[Bf-education] Blender for kids

[Monique]

That is great!

Op 18/08/15 om 18:07 schreef rebel rosy:
> Hello there, I have read this wonderful post about how you are willing 
> to start a project on teaching kids to use this very powerful program. 
> I'm willing to assist in this as well as I have 10 plus years of 
> experience in blender and it is wonderful to see open oppotunities 
> like this. I'm 33 in age and I focus on animation, modelling and 
> cartooning. I hope this message is not automated. :)
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 3:32 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> In a way I am focused on this project. My target age is a bit older 
> but not much. I was thinking 14 to 24.
> I want to teach the basics of modeling and game programming.
>
> I have not found much in the way of good programming tools for 
> learning. I have made a few videos. Please check them out and tell me 
> what you think. I am a pro and not afraid of well given crits. I am 
> new to this idea of teaching with videos and am learning as I go.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfsIkrFlGyqDtGzKj8B3bw
> I am also very fond of Pygame and Panda3d.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Monique <m.dewanchand at atmind.nl 
> <mailto:m.dewanchand at atmind.nl>> wrote:
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     Past months I've been asked to give Blender workshops to kids
>     between 8
>     and 16 years old. I searched for Blender teaching material but
>     couldn't
>     find much. I decided to use some simple models from Blendswap and hide
>     the majority of buttons in the UI. Surprisingly this worked better
>     than
>     expected.
>     The kids were very enthusiastic and could perform the tasks pretty
>     well.
>     At the end I was asked how kids could continu learning Blender.
>
>     This motivated me to start an open website/platform in NL to teach
>     kids
>     more on technology, especially Blender & Python. But what is a good
>     format for teaching Blender to kids?
>     Can we teach Blender to kids in a same manner as kids are thaught math
>     or grammar?
>     Are there tutorials or program lessons available for kids?
>     Is anyone working on this and willing to cooperate?
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Monique Dewanchand
>     At Mind
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