<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">I teach Blender to kids. Key display becomes very useful. However, for starters, we use menus.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">The menus provide the structure or groupings that helps the kids learn. After they've learned a function, then the keyboard shortcuts make them more productive.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Two weeks ago, I had 12 kids in a summer camp (3 hours a day for five days). I did something new on our first try at box modeling. I had the kids model a Nerf sword then animate it being thrown.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">It seemed to have worked better than any of my previous attempts at teaching the kids to see and think in 3D then add the dimension of time. Well, at least 11 kids did. One went home crying! He could not "see" it.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Anyway, next time, I'll have them explode a sphere on contact with the edge of their sword.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Yes, it's a take off on the death and destruction theme of video games. I figure if I can get them "sold", then I can lead<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> them into "hard fun".</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Edwin Pilobello</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Saturday Academy</div></div></body></html>