Blokify: Juego de modelado e impresión 3D para tabletas digitales, diseñado para aprender sobre vistas estándar y perspectiva

Abstract

In this article we analyze the use of the game Blokify to introduce students to the competencies that relates three-dimensional figures with their bidimensional representation by the standard views and perspective. These contents are studied in technical drawing from secondary and high schools. Blokify is a free game for digital tablets that allows modeling tridimensional figures similar to the popular video game Minecraft "block to block". Figures modeled with Blokify can be printed in 3D almost directly. There are international reports who value the potential of videogames as an educational resource and Digital Tablets and 3D printing impact technologies in teaching. In this article we describe the experience made in the course of 2013-2014 with groups of primary school (3rd and 5th) and a group of 4th ESO. The event took place at the concerted center Nuryana of San Cristóbal of La Laguna and involved a total of 70 students. The experiment conducted with elementary students demonstrates that with these new learning strategies, content of secondary curriculum could begin studied in primary grades. © 2015 Digital Education Review.