Autodesk Design Academy 2011
Autodesk® Design Academy 2011 helps prepare today’s secondary students for the design challenges of tomorrow. Fun, interactive learning tools help promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Benefits
- Helps students see the dynamic connection between STEM concepts to prepare them for college and careers in architecture, engineering, and digital arts.
- Offers design, visualization, and simulation capabilities so students can easily move between 2D and 3D design environments, and fully experience their creative ideas digitally.
- Promotes design education with project-based curricula that support how educators teach in the classroom.
- Provides curricula that map to national standards of learning (U.S. only): International Technology Education Association (ITEA) Standards for Technological Literacy; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards for School Mathematics; National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Language Arts Standards; National Council for Science Education Standards Assessment (NCSESA) Science Content Standards.
- Offers teacher resources for educators and learning resources for students, software for personal use, and discussion forums—all free* and accessible through the Autodesk Education Community.
Teaching Resources
Integrate Autodesk technology in your classroom with free* teacher resources and lesson plans from the Education Community. By joining the community, educators gain access to a wide range of materials, including curriculum, interactive exercises, and modular projects for the following disciplines: design basics, architecture and engineering, sustainable design, industrial design, and games and animation.
The following titles are examples of curricula that support the Design Academy:
- Design Basics Curriculum — promotes design education by providing students with foundational knowledge from 2D to 3D sketching and visualization to quick-start tutorials on Autodesk software.
- Pre-Architecture Curriculum — illustrates the architectural design process through real-life projects that help students apply architectural standards and create compelling architectural renderings.
- Pre-Engineering Curriculum — helps build knowledge of mechanical engineering and civil engineering design processes.
- Robotics Curriculum — provides fun, interactive lessons on the engineering process that connect the classroom to the real world.
- Science and Math Curriculum — promotes technology using math and science principles to solve problems.
- Sustainable Design Curriculum — illustrates the impact that design has on the environment, and inspires the use of alternative building materials and resources.
