SketchUp is structured to be user-friendly - there are shortcuts for changing tools, lines and points will snap into place when hitting a midpoint or another important position, and lines and dots change colors to align with other, previously drawn shapes.

Users begin with a simple template but can build whatever they like from it. It's a great platform for demonstrating learning, designing solutions, and illustrating concepts. Once you're comfortable with the basics, get creative SketchUp can be used in just about any classroom, and there's no limit to what can be built - from small to large scale and from basic to intricate. While it's user-friendly as far as digital design tools go, students and teachers will need to watch the introductory videos to get a handle on how things work. The assessment of this initiative, carried out by the undergraduate students during the pilot study showed that there is a distinct need for connecting real spaces with technology and for familiarity with the tools that help pupils visualise the space and that Google SketchUp could be an effective tool that is easily applied to this project and can enrich geography lessons for pupils in upper primary and lower secondary education.SketchUp is a 3-D design tool that can be connected to any content area and is a nice mix of simplicity and complexity. The aim of the project was to create awareness of spaces and their functions, and to redesign those spaces using Google Sketch up according to criteria relating both to the environment and the needs of pupils and their education. The educational project involving the design of a school yard using Google SketchUp, presented in this paper, was originally designed and implemented by undergraduate students at the Department of Primary Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA) in the context of their studies in the 'Teaching Geography with ICT' course.

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