[Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2

Michelangelo Manrique michelangelomanrique at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 12 17:08:41 CET 2011 

We were organizing a Blender Academy in south Spain and that kind of 
certification suits this Academy purpose. Also, lots of students were 
asking about something similar to these certifications/credits. If I can 
help to the team -as blender certified trainer- let me know.

Mich

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> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:07:29 +0100
> From: Ton Roosendaal<ton at blender.org>
> Subject: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I know this is a formal email list, but it would be really great to
> have someone (or a small board) with time and energy to coordinate
> things here.
>
> For me, the biggest challenge would be this:
>
> ** Collect&  publish training material, aimed at teachers
>
> I mean training material that's formatted in a way you can schedule
> classes, or programs for students lasting a semester. It can have
> "teacher companion" material (so you can prepare well) and material to
> hand out to students (exercises and tests).
>
> I've been discussing this with people several times already... and a
> lot of people really like it, but it doesn't get a momentum yet. Main
> challenge therefore is how to get something like this organized...
>
> A related topic would be this:
>
> ** Develop standardized tests for certification
>
> As discussed extensively on the Blender Conference; we can invest time
> to provide standardized tests for trainers and schools to use for
> students, and allow them to certify students via these tests. These
> certifications can have a cool status but always be connected by who
> issued it; like:
>
> Blender (R) Certified Specialist: Character Modeler, issued by xxx,
> city, country.
>
> Also for this system I'd like to see people to investigate and
> coordinate it.
>
> Laters,
>
> -Ton-
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:48:37 +1300
> From: Doug Ollivier<doug at flipdesign.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / supporting education
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> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:17:26 -0500
> From: "Adamson, Thomas"<T.Adamson at snhu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers<bf-education at blender.org>
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> Ton,
> We have the beginnings of a Blender course set up.  We are currently using this format at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU.edu) for out Game Design and Development Majors.  We could modify this to meet the needs of the Blender Organization and perhaps include the exams there as well.  This could then become an  on-line  education course.  Let us know what you think.
> Best,
>   Tom Adamson
>   Visiting Assistant Professor
>   Computer Game Design and Development
>   Southern New Hampshire University
>
> ________________________________________
> From: bf-education-bounces at blender.org [bf-education-bounces at blender.org] On Behalf Of Ton Roosendaal [ton at blender.org]
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:07 PM
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers
> Subject: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I know this is a formal email list, but it would be really great to
> have someone (or a small board) with time and energy to coordinate
> things here.
>
> For me, the biggest challenge would be this:
>
> ** Collect&  publish training material, aimed at teachers
>
> I mean training material that's formatted in a way you can schedule
> classes, or programs for students lasting a semester. It can have
> "teacher companion" material (so you can prepare well) and material to
> hand out to students (exercises and tests).
>
> I've been discussing this with people several times already... and a
> lot of people really like it, but it doesn't get a momentum yet. Main
> challenge therefore is how to get something like this organized...
>
> A related topic would be this:
>
> ** Develop standardized tests for certification
>
> As discussed extensively on the Blender Conference; we can invest time
> to provide standardized tests for trainers and schools to use for
> students, and allow them to certify students via these tests. These
> certifications can have a cool status but always be connected by who
> issued it; like:
>
> Blender (R) Certified Specialist: Character Modeler, issued by xxx,
> city, country.
>
> Also for this system I'd like to see people to investigate and
> coordinate it.
>
> Laters,
>
> -Ton-
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:31:24 -0500
> From: "Adamson, Thomas"<T.Adamson at snhu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers<bf-education at blender.org>
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> Ton,
>
>    The URL of our on-line Blender course is: http://www.adamsonInstitute.org
>
> Best,
>   Tom Adamson
>   Visiting Assistant Professor
>   Computer Game Design and Development
>   Southern New Hampshire University
> ________________________________________
> From: bf-education-bounces at blender.org [bf-education-bounces at blender.org] On Behalf Of Adamson, Thomas [T.Adamson at snhu.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:17 PM
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
>
> Ton,
> We have the beginnings of a Blender course set up.  We are currently using this format at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU.edu) for out Game Design and Development Majors.  We could modify this to meet the needs of the Blender Organization and perhaps include the exams there as well.  This could then become an  on-line  education course.  Let us know what you think.
> Best,
>   Tom Adamson
>   Visiting Assistant Professor
>   Computer Game Design and Development
>   Southern New Hampshire University
>
> ________________________________________
> From: bf-education-bounces at blender.org [bf-education-bounces at blender.org] On Behalf Of Ton Roosendaal [ton at blender.org]
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:07 PM
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers
> Subject: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I know this is a formal email list, but it would be really great to
> have someone (or a small board) with time and energy to coordinate
> things here.
>
> For me, the biggest challenge would be this:
>
> ** Collect&  publish training material, aimed at teachers
>
> I mean training material that's formatted in a way you can schedule
> classes, or programs for students lasting a semester. It can have
> "teacher companion" material (so you can prepare well) and material to
> hand out to students (exercises and tests).
>
> I've been discussing this with people several times already... and a
> lot of people really like it, but it doesn't get a momentum yet. Main
> challenge therefore is how to get something like this organized...
>
> A related topic would be this:
>
> ** Develop standardized tests for certification
>
> As discussed extensively on the Blender Conference; we can invest time
> to provide standardized tests for trainers and schools to use for
> students, and allow them to certify students via these tests. These
> certifications can have a cool status but always be connected by who
> issued it; like:
>
> Blender (R) Certified Specialist: Character Modeler, issued by xxx,
> city, country.
>
> Also for this system I'd like to see people to investigate and
> coordinate it.
>
> Laters,
>
> -Ton-
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:10:23 +0100
> From: Knapp<magick.crow at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / supporting education
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers<bf-education at blender.org>
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> Nice! Thanks.
>
> I am collecting things like this to post on my new web site that I am making.
>
>
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