[Bf-education] education meeting at bconf

[Monique Dewanchand]

Hi Rik,

That is very interesting! I'm teaching to kids aged 10 - 16. Mostly
modelling, animation and some game development (games are very popular). I
do let them use the Blender interface as my students easily forget the
shortcuts (except for G, S and R).
The tutorials are on b3d101.org.
You can see some of the kids work on the forum: forum.b3d101.org.

I haven't tried teaching sculpting to these kids yet but would love to.
Where do you start? And what models do you have them create first?

I do see some challenges when switching to blender 2.8. Not necessarily for
sculpting.
For example, there is no default tool selected, and changing colors doesn't
reflect in the viewport unless you select LookDev.

Kind regards,
Monique


On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 8:45 PM rik van nielen <rik at oicretail.com> wrote:

> Hi Monique,
>
> I am teaching Blender to primary kids aged 7-8-9 at an international
> school in Geneva
> At that age students have little to no experience with interfaces; all is
> done with keyboard shortcuts.
> though limited in modelling they are picking up very fast with sculpting
> The rationale is that at this age the mind is open to any construction no
> matter how complex
>
> being exposed to modelling/sculpting at a young age helps them to develop
> their mental model and orientation skills
> we hope they will continue this at middle and high school before phone and
> tablet interfaces will spoil them
>
> let me know if there are other teachers out there with experience to
> working with very young kids
>
> we are curious to see if 2.8 will add to sculpting
> some default settings are not set for out of the box working if we could
> change those
> or create a kid default version we would be more than happy
>
> keep us posted
>
> Rik van Nielen
>
>
> On 22 Oct 2018, at 10:16, Monique Dewanchand <m.dewanchand at atmind.nl>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This Thursday is the start of the Blender Conference 2018. I've scheduled
> an education meeting on Friday to discuss Blender education in universities
> and pre-universities.
>
> With blender 2.8 coming there is lots to discuss. What challenges does
> blender 2.8 bring when teaching Blender to (young) students?
>
> I would like to hear from you. And perhaps we can discuss your concerns or
> feedback at the education meeting.
>
> Kind regards,
> Monique
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