Content by Tara Chudoba

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Getting Started with 3D Model Building
August 7th, 2015

As the first step in building a model, set the scale to match the size of the real…

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Important Technical Tips for Volumize
August 3rd, 2015

The Base Solid In Volumize, your base solid is the first solid. You will attach more solids to…

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Keep puzzles simple…at first
July 31st, 2015

Making puzzles with Fraction Mash can get very complex very fast. The steps suggested are meant to keep it…

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A fair mashup challenge
July 31st, 2015

To facilitate a fair challenge, have students send their mashups to you anonymously so the class is unaware…

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Discussing what makes a “good” mashup
July 31st, 2015

Discuss why certain mashups work better than others and allow students to share their underlying understandings of fractions…

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Inspiration and guidelines for selecting scenes to recreate
July 31st, 2015

Give students much latitude Goal is to take a funny photo (the on-camera size relationships are wildly different…

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Approaches to Scene Recreation
July 31st, 2015

To approach a scene recreation, a tape measurer may help position the subject(s) at the predicted distance(s) from…

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Lining up for the “Line Up”
July 30th, 2015

To get everyone to look the same height onscreen, you need to line up everyone’s feet as well…

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Virtual Objects and Analyzing Data
July 29th, 2015

Ask a couple of students to collect some outlier data by “posing” some very short objects (e.g. a…

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What does it mean to “fit”?
July 29th, 2015

One measurement technique is to develop a standard idea of what it means to “fit” with the chosen…

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Measuring with Calipers
July 29th, 2015

Urge students to take care both when they take their photos and when they adjust their calipers to…

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Measuring Real Heights
July 29th, 2015

It is important that students personalize their Caliper Tool with their current height. The act of measuring themselves…

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