AASL Best Websites & Apps: Tinkercad

Each week the Teaching and Learning Committee plans to highlight one app or website from either the 2018 AASL Best Apps for Teaching and Learning or the 2018 AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. Share with any stakeholders who may benefit! 

As STEAM concepts move into younger grades, this week we feature a way to imagine "from mind to design in minutes" with Tinkercad.

Use Tinkercad’s CAD software to design 3D objects, such as prototypes, toys, practical tools, replacement parts, Minecraft models, jewelry, and more. Users can create objects from scratch with the site’s building blocks, from the extensive collection of community designs, or by importing and modifying 2D or 3D object files. Help and tutorials support beginning users. Teachers of younger students can create invite codes for accounts and monitor student work. Users can share designs in the community and do collaborative work, and designs can be exported for 3D printing. Grades 2 and up. 

Personal Comments (from Dustin): I know that our secondary students have used this software and website for years, but I am excited to try with our elementary students, who clearly are already adept at 3D thinking with Minecraft, Legos, and other virtual worlds.

Submitted by: Anne Bozievich
PSLA Teaching & Learning Committee
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