[Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 95, Issue 1

Fri Nov 1 00:54:14 CET 2013

Hello,

It was awesome conference and I am very happy that some focus was given to
education. We already know that this is very important. So, hereby I
propose to share some knowledge about our educational efforts in the way
described below. This will allow me (or BF) to revisit education and to
collect some common experience about the subject. If you don't mind, please
share some info:

1. Who am I and where I work
2. How long I teach Blender
3. Who is taught by me: level, range, scope
4. What I teach: graphics3d, animation, vfx, etc.
5. What is my best and worst observation, shortly.
6. Add whatever you think will be valuable to prepare good educational
standard for Blender Training.

I would like to collect as many of your responses as possible, if you will
be so kind to share. This will help to formulate and prepare some of the
Blender Foundation general trainings for different level of education.
Likely I will ask some of you for more information about the education
process.

Saying so, I would like to already thank to those who gave some hints and
shared some knowledge to this list. We have so many different skills and
experiences that collecting this is definitely a good first step.

Well, if you don't mind, my situation is the following:

Ad1. I was awarded with the BFCT certificate one year ago. I work for a
University of Gdansk in Poland, having some background in theoretical
chemistry (PhD), now working in computer science. I have brought Blender
and graphics oriented trainings to the Faculty.
Ad2. I am teaching Blender for 5 years, knowing it since 2.3 version.
Ad3. I teach adults, mainly students, freelances, business graphics
designers, architecture developers, etc.
Ad4. The main course are usually Blender basics, which covers creating
static content; extended course includes animation, game, vfx and
simulations as well
Ad5. Worst thing is to allow people to drift away with long-standing
projects, when they have not enough experience and are not well motivated;
best thing is to work on small projects thorough constant improvements done
in steps with supervising - starting from modeling, lighting, texturing to
rendering and post processing. Usually artists are thinking in different
ways than architects and scientists.
Ad6. Video tutorials are the best valuable tool for me, but for deaf people
they do not work; preparing narrated video tutorial along with textual
transcription seems to be winning for every audience. So, I have more than
260 tutorials recorded already, for Polish community, and all of them are
free to use.

