may have already created 3d worlds using the “Doom” or “Half Life” game engines. Some, like the student who created this model of our school, will find it easy. Well done, Billy. Next stage is to add photo texture maps to the walls – a lot more time consuming!

Macbook Air or Nano or Touch or Tablet or whatever…

cool 3d interpretation here

Tomorrow sees Apple’s marketing men go in to hyperdrive again (as if they ever stop). Check out this really good visualisation….