Sketching Up: Help get software into the hands of kids and teens with autism for free

[Are_grits_groceries]

by The Book Bear

A Google software program called SketchUp, which was intended largely for architects and design professionals, has found a very unexpected and welcome fan base-children with autism. SketchUp is entertaining kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as well as providing them with skills that might one day help them as they age out of school and into the workforce
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Once the connection was made, Cronin and colleagues started an official, volunteer program at Google called Project Spectrum,a partnership between SketchUp and educational outlets, to get the software into the hands of kids and teens with autism for free.
http://sketchup.google.com/spectrum.html
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/8/835228/-Sketching-Up:-Help-get-software-into-the-hands-of-kids-and-teens-with-autism-for-free

FYI
You can download SketchUp and get more info at the sketchup site.

[mecherosegarden]

1. K&R N/T

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. kick nt

[One Voice]

3. Thanks for the link!

My son said "interesting".

I might download it, just don't know if my pc
is up to speed for it, don't think I have enough
memory.

[hunter]

4. Wow.

That "3D Warehouse" has got some very significant potential.

You want a model of the Empire State building? They've got it. A model of the Titanic's engines? They've got that too. A tree? Thousands of them.

And kitchen sinks...