pz
piotr
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> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:22:34 +0100
> From: Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org>
> Subject: [Bf-education] Great conference, follow-ups soon!
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education at blender.org>
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> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick note so you all know the list is alive!
>
> The Blender Conference was awesome, and a lot of time was spent on
> education and training topics as well. Several people expressed the need to
> activate this list a bit, and/or to coordinate efforts better here and on
> Blender Network.
>
> In the next days/weeks I expect the feedback to become shared here as
> well, ands hopefully we can get a couple of nice projects setup to help
> each other better.
>
> Laters,
>
> -Ton-
>
> (BTW: I removed the last two spammers. Hope it doesn't get worse)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
> Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
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>
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:44:06 +0100
> From: Baptiste G <bapsite at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Great conference, follow-ups soon!
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education at blender.org>
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> This would be a great idea :-). Count me in...
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just a quick note so you all know the list is alive!
> >
> > The Blender Conference was awesome, and a lot of time was spent on
> > education and training topics as well. Several people expressed the need
> to
> > activate this list a bit, and/or to coordinate efforts better here and on
> > Blender Network.
> >
> > In the next days/weeks I expect the feedback to become shared here as
> > well, ands hopefully we can get a couple of nice projects setup to help
> > each other better.
> >
> > Laters,
> >
> > -Ton-
> >
> > (BTW: I removed the last two spammers. Hope it doesn't get worse)
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
> > Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
> > Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
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>
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten, best regards,
>
> Ghesquiere Baptiste
> 0497847251 ( na 18u )
> Bapsite at gmail.com
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> Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 09:21:25 +1100
> From: J Le Rossignol <jlerossignol at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Blender conference and curriculum
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education at blender.org>
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> Hi Doug,
>
> I have an entire Blender course written for the Australian Curriculum, and
> I'm happy to share. Even though I'm teaching in secondary school the first
> half could easily be used with primary students.
>
> Cheers,
> Jamie Le Rossignol
>
>
> On 31 October 2013 23:18, John Nyquist <john.nyquist at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Doug,
> >
> > Have you seen James Chronister's work?
> > http://www.cdschools.org/Page/455
> >
> > Regards,
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John R. Nyquist
> > Nyquist Art + Logic
> > 864-NYQ-UIST
> > http://nyquist.net/
> > http://AstraItinera.com/ <http://astraitinera.com/>
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Douglas Sutherland <
> > dsutherland10 at bigpond.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> Hi Everyone, ****
> >>
> >> I have enjoyed watching all of the conference presentations this
> weekend.
> >> I was really looking forward to the education talk and I am looking for
> >> where the guys in the audience are having their discussion. I am a
> primary
> >> school teacher in Australia, I have had growing success with Blender and
> >> have a few ideas on where the best place to start with very young
> Blender
> >> users. I think that although Blender has many different facets there are
> >> some core skills and knowledge that effect nearly all aspects of the
> >> program. I have also found that there are some definite no nos when
> >> starting kids off with Blender many I have committed and in doing so
> killed
> >> a lot of the kids motivation through frustration. This is entirely the
> >> fault of the teacher (me) not the program but I began to think after the
> >> conference talk that if I had a curriculum to work to as I do for math,
> >> science etc. I could have avoid these pitfalls. I applaud all the
> speakers
> >> for their work in blender education, I now extra ideas for projects and
> I
> >> am humbled by the guys who run the free not for profit course. I was
> >> perhaps most fascinated by the audience contributions and would like to
> >> participate in a discussion like this. So if anyone could point me in
> the
> >> right direction I would be very grateful.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> Kind Regards, ****
> >>
> >> Doug Sutherland ****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >>
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> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:55:45 -0600
> From: Jim Hoffman <jhoffman at sasktel.net>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Blender conference and curriculum
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education at blender.org>
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> I am very interested as I have been using blender as my intro for students
> and the world of 3d
>
> Jim Hoffman
> Math and Graphic Arts Educator
> Email: jhoffman at sasktel.net
> Web Site: http://www.jimahoffman.com
>
>
> > On Oct 31, 2013, at 4:21 PM, J Le Rossignol <jlerossignol at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > I have an entire Blender course written for the Australian Curriculum,
> and I'm happy to share. Even though I'm teaching in secondary school the
> first half could easily be used with primary students.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jamie Le Rossignol
> >
> >
> >> On 31 October 2013 23:18, John Nyquist <john.nyquist at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Doug,
> >>
> >> Have you seen James Chronister's work?
> >> http://www.cdschools.org/Page/455
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> John
> >>
> >> --
> >> John R. Nyquist
> >> Nyquist Art + Logic
> >> 864-NYQ-UIST
> >> http://nyquist.net/
> >> http://AstraItinera.com/
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Douglas Sutherland <
> dsutherland10 at bigpond.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I have enjoyed watching all of the conference presentations this
> weekend. I was really looking forward to the education talk and I am
> looking for where the guys in the audience are having their discussion. I
> am a primary school teacher in Australia, I have had growing success with
> Blender and have a few ideas on where the best place to start with very
> young Blender users. I think that although Blender has many different
> facets there are some core skills and knowledge that effect nearly all
> aspects of the program. I have also found that there are some definite no
> nos when starting kids off with Blender many I have committed and in doing
> so killed a lot of the kids motivation through frustration. This is
> entirely the fault of the teacher (me) not the program but I began to think
> after the conference talk that if I had a curriculum to work to as I do for
> math, science etc. I could have avoid these pitfalls. I applaud all the
> speakers for their work in blender education, I no
>  w extra ideas for projects and I am humbled by the guys who run the free
> not for profit course. I was perhaps most fascinated by the audience
> contributions and would like to participate in a discussion like this. So
> if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be very grateful.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Kind Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Doug Sutherland
> >>>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Bf-education mailing list
> > Bf-education at blender.org
> > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education
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> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:07:00 +0000
> From: Anthony Bailey <ABailey at lbc.school.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Blender conference and curriculum
> To: 'Blender Educators and Trainers' <bf-education at blender.org>
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> Hi Guys
>
> I teach L1A & L1B (Year 10 & 11) students Blender. They love it, and have
> come up with some great designs within a short time.
>
> The newest version is so much easier to teach as well.
>
>
> Regards
> Tony
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> From: bf-education-bounces at blender.org [mailto:
> bf-education-bounces at blender.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hoffman
> Sent: Friday, 1 November 2013 11:56 a.m.
> To: Blender Educators and Trainers
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Blender conference and curriculum
>
> I am very interested as I have been using blender as my intro for students
> and the world of 3d
>
> Jim Hoffman
> Math and Graphic Arts Educator
> Email: jhoffman at sasktel.net<mailto:jhoffman at sasktel.net>
> Web Site: http://www.jimahoffman.com
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2013, at 4:21 PM, J Le Rossignol <jlerossignol at gmail.com
> <mailto:jlerossignol at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> I have an entire Blender course written for the Australian Curriculum, and
> I'm happy to share. Even though I'm teaching in secondary school the first
> half could easily be used with primary students.
> Cheers,
> Jamie Le Rossignol
>
> On 31 October 2013 23:18, John Nyquist <john.nyquist at gmail.com<mailto:
> john.nyquist at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Have you seen James Chronister's work?
> http://www.cdschools.org/Page/455
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> --
> John R. Nyquist
> Nyquist Art + Logic
> 864-NYQ-UIST
> http://nyquist.net/
> http://AstraItinera.com/<http://astraitinera.com/>
>
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Douglas Sutherland <
> dsutherland10 at bigpond.com<mailto:dsutherland10 at bigpond.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I have enjoyed watching all of the conference presentations this weekend.
> I was really looking forward to the education talk and I am looking for
> where the guys in the audience are having their discussion. I am a primary
> school teacher in Australia, I have had growing success with Blender and
> have a few ideas on where the best place to start with very young Blender
> users. I think that although Blender has many different facets there are
> some core skills and knowledge that effect nearly all aspects of the
> program. I have also found that there are some definite no nos when
> starting kids off with Blender many I have committed and in doing so killed
> a lot of the kids motivation through frustration. This is entirely the
> fault of the teacher (me) not the program but I began to think after the
> conference talk that if I had a curriculum to work to as I do for math,
> science etc. I could have avoid these pitfalls. I applaud all the speakers
> for their work in blender education, I now ex
>  tra ideas for projects and I am humbled by the guys who run the free not
> for profit course. I was perhaps most fascinated by the audience
> contributions and would like to participate in a discussion like this. So
> if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be very grateful.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Doug Sutherland
>
>
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