[Design-team] Inkscape Course for Jr. High Students

[Ryan Lerch]

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 at gmx.de> 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 at fedoraproject.org
>
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