Yeah, i'm a bit late on this discussion, (sorry mo :P) from hunting down and posting tutorials on inkscapetuts.wordpress.com, the best tutorial (i think) for an inkscape course would have to be this one: http://members.gamedev.net/trapperzoid/ia/tutorial_slime.html just my (late) 2 cents. ryanlerch On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:01 AM, wonderer <wonderer4711@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hy, >> My Red Hat office, the Boston office, is going to be doing a program >> with a local middle school / jr. high (students are 11-14 I think) and >> > Cool stuff. But i do really not know if I should say "I regret you" or > "I'm pleased for you". > I have done several years of Computer Trainings (mostly Certified stuff > for the other big Computer Company with an "M"...) and also complete > Webdesign lectures, Tutoriales, etc. > > Tipp: Always be prepared! Be prepared that the sessions are to short. Be > prepared that the sessions are to short. Be prepared to have more > Exercises. Be prepared to have less Exercises. > > If they are 11-14 years maybe you pack also a bunch of the f-tatoos ;-) > ... I know you do :-) >> I'm going to be teaching a 9 session (45 minutes a piece) course in >> Inkscape to the students. We are trying to introduce the students to the >> concept of free software & open content licenses such as Creative >> Commons, plus teach them how to use this useful tool that might help >> them in their academic career. >> > Do they have any skills? maybe you can get the "teaching-plan" from the > school and see what they usualy learn at this time of the year and > "implement" the incscape stuff (if they have in history some 9/11 stuff > -> draw skyscrapers, etc.). > In the first lesson I would "only" show them Incscape and look how far > you come. also you get the feeling how fast they learn. > > But now some random thoughts: > In the second lesson I would first do some "rework" from last session > and then go forward. > > I would also try to make some more "businesslike" things. maybe some > Flyer graphics or presentations, etc. > > Anywhere between Session 3 and 5 I would do some RGB vs. CMYK Color > stuff... > > In Session 5 it says "play the White Stripes Creative Commons video" ... > video ;-) ? > > For session 7 you can also play some music from e.g. jamendo in the > background; bring the kids into the mood... > > Session 7 to 9 is about "building a band" ... I allways have your > sentence "help them in their academic career" in mind. Maybe there could > be a) an interresting idea wich b) but a bit more businesslike as an > alternative "project". Maybe they also could work in a small groupe like > a design-department or so (depends on the time and how far you get them > there ;-). > > A nice thing I would found very cool as a kid is If I had after the > Sessions something they could show around and say "Hey, that I have mad. > And it looks very cool, right?!" maybe the Albumcover produced by you / > your Team with a pressed cc-licenced music compilation CD or so. >> (I also have materials from a 1-week class I taught at Red Hat High with >> John Bintz and MentalGuy from Inkscape: >> http://linuxgrrl.com/learn/Comic_Book_Creation_with_Inkscape) >> > Maybe you could ask the kids if they want a band or a comicbook. both > could be done in the time. > > If you are through with the "Incscape in a class" you could write > something together so that it maybe ported to other countrys as well (if > possible). > > > > mit freundlichen Grüßen / best regards > Henrik Heigl - wonderer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > PGP/GnuPG: 8237 D432 0616 D567 DBC6 3FE3 0D52 B374 F468 A5F0 > > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
