[Bf-education] Minutes from education meeting at #bcon16

[Wesley Burke]

RE: Lee - Appreciate the feedback on CGC’s learning flow. 

We’ve seen success by offering the free Blender curriculum to teachers to help point them in the right direction(Target is 6th graders +), or how to structure a class using Blender. It is paired with CGCs content, but contains generic built in rubrics which educators can supplement their own content, or from other providers. 

I support the mailing list + or Slack channels. I’d love to be involved in upcoming online conversations. 

Great stuff

Wes Burke
@wesburke


> On Oct 30, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Lee Butler <iraytrace at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I applaud the efforts on B3d101.org.  It is nice to see some of these resources in one place.
> When teaching children 10-18 years old, I would suggest that the initial introduction to animation needs to be more simple than some of what I see on b3d101.org.  Content needs to be provided in chucks of 10 minutes or less, and it needs to produce something that provides a sense of accomplishment.  I have had good success with kids and the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_czEwoBQWYs <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_czEwoBQWYs>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfMoRvWkkwo <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfMoRvWkkwo>.  
> When I look at https://cgcookie.com/flow/introduction-to-blender/ <https://cgcookie.com/flow/introduction-to-blender/> I get a set of categories, but it gives me the impression of needing to put in 40 minutes or more to learn anything at all.  I have found I can get people hooked if I can get them to spend 5 minutes on a tutorial that shows them how they can create something of their own.  I tend to slide in the "here's the user interface" with the "let's make something fun" part rather than the other way around.
> 
> I'd love to contribute the materials I have created and have someone else use or refine them.
> Lee
> 
> On 10/30/2016 12:32 PM, Prince Kart wrote:
>> Good
>> With regards 
>> Karthik
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 28, 2016 8:43 PM, "Peter Kemp" <peterejkemp at gmail.com <mailto:peterejkemp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> Minutes from today's meeting <https://twitter.com/TomSFHaines/status/792006425279139841> at the blender conference. 16 attendees, focus on pre-uni education. Any interested translators/educators out there, please get in touch. We need you!
>> 
>> What can be done?
>> get interested people to the mailing list and use it more
>> get a slack together for Blender Education - to share work in progress
>> 
>> 
>> We need translations of current material on  <http://b3d101.org/>http://b3d101.org <http://b3d101.org/> - ITALIAN / FRENCH / SPANISH / PORTUGUESE / POLISH / ETC
>> Create and share content including video tutorials (suitable for kids - use advice document <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OeU4tkigTo3oDWVZK86tMTUCH7QJSKtzmT_thOSVMXQ/edit#slide=id.g17cc27908c_2_11>)
>> Share funding/research opportunities. Potential joint EU bids
>> Matrix of tutorials for students looking to follow career X. E.g. tutorials for architects / animation. Kid friendly beginner videos.
>> Mozilla badges to accredit learner outcomes. E.g. badge for modelling basics. Do the scouts have these?
>> How do we contact other people who can change things - make people aware of discussions around b3d101 - use slack and mailing list.
>> B3d101 discussion, do we make a simple version of blender, OR grey out buttons OR hide buttons?
>> Marketing material for schools - 3Dami to share
>> Provide teacher training resources for non-blender educators - how do we train teachers and facilitate teachers. Resources on misconceptions and common mistakes made by beginners - 3Dami to produce.
>> How to solve problems with lack of equipment - for example guides for remote desktop set-up. What about installing on Windows network using .msi. How to build ubuntu USB.
>> Blog posts on best practice and events.
>> Links to good general reference materials - non blender material such as animators toolkit / Krita / inkscape
>> Downloadable simple assets for students to use.
>> Share work and outcome from students - blog posts, but also .blend files / videos.
>> How can students work together online? Possibility of cross national students dev teams.
>> 
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