[Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 73, Issue 8

James Halliwell james_halliwell at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 28 15:21:07 CET 2011 

Hi, 

I have been to all the Blender education centers I can find in Montreal. My favorite is call Studio XX on Berri street here. Really nice class 28 inch monitors, fast Macs and great classroom layout. A real Gem.

I think a key to turning Blender 3D into hi-tech bread and butter here in Montreal at least, is to get it into the schools as I have been attempting here with the School Board of Greater Montreal. I think grades 7 , 8 and up are a good starting point.

Another key may be to aim lower. What I mean by this is that not everyone needs all the amazing abilities of Blender 3D, for many, I think the Blender 3D VSE is an important feature that is also a somewhat easier to learn element of Blender overall.
I use the VSE and text from the 3D window as a starting point with my students. It is easier to orient a student in the 3D window with text then a cube floating in space.
I wonder if a configuration for people only really interested video editing of some home movies and the like to rival FCP and others would increase Blender 3D use and awareness?

Just thinking out loud.

James Halliwell
Montreal QC


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> Hi,
> 
> Montreal has a huge 3d industry... many studios there. It would be  
> interesting to find out what we can do to break the Autodesk dominance  
> there.
> 
> -Ton-
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> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
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> On 25 Nov, 2011, at 19:01, James Halliwell wrote:
> 
> > No plans to visit LA, but on the Blender 3d education side of  
> > things, working with the City of Montreal, I have arranged to begin  
> > a Blender 3D club with the use of the resources  and space they will  
> > provide. If the popularity and interest of the Club is good, they  
> > are open to adding Blender 3D courses to the list of computer  
> > courses that are currently provided. Planned start is Jan 2012.
> >
> > A sad thing I find in Montreal is that some places advertise Blender  
> > courses but do not give them. This inculdes The National Film Board  
> > and a place called  Centre NAD. Centre NAD has not given a Blender  
> > courses after the last ones give by Jean Francois Guillmette.   
> > Blender is being used to attract students and then  3D Max other are  
> > promoted and taught. I am sure this is hurting Blender overall in  
> > Montreal. I have written to these groups in the hope that they would  
> > stop this practice, but to no avail.
> >
> > Blender Rocks!
> >
> >
> > James Halliwell
> > Montreal QC
> >
> >
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> > > From: bf-education-request at blender.org
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> > > Subject: [Bf-education] Siggraph educator Birds of Feather
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> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Marc Barr, SIGGRAPH Education Committee Chair, has asked me if  
> > Blender
> > > Foundation would be interested organizing a "Birds of a Feather" for
> > > educators.
> > >
> > > It could be about free/open learning of 3D creation at schools/
> > > colleges. Stuff that's by-default not possible with Adesk sw :)
> > >
> > > Although I think it's cool to have educators meet there and discuss
> > > matters, it would be much more interesting if such a BoF would be
> > > presented/hosted well, with use cases and some presenters.
> > >
> > > Anyone on this list interested, and already planning to visit  
> > Siggraph
> > > LA 2012?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -Ton-
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> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:06:31 -0500
> From: "Adamson, Thomas" <T.Adamson at snhu.edu>
> Subject: [Bf-education] My Input
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> Folks,
>   I am currently teaching game design and development at Southern New Hampshire University (snhu.edu).  We introduce UDK3, Unity, and Blender as well as Maya and Z-Brush.  I will not be attending any conferences, however if there is anyway I may contribute to this project, please let me know.  Currently we are working on Interactive Story Telling (IS) using HTML5.  I think Blender with its Python programming base would be an excellent candidate for IS.  If you wish, you may view my YouTube training videos in C++, HTML5, and Blender (prof.t.adamson).
>   Keep up the excellent work with Blender.
>  Tom Adamson
>  Visiting Assistant Professor
>  Computer Game Design and Development
>  Southern New Hampshire University
>  t.adamson at snhu.edu
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