Using Tinkercads AR/VR option with juniors

 

We have spoken about this topic on our blog before with our classroom of students, and how we have our students creating designs that might not make it to the printing stage.   One aspect of that is using the Tinkercad iPad App which has the ability to AR/VR a design for the students into a real situation.

This allows students to check the viability of their designs as we have demonstrated in the past which you can see by clicking here.

At times the 3D Printers can be limited via their availability as we have a large number of students wanting to print.    Using this option with Tinkercad brings meaning to the designs.

Sometimes objects can be placed in locations such as on a desk or table, to mimic or see what they might look like when printed, sometimes the challenge can be based around the students holding the design - as shown here.   This has been created by a class of Y3/4 students in New Zealand, some of whom are creating for the first time independently.

Furthermore we have also explored in the past another way to using a Tinkercad design - and that is running it through a filter.

In the example shown left the scene was designed by a student using Tinkercad and focussing on a scene (yes we have through about design for instance of a fairy tale, like the woods from Little Red Riding Hood!) and then put through a Pic Collage filter.  We have again completed this at length before, examples of which from last year you can see here.