Monday, March 23, 2009

Journal Prompt #6

March 23,2009:

Today I began to actually modeling my home, and began to use Google Sketchup which now i feel a little comfortable in using than before. I followed the different Tutorial guides the program had to offer and began to watch videos online giving me the basic steps of knowing the important keys. I began to model some more rooms and i find this toolbar feature which now gives me all the possibility to choose from whether it is finding the exact distance or simply better views and details of your home up close.

http://download.sketchup.com/downloads/training/tutorials50/Sketchup%20Video%20Tutorials.html

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Journal Prompt #5

March 17,2009:-

The second meeting with my instructor since from 2 weeks, so then once starting the meeting i showed my instructor on the progress I've done so far for instance the daily journal prompt I wrote and the calendar that I've been updating on the days we meet which is every Tuesday. Sister Safia thought of an idea that instead of writing in a notebook she suggested in creating a blog for an MYP Section so i could post up my daily work and she could check on my progress. So then i began my first piece on Google sketchup and created a room and then i recorded the other journal prompt i wrote on my notebook and recorded it onto my blog. Sister Safia asked for me to create a list of tasks to do and i began to do that during the meeting. So from now on whatever i do relevant to the MYP Personal Project i post it onto my MYP blog.

Journal Prompt #4

March 5, 2009:-

I began to watch tutorial videos online on youtube and read some of the tutorial steps on Google Sketchup. I followed step by step on what the video featured and tried to put what i learned into sketching a piece of my home onto Google Sketchup. Here are some of the video's i watched on Youtube.

Google sketchup Tutorial 1 - the basic tools:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NREaJLMpaI

Sketchup Tutorial 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw0JwFEkja4&NR=1

What's new in Google SketchUp 7
http://www.youtube.com/user/SketchUpVideo

Journal Prompt #3

March 1, 2009:-

From meeting with my instructor i began to research online of the possible websites that would guide me in finding the exact information that i needed for the facts about my home, so i could get an idea in what I'm suppose to sketch up. Many websites showed maps of my home and location of my home and then finding a Realtor website powered by yahoo search engine which gave me the exact information i needed. I then began to follow the tutorial steps of what Google sketchup provided and i began to follow step by step.

Journal Prompt #2

February 27, 2009:-

I met with my instructor on the 24th and we began to create a time chart of all the possible things needed to be done in order to complete my personal project. Sister Safia gave me a list of tasks to do at home and one of the main requirement is to find information on my home like the number of rooms, square foot, tiling, etc. During the meeting i began to play around with Google sketchup. Sister Safia and I agreed for every Tuesday of the week for about half an hour my instructor checks off of the requirement she asked for me to do.

MYP Journal Prompt #1

February 15, 2009:-

I began working on my first task of my MYP Personal Project. To begin things off, i downloaded the program onto my USB hardrive. Before downloading i read all about what was Google sketchup and to sum it up it's basically a 3-D sketchup program where you can design or construct model homes and present it to others in a 3-D Visual Aid for others to see. This program was difficult to grasp at first but i began to view the different keys and icons and began to just roam around for a couple of hours. This project seems to be challenging but also fun.