Google SketchUp lets children with autism create
Salt Lake Tribune
Ever since its 2000 debut by two Colorado software designers, SketchUp has been known as a cutting-edge 3D modeling computer program for architects. By pushing a cursor around downloadable objects, designers created two-dimensional scenes that could later be rendered three-dimensional with editing tools.
Today those same innovations are being tested at the University of Utah’s department of Family and Consumer Studies to expand the skills of children with autism spectrum disorders, thanks to a partnership with Google and Universal Creative Studios,
U. Department chair Cheryl Wright said she was cautious of initial claims that autistic children took to the software. By the end of a workshop earlier this month, she was sold.
“One boy walked in and said, ‘I don’t want to draw!’” Wright said. “But by the end, he had all these ideas of what he wanted to create.”
via Google SketchUp lets children with autism create – Salt Lake Tribune.
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: activities, art, children with Autism
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