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Science is rich with happy flukes. Remember the story of penicillin? Alexander Fleming discovered the bacteria-destroying mold by accident when he left a culture dish uncovered in his lab in 1928. Eight decades later, here’s another one: a Googlesoftware program called SketchUp, which was intended largely for architects and design professionals, has found a very unexpected and welcome fan base—children with autism. SketchUp is not only entertaining kids with autism spectrum disorders, it’s providing them with skills that might one day help them as they age out of school and into the workforce.
Google SketchUp Pro 7 is available at an academic discount price of $49 to students.
Google SketchUp Pro 7 is available at no cost to instructors.
I am grandmother to a 12 year-old Asperger boy. I, myself am trained in AutoCAd, and he watches me work in AutoCAD and is fascinated. I have tried your program and am excited about the opportunities it offers. I homeschool Austin. I would like to know if I would be eligible for the free Sketchup 7 PRO, since I am his instructor. Please tell me and tell me how to get it. Thankyou. Lois Montague
SketchUp Pro licenses aren’t issued for free to home-schoolers. Home-schoolers do have the option to use the free version of SketchUp which has 90% of the functionality of SketchUp Pro. SketchUp 7 can be downloaded here: http://www.google.com/sketchup/download/gsu.html. Google SketchUp’s educator license guidelines can be found at this link: http://www.google.com/sketchup/industries/edu/educators.html