I took time off after my PhD, and here's my thoughts on the matter: 1. I was very tired after my PhD concluded. I really wanted to rest. And this felt like a more important consideration than needing to find a job right away for the sake of being able to have a ready, assured… Continue reading Should you take time off after your PhD?
Tag: AnimationsWithKids
My 2019 AGU talks
AGU is a conference held in December each year, about a week before Christmas. AