[Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 5

Michelangelo Manrique michelangelomanrique at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 12 23:38:13 CET 2011


I volunteer too to help in the coordinating team :)

Mich
www.lighthouseanimation.es

On 12/12/2011 08:54 PM, bf-education-request at blender.org wrote:
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>     3. Re: Organizing / suporting education (Octavio Mendez)
>     4. Re: Organizing / suporting education (Hotmail)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:16:23 +0100
> From: Ton Roosendaal<ton at blender.org>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers<bf-education at blender.org>
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> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all replies, still seems there's a big bottleneck here...
>
> I would prefer one of you (or 3 of you) to step forward and say "I
> volunteer to help coordinating efforts here".
>
> We can make that an official "BF education board"; people who can get
> the facilities (on blender.org) to start services, or can advise me to
> specific actions or funding activities to startup stuff.... whatever
> is needed and supported by the educators here.
>
> -Ton-
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>
> On 11 Dec, 2011, at 20:07, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>
>> 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 13:40:41 -0500
> From: "Adamson, Thomas"<T.Adamson at snhu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers<bf-education at blender.org>
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> Mich,
>    We would like to coordinate your certifications with ours to help keep some standards.  Where could we get more information about the certification process you folks use?
>   Thanks for your help with this.
> 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 Michelangelo Manrique [michelangelomanrique at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:08 AM
> To: bf-education at blender.org
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2
>
> 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
>
> On 12/12/2011 12:00 PM, bf-education-request at blender.org wrote:
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>>
>>      1. Organizing / suporting education (Ton Roosendaal)
>>      2. Re: Organizing / supporting education (Doug Ollivier)
>>      3. Re: Organizing / suporting education (Adamson, Thomas)
>>      4. Re: Organizing / suporting education (Adamson, Thomas)
>>      5. Re: Organizing / supporting education (Knapp)
>>      6. new ebook or video (Knapp)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:07:29 +0100
>> From: Ton Roosendaal<ton at blender.org>
>> Subject: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
>> To: Blender Educators and Trainers<bf-education at blender.org>
>> Message-ID:<271A5893-86CC-456E-B921-0A15B52CB8F9 at blender.org>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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
>> To: bf-education at blender.org
>> Message-ID:<4EE50915.7050909 at flipdesign.co.nz>
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>> Message: 3
>> 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>
>> Message-ID:
>>        <E1111BCE21126847B96A1DF0F961457CC416CDA0C6 at SNHU-CCR-A.snhu.edu>
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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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>>
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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>
>> Message-ID:
>>        <E1111BCE21126847B96A1DF0F961457CC416CDA0C7 at SNHU-CCR-A.snhu.edu>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bf-education mailing list
>> Bf-education at blender.org
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>> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
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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>
>> Message-ID:
>>        <CAOdBB_4FMJpzN=nmQeTMT1WA29idkNsT_7neWp=wjcbUJA0BXw at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>> Nice! Thanks.
>>
>> I am collecting things like this to post on my new web site that I am making.
>>
>>
>>
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> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:53:36 -0600
> From: Octavio Mendez<octavio at g-blender.org>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers<bf-education at blender.org>
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> Hello Ton
>
> I volunteer to help coordinating efforts here.
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> My name is Octavio M?ndez and actually we are working on the model of
> Blender user certification with our partner latinux.org. We will expose the
> proposal on this list on the next week. We chat about the need of the
> certification in the Blender Conference 2011.
>
> Actually i am professor of video game development on te Tecnologico de
> Monterrey Campus L?on in M?xico, and founder of G-Blender, spanish spken
> Blender Community.
>
> 2011/12/12 Ton Roosendaal<ton at blender.org>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for all replies, still seems there's a big bottleneck here...
>>
>> I would prefer one of you (or 3 of you) to step forward and say "I
>> volunteer to help coordinating efforts here".
>>
>> We can make that an official "BF education board"; people who can get
>> the facilities (on blender.org) to start services, or can advise me to
>> specific actions or funding activities to startup stuff.... whatever
>> is needed and supported by the educators here.
>>
>> -Ton-
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
>> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>>
>> On 11 Dec, 2011, at 20:07, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Bf-education mailing list
>>> Bf-education at blender.org
>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education
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