Google 20%

For this project, I would like to learn how to use Google SketchUp. With Google SketchUp you can design 3D models, and that is what I want to do. There are several tutorials and self-paced tutorials that can help me achieve this.
Tutorials http://www.sketchup.com/intl/es/training/videos.html
              http://www.brighthub.com/internet/google/topics/sketchup.aspx
Tips http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2007/11/15/10-tips-to-get-you-started-with-google-sketchup/
Some suggestions for new users are:

• Customizing your toolbar: When you download the program the toolbar has some of the tools you need but not all of them so it's suggested yo include the following to your toolbar:
• Large Tool Set
• Standard
• Layers
• Views
• Face Style
• Google
• Shadows
•  Learning to use layers.
•  Keep some tools available: Materials, Components and Layers.
•  Read the User's Guide before diving into Sketchup world.
•  Learn the shortcuts. (on the tutorial links)

For the final project/presentation I would like to show my partners and Ms. Shawn that I learned by making a 3D model of a building myself. To make it a bit more challenging, it would be a model of our school or at least a part of it, time permitting.