[Bfct-submissions] [Bf-educationboard] BFCT submission by MarceloVaranda

[Dolf Veenvliet]

So... that's 4 -1's.... I wanted to wait to be sure everyone had a chance
to get a word in..

Want me to mail him? Or did you do it already.

Dolf


On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Roland Hess <me at harkyman.com> wrote:

> I don't personally care much about the final quality of art, as I've met
> and worked with lots of people who have been super-effective teachers
> without being top-level executors. That said, his work really does still
> look beginner-ish. Also, I feel that the training just has the wrong
> workflow. People sitting through something that are going to be very
> "argh... when do I get to actually learn the useful part of the lesson?"
>
> -1
>
> =========
> Roland Hess
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Pablo Vazquez <venomgfx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree with what Dolf said, -1 from my side as well.
>>
>> --
>> Pablo Vazquez
>> CG Artist - Blender Foundation Certified Trainer
>> Twitter: @PabloVazquez_ <http://twitter.com/pablovazquez_>
>> Blender Network: blendernetwork.org/pablovazquez
>> Email: contact at pablovazquez.org
>> Website: pablovazquez.org <http://www.pablovazquez.org>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Dolf Veenvliet <dolf at macouno.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Marcelo had some trouble getting his submission in... so... even though
>>> the website link doesn't seem to work I think we can have a look? There's a
>>> few things on his youtube channel... and the Portfolio link shows a lot,
>>> I'd say enough to get a good idea on what he's about. The written tutorial
>>> looks very much like something he made just for our benefit...
>>>
>>> Personally at this point I'd have to give him a -1
>>>
>>> He comes across as a nice and patient teacher, but... his work lacks
>>> professional quality. Not quite of the level I'd hope for from an
>>> officially certified teacher. I have to say that I also don't really agree
>>> with how he structures his classes (though the quality of his work is what
>>> made me say -1). He starts a lot of his tutorials with a lot of info about
>>> setup/config/paths... things I would not bother students with until much
>>> further along in a course (maybe that's just me though).
>>>
>>> just my 2c
>>>
>>> Dolf
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 2:11 PM, <notifications at typeform.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> MarceloVaranda just applied to become a BFCT.
>>>>
>>>> Details below:
>>>>
>>>>    - *First Name*
>>>>    Marcelo
>>>>
>>>>    - *Last Name*
>>>>    Varanda
>>>>
>>>>    - *E-mail Address*
>>>>    mv_email at yahoo.com
>>>>
>>>>    - *Do you have a Blender Network Profile?*
>>>>    No
>>>>
>>>>    - *Website*
>>>>    http://www.cglabs.ca
>>>>
>>>>    - *In which City and Country do you live?*
>>>>    Ottawa
>>>>
>>>>    - *Are you currently teaching at a university or institution?*
>>>>    No
>>>>
>>>>    - *Areas of Expertise*
>>>>    Modeling / Sculpting, Shading / Texturing, Rigging, Animation,
>>>>    Lighting, Compositing, Motion Tracking, Scripting, Rendering: Internal /
>>>>    Cycles, Other: C/C++, Python, TK/TCL and other languages
>>>>
>>>>    - *Video Example*
>>>>    http://youtu.be/KZLMdA26QT8
>>>>
>>>>    - *Written Example*
>>>>
>>>>    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87409832/Absolute_beginer_01_01.pdf
>>>>
>>>>    - *Portfolio / Curriculum Vitae*
>>>>    https://sites.google.com/site/tutblenderbr/portfolio
>>>>
>>>>    - *Bio description and final message*
>>>>    I do software design and development for living at QNX. I am part
>>>>    of the Multimedia team and I write codecs for audio/video and protocols for
>>>>    live streaming. For fun I like to fly. I am a private pilot and I used to
>>>>    hang-glide (did so for 20 years). I start learning Blender 3~4 years ago to
>>>>    teach it to my daughters. At the end Blender became a hobby to me. I like
>>>>    teaching... in the past I used to teach guitar and Microprocessor in a
>>>>    hightech school. I would like to start teaching again. I am scheduled to
>>>>    start teaching Blender in January at Ottawa Catholic School Board as an
>>>>    open General Interest Course.
>>>>
>>>>    - *email*
>>>>    bf-educationboard at blender.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please reply with your vote as soon as possible.
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