Apps for Kids Highlight Newsletter: August Edition
We are excited to share with you our very first Apps for Kids Highlight Newsletter. Each month we will share with you many of the highlights in the Apps for Kids universe.
We will highlight cool projects that have been created, inspiring users, educators and how they use Apps for Kids. We will also share tips and tricks, inspirational content, challenges, feature updates and more!
Awesome Projects!
Check out these awesome projects from our users:
- Hoppa ile pumba was made using simple shapes in Shape It, arranged to create the characters. Stickers were applied in Style it to add personality
- Untitled is simple, but we love any mechanism created in Mech It! This one is more than meets the eye. Take a look and press PLAY! – Remember to add fun names to your projects though!
- Mushroom started life in Shape It and was painted in fab colors using Style It
- Finally, Finn Adventure Time again was created in Shape It and had all the amazing finishing touches applied in Style It!
In the Spotlight
In this section we will highlight inspirational people who devote themselves to educating and inspiring kids!
Today we are delighted to introduce the fantastic Danielle Boyer.
Danielle is an incredible young award-winning Indigenous (Ojibwe) robotics inventor, author, environmental activist, and tireless advocate for underserved youth, who has been teaching kids since she was ten years old.
As an educator and young designer, she is always looking for innovative resources for her classroom. She wants her students to get their hands on active design educational resources. She tried Apps for Kids when it came out 5 years ago and was very satisfied since it totally corresponded to her objective, enabling her students to design things, hold their own designs in their hands, and solve problems with their inventions.
Click here to continue reading about Danielle on the Apps for Kids blog
Inspiration and Challenges
#3DSummer. School’s out for summer, but that doesn’t mean that children stop learning! Whether they are experiencing natural learning environments or understanding more about the world by taking part in fun, engaging challenges, there are always opportunities to develop skills.
So, what about having them illustrate their Summer holiday with Apps For Kids? Whatever they are experiencing or dreaming about, they all can create what summer means to them in 3D. Where would your kids like to go this summer? Beach, mountain, countryside, forest, city, or even the Moon or Mars?
Click here to continue reading on the Apps for Kids blog here
Tips and Tricks
How to add symmetry or mirror your creations in Shape It!
There are two ways that you can add symmetry to your Shape It projects. Check out the gif animations below to learn how!
If you have already started to create a symmetrical project, you can select any of the edges that you wish to split the plane of symmetry. As show in the animation, simply select the edge and then pick mirror from the pop-up toolbar.
If you start by creating half of your project, you can select any face of the intended symmetry plane and use the mirror tool from the pop-up toolbar!
You can search the video page here for the “How to create symmetry. using the mirror tool” video.
What’s New in Apps for Kids
Apps For Kids & BlocksCAD partnership
We are pleased to inform you about our brand new partnership with BlocksCAD to bring innovative & comprehensive STEM lessons to elementary and middle school students everywhere.
BlocksCAD is a 3D design platform that emphasizes the integration of computer science and mathematics into a programmatic design process. The actual 3D models built in Apps for Kids – or simply the ideas unearthed in the sandbox-style ideation of Style It – can then be imported or recreated into BlocksCAD.
Click here to learn more about the Apps for Kids and BlocksCAD partnership
Thank you from us all in the Apps for Kids Team!
Useful Info and Links
- Apps for Kids Video Gallery
- Apps for Kids FAQ
- Sign up for an individual creator account, or a classroom account today!
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