<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Monique,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am teaching Blender to primary kids aged 7-8-9 at an international school in Geneva</div><div class="">At that age students have little to no experience with interfaces; all is done with keyboard shortcuts.</div><div class="">though limited in modelling they are picking up very fast with sculpting</div><div class="">The rationale is that at this age the mind is open to any construction no matter how complex</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">being exposed to modelling/sculpting at a young age helps them to develop their mental model and orientation skills</div><div class="">we hope they will continue this at middle and high school before phone and tablet interfaces will spoil them</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">let me know if there are other teachers out there with experience to working with very young kids</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">we are curious to see if 2.8 will add to sculpting </div><div class="">some default settings are not set for out of the box working if we could change those</div><div class="">or create a kid default version we would be more than happy </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">keep us posted</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rik van Nielen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 22 Oct 2018, at 10:16, Monique Dewanchand <<a href="mailto:m.dewanchand@atmind.nl" class="">m.dewanchand@atmind.nl</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This Thursday is the start of the Blender Conference 2018. I've scheduled an education meeting on Friday to discuss Blender education in universities and pre-universities.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With blender 2.8 coming there is lots to discuss. What challenges does blender 2.8 bring when teaching Blender to (young) students?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would like to hear from you. And perhaps we can discuss your concerns or feedback at the education meeting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Monique</div><div class="">-- At Mind --</div><div class="">-- <a href="http://b3d101.org/" class="">b3d101.org</a> --</div><div class="">-- crowdsim3d --</div></div>
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