New AutoCAD Teacher

[wyocadteacher]

I am a student in my last semester as a student in an Industrial Technology Education Degree program. I enjoy working with AutoCAD and focused mostly on computers while in college. I am currently student teaching in an AutoCAD program that is brand new with all up to date software and I am looking for some materials for the class rather then teaching like the current teacher with endless assignments right out of the book. I am looking for maybe a couple sheets with isometric and orthographic views of many objects and would have the student draw the other views. There is no paper and pencil drafting courses offered at this school so I would like to incorporate some of those ideals into the AutoCAD rather then just have them working out of the book. I could come up with these myself but was wondering if there was a good place to get these materials to save myself the time. Also any other advice on resources would be very appreciative. Thank you.

Summary:

New teacher, looking for materials for class, so students don't have to work out of a book constantly

[CADTutor]

I have to say that it's always best to develop your own teaching materials. That means you can tailor everything to suit the class and your teaching style, making for a better teaching/learning experience.

[ReMark]

wyocadteacher:

PM me as I may have something of interest to you.

[wyocadteacher]

I have to say that it's always best to develop your own teaching materials. That means you can tailor everything to suit the class and your teaching style, making for a better teaching/learning experience.


I am beginning to notice this and that is what I have been doing. I just do not want to be a read the chapter and do the assignment and turn it in kind of teacher. I want to mix it up and help the students not only learn the material but enjoy it. Just looking for some ideas but I agree seems that the best materials are ones you either create on your own or completely rework someone else's to fit your personal preferences.

[profcad]

What did you do in your CAD or Drafting Classes in College?

Have you developed any objectives for your course? That should determine what you teach.

[wyocadteacher]

What did you do in your CAD or Drafting Classes in College?

Have you developed any objectives for your course? That should determine what you teach.


In college all the AutoCAD training I received was the basics because the instructor who was teaching all of the advanced classes quit. I have worked through many projects independently to learn more AutoCAD. The class I am responsible for this is their first exposure to AutoCAD and have no drafting background because they do not teach manual drafting at this High School. I want the students to gain basic knowledge of the program and drafting techniques. I am doing my student teaching right now and have been handed this class to start from scratch with and all the materials or guidance i have been given is a book that I feel is an ok AutoCAD book but does not teach any of the basic drafting techniques. I think over the next couple weeks I am going to give the students a crash course in drafting techniques along with learning the program I feel that the students would benefit from this experience. As for a goal for the semester I hope to peak and interest in the students, give the students some basic drafting skills, and show them that even though AutoCAD is very elaborate having some basic skills with the program they can create magnificent drawings. As for myself my goal is to teach these students to the best of my ability and gain skills that I will be using in my own classroom.

[Antisthenes]

how many methods of teaching are there?

step by step out of a book
verbally instructed
video tutorials
given examples and explanation
self directed trial and error

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[ReMark]

Although I have not taught any formal classes I have had, over the past three years, students intern with me over the summer to fulfill a CAD class requirement for their particular course of study. To hold the intern's interest I combine the CAD drafting of real world objects that one can easily find just lying around with examples taken directly from technical drawing books. For example, I have asked my "students" to draw the standard orthographic views of a wooden hinged box, a coffee cup, a large injet cartridge and a small tool and die maker's grinding vise. These objects are small enough to be held in one hand, easily manipulated and convienent for measuring. Once they have "mastered" these small objects we work our way up to small buildings, tanks (I'm in the chemical field), support stands and piping headers with valves. I also had the intern measure up their room at home and draw it in plan, elevation and isometric views. By the time they have finished with these assignments they have a nice little portfolio to take back to their professor or advisor.