Comments on: San Pedro Boys and Girls Club is Looking for Blender Teachers

By: Bassam

Bassam — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:29:03 +0000

Cool :) Alas, the commute would be too long for me (as others have also mentioned) but I'm sure there are blender experts in the California area. Groo and the others who tought blender at the Redhat organized summer school also noted how amazingly quick young ( early teen I believe ) kids are at picking up blender – that's interesting not just for blender, but maybe as a challenge to designers of interfaces "for children"
maxwildcat Interesting observations! I could've guessed about the econ students not being interested, but I'm surprised math students had a hard time. Perhaps they would be more comfortable in a straight CAD package than an animation suite targeted at artists.

By: JD-Multi

JD-Multi — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:59:53 +0000

To get some students or another intrested people, you have to do some advertising. The best way would be going to a several schools close to the place where you'll be giving some lessons. Give some presentations, show some artwork and tell them what exactly those lessons will learn them and show them some results of another students. Maybe give a few free lessons at a school to get them intrested and afther that show them what else you have in mind and that they can take lessons from you for a little fee.

It's selling yourself without money, which can be done with enthousiasme, mood, and talking to the right people which are instrested. Also going to liberaries and giving a workshop there can be a good thing, or pc summercamps, giving away free lessons, place some advertisement in schools and so on.

Don't make people search for you, because they're never going to find you. How do you think that Microsoft and Apple got there customers? presentations, showoffs, demo's, use experience of people to let them tell another people what there findings are.

Anyways, really cool that you're doing this to make a job of your hobby I guess. Also think about it that such lesson you're giving could be handy for people who want to go to Art schools and do 3D, in this case they can take a look what exactly it is.

By: ethan

ethan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:30:55 +0000

I wish they would teach that at my school! I currently am teaching blender to my technology teacher.

By: MOXAB

MOXAB — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:15:17 +0000

San Pedro must be less than a 2-hour drive for me… but I couldn't be a teacher.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:44:35 +0000

San Pedro is a port city and is located is just North of Long Beach and West of Los Angeles.

By: maxwildcat

maxwildcat — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:51:26 +0000

i tried teaching blender in school with much success i assure you (ex-computer teacher g1->12 speaking ), i tried with several majors and different ages, i found it for example to be easier to teach to 6th graders, although it was tough for most and exilerating for smarter kids, 11 graders were more interested in flash (it was a course i specially designed for them since they would have an easier job getting an internship in flash than blender once they graduate high school ) grade 12 students seem to struggle more than kids to be honest, science major responded well.
while math majors struggeled trying to grasp 3d vectors and coordonates, i felt science student just accepted it (off course, i don't mean to bulk all the grade as one individual) economics majors were so uninterested that i was short of dangling candy in front of them to get them to work… excel seemed more their alley (but excel is taught to 7th graders OMG)…

that is in short my experience, wait for my book to find out more (i'm kidding, no book, just ping me on mynick @ yahoo.com if you'r really interested… )…

-max

By: Howitzer

Howitzer — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:24:29 +0000

The Boys And Girls club is a great place to be. It's where my interest in computers first began to flourish. I wish all the students there the best of luck on their journey.

If I lived in that city, I really would join up to help teaching. I honestly would do it for free.

By: Enriqolonius

Enriqolonius — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:08:51 +0000

This is aweome! If ours here in Bryan, TX would offer this I would surely teach it!

By: Bmud

Bmud — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:57:33 +0000

Let's see… driving from Raleigh North Carolina to LA would take… one day, and fourteen hours. I think i'd be late for work! :3 Have fun getting lots of mail about this. It's exciting.

By: Joeri

Joeri — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:34:44 +0000

Just to far a ride, otherwise I would.