<div dir="ltr">I think that if you explain date types well, then it is easy for them.<div>Explaining that you have objects and things that you can do with these objects is the first step.</div><div>Then give concrete examples. No need to get into the technical details. Whole numbers VS number with point in them is good enough.Or lists and dictionary are also easy when explained in simple terms. Of course the age of the kids makes a huge difference.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Monique <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m.dewanchand@atmind.nl" target="_blank">m.dewanchand@atmind.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hello Peter,<br>
<br>
Thank you for sharing. <br>
When it comes to python, personally I wouldn't start with explaining
data types. I've seen some kids struggle with this. <br>
<br>
What is your experience?<br>
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Rgds,<br>
Monique<br>
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<div>Op 11/08/15 om 22:02 schreef Peter
Koppatz:<br>
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Hi Monique,
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Past months I've been asked to give Blender workshops to
kids between 8 <br>
and 16 years old. I searched for Blender teaching material
but couldn't <br>
find much. I decided to use some simple models from
Blendswap and hide <br>
the majority of buttons in the UI. Surprisingly this
worked better than <br>
expected.<br>
The kids were very enthusiastic and could perform the
tasks pretty well. <br>
At the end I was asked how kids could continu learning
Blender.<br>
<br>
This motivated me to start an open website/platform in NL
to teach kids <br>
more on technology, especially Blender & Python. But
what is a good <br>
format for teaching Blender to kids?<br>
Can we teach Blender to kids in a same manner as kids are
thaught math <br>
or grammar?<br>
Are there tutorials or program lessons available for kids?<br>
Is anyone working on this and willing to cooperate?<br>
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<div>The „Python Software Verband (PySV)" started in 2013 a
programming contest for kids in Germany[1]. I have written a
collection of tutorials to teach and prepare interested
kids. The focus is programming with Python! There was always
a great interest in using and translating the existing
german version. So I started to reorganize the course
material and switched to use the english version as a
master. Now other people can translate the english version
to other languages. The course material is available at
bitbucket[2], and Transifex[3] is used for translations. The
prototype of the new multilingual version is available at
<a>http://</a><a href="http://pymove3d.sudile.com" target="_blank">pymove3d.sudile.com</a>.</div>
<div>The new structure and the translation is a work in
progress, and a little bit a mess, because my english is
very poor. Nevertheless you could either help to finish and
develop the existing material or improve the english version
or use parts of the course material as you like. There are
also some open problems due to the course material in
different languages. I have some ideas but not a real
solution e. g. for short videos and screenshots (with text
added on the images). SVG could be a solution. <span>Suggestions</span> <span>and</span>
<span>help</span> <span>is always
appreciated</span><span>.</span></div>
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<div>If you have further questions, ask me.</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Peter</div>
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<div>[1] <a href="http://pymove3d.pysv.org/" target="_blank">http://pymove3d.pysv.org/</a> (German
only)</div>
[2] <a href="https://bitbucket.org/pkoppatz/pymove3d-en" target="_blank">https://bitbucket.org/pkoppatz/pymove3d-en</a></div>
<div>[3] <a href="https://www.transifex.com/pysv/" target="_blank">https://www.transifex.com/pysv/</a></div>
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Kind regards,<br>
Monique Dewanchand<br>
At Mind<br>
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