July 2012

Controlling Stepper Motors with NI myDAQ

kristielJuly 31, 2012NI | National Instruments

This month at Studica in Canada we are happy to have the help of two COOP students from Rick Hansen Secondary School in Mississauga. These two students will be tackling projects using National Instruments products, Fischertechnik, and many of our other exciting tools. They will be exploring Automation, Control mechanism, and Renewable Energy in the next few weeks. Watch out … Read More

Studica Launches Unity Education Resources Site

kristielJuly 27, 2012All Topics, Unity Game Development

Studica has launched UnityEducators.org, a Unity education resources user group, that was developed to help assist teachers bring game development and design to their students. This online community is designed to help educators use the Unity game development platform to develop their game design programs. It is a place for educators to collaborate and share ideas. UnityEducators.org also provides training … Read More

Autodesk Purchases Socialcam

kristielJuly 26, 2012All Topics

Autodesk, makers of design and animation software (AutoCAD, Inventor, Maya) announced they have purchased Socialcam for $60 million. Socialcam, a mobile social video application for iPhone and Android, enables users to capture and easily share video to social networks. Socialcam will operate out of the Consumer Products Group of Autodesk. For Autodesk, it’s about bringing design tools to the masses. … Read More

Autodesk Suites 2013 Now Available to Faculty and Secondary Students

std-adminJuly 23, 2012All Topics

The Autodesk Suites 2013 were launched in May of this year to post-secondary students and due to the great interest, Autodesk is now offering them to teachers and high-school students.

Teachers: QuarkXPress for Education Promotion

std-adminJuly 17, 2012All Topics

Teachers – take advantage of this opportunity to bring Quark to your classroom and help nurture the next generation of digital experts – your students.

How Video Games and STEM Education Fit Together

std-adminJuly 16, 2012All Topics, Unity Game Development, Webinars

How do video games and STEM education fit together? STEM Education is the big thing right now for education. Society wants to encourage kids to get into the sciences so we can be a more cutting-edge workforce. As such, many administrators at schools all across the country are making many of their purchasing decisions based on whether or not something is viable for STEM or not

Studica Now Offers Mixamo Animation Solutions

std-adminJuly 10, 2012All Topics, New Releases, Unity Game Development

tudica is excited to be offering our customers Mixamo Animation solutions to our customers at great academic discounts. Students and teachers can enjoy big savings on Mixamo.com credits and unlimited character animations from the Mixamo Unity Asset Store.

Discovering the Logic Process Behind the Lights

std-adminJuly 3, 2012All Topics, fischertechnik

At times in a student’s learning process it can become difficult to justify what they have learned with the real world objects or uses that surround us in life. “Why do we need to learn this” and “How will this help us in the future” are frequent questions asked in classroom around the world.