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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Hello!</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en"><a name="result_box"></a>I've
been working on the certification model based on other existing
certifications.</p>
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I think we can begin to create a certification, if, in addition to
focusing on the test, we agree with the particular challenges
associated with certification. I started with a series of questions
and proposals which I believe is a good idea to discuss, because i
think it could help to put us on the right direction.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Q&A (i think the student must see
on the certification websites and printed information):</b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">What is a Blender Certified Trainer?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">How do I prepare for a Blender
certification Exam ?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">How do I get training?
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">What are the benefits to becoming an
Blender certified user?
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">What type of exam are the Blender
certified exams?
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">How do I register for an Blender
certified exam?
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">What is the fee for the Blender
certified exam?
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">What is teh duration of the
certification?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Do i need to present another examn with
every new release of blender?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Can i print “Blender certified user
or specialist” on my presentations cards?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">How long does it take to receive my
certificate once ia pass my exam?</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Aditional questions:</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Certification benefits
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">level of certification</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Exam information
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Preparing for exams
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Recertification
</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>Proposal of FAQ for the
Blender user Certification (Blender 3D Generalist ?– Specialis?)
</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>What is an Blender
certified user (Blender 3D Generalist) ?</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">A Blender certified user
has earned a certification by passing an exam designed by experts and
professionals in that area, and certifies you are a Blender 3D
expert-level user .</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>How many levels of
Blender certifications are there? </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">There are X levels of
Blender user certification:</p>
<ol><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"></p><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Blender Certified 3D
Generalist .</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Blender Certified
Specialists. (We need to define the specialization areas and make
them standar***)</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">More levels?</p>
</li></ol><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">To become a certified
user, you need to pass the exam designed for that propose.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Exam requirements?? ***</p>
<br>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>What is a Blender
Foundation Certified trainer? </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">I
think we need to add a link to the info published on the <a href="http://blender.org">blender.org</a>
page about BCT:
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"><a href="http://www.blender.org/education-help/certified-trainer/">http://www.blender.org/education-help/certified-trainer/</a></p><br>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>How do I prepare for a
Blender Certification Exam? </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">You
can consult one of the following resources:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">- Online
user guide for self study (Blender wiki?? knowledge acquired by
community and work experience?? we need to develop a an official
guide containing the topics necessary to study for the exam??***).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">- Trainers
and training centers:</span>Online training, training centers and
universities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">- Blender Books.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">- Blender Training DVD's.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">- Blender Authorized
Training Centers (we need to define how the Official
training center will work***, it will be a fee to become a Blender
Authorized Training Centers, if yes, what will be that fee?).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">- Tutorial and study
materials.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">- Other training resources.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">The keys to preparing for
a Blender cerification exam are (we need to guide people on the right
direction to present the exam**** how?)</p><b>How do I get training? </b><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">Once
you know what level you want to get certified, you can go to the next
link to locate BFCT trainers and Blender Authorized Training
Centers:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"><a href="http://www.blender.org/education-help/certified-trainer/certifications/">http://www.blender.org/education-help/certified-trainer/certifications/</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">Contact
them directly for more information about their classes and
registration details.
</p>
<br>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>What are the benefits
to becoming an Blender certified user? </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Do you think we need to
work on this as general information or every trainer will put its own
info as “marketing” tool?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>What type of exam are
the Blender Certification exams? </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Question Based (multiple
choice?)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Practical? (we must define
it)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>How do I register for a
Blender Certification Exam?</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Contact <span style="font-weight:normal">BFCT
trainers and Blender Authorized Training Centers</span> by phone, on
the Web, or in-person:
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Register online
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Register in person
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>What is the fee for the Blender Certification exam? </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">Each exam is US$xxx? EURO
xx? or local currency equivalent. (one part of that fee will go to
the Blender foundation? If yes what percentage? ) I think it will
need to be the same fee globaly, what do you think?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>What is the process for
getting certified on a new blender version? </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">There is several new
releases on one year, the certification will cover general features?
What about the new and amazing featured added with every new version?
Can we define some kind of recetification on new features? <br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>What will
be the duration of the certification?</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">One year as BFCT?</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">What will be the process for the certification once I pass my exam? How long does it take to
receive my certificate?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><b>Legend</b>:</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US">The student will receive a
Blender (R) Certified 3D generalist or Specialist: Character Modeler,
issued by xxx, city, country. (as Ton suggest)</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><a name="result_box4"></a>I
think with these questions (and <span lang="en">other questions will
come out as we go) we can start to define a Blender 3D generalist
(user) certification. I propose to focus on the first certification
and then take that model as basis to create a specialist
certifications. That will give us a chance to test and improve the
model.</span></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><span lang="en">About the
exam i agree it must be question based an practical.</span></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><a name="result_box5"></a><span lang="en">And
about the certificatin model, as Ton suggest, it should be an open
model so that everyone can participate.</span></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><a name="result_box6"></a>About
the success or failure of the effort on the creation of a
certification; we know we don't have any guaranties. As Lawrent,
Thomas, Jason, and another users on the list, we work with Open
Source software certifications, (Linux, MySQL, etc globally via
<a href="http://www.latinux.org/">www.latinux.org</a>), we support
the blender community and we teach on a prestigious University
(Tecnológico de Monterrey <a href="http://www.itesm.edu/">www.itesm.edu</a>
in my case). So I think i think it would not be difficult for some of
us to take a little group of students, not related with blender, to
set up a little experiment and test a first model of certification to
see if we go on the right way. In my case i can offer to make a test
with persons on different countries via online and/or in person to
see if we can use the question-based + practical exam <span lang="en">once
we have agreed on the contents and type of exams.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><span lang="en">i join the
#blendereducation channel on IRC on freenode, but i dont see anybody
connected there yet, i guess is because i am in the other side of teh
world and every body is sleeping when i am awake :D. I will levae my
computer on to read the IRC log when i am awake.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><span lang="en"><br></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" lang="en-US"><span lang="en">Octavio.</span></p>
<br>-- <br>
<b>Octavio A. Méndez Sánchez</b><br>
<a href="mailto:octavio@g-blender.org" target="_blank">octavio@g-blender.org</a><br>
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@octagesimal<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/12/18 Knapp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:magick.crow@gmail.com">magick.crow@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Adamson, Thomas <<a href="mailto:T.Adamson@snhu.edu">T.Adamson@snhu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> It is like given a written exam to see if a person is a good swimmer.<br>
><br>
> Tom Adamson<br>
<br>
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