[Bf-education] education meeting at bconf

[Monique Dewanchand]

This was tweeted a while ago by Peter Kemp from 3Dami. Just wanted to
share...

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On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:52 PM Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rix, not much has changed about 2.8 sculpt other than where to find the
> tools and lighting and you can still use the old red material .
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 20:45 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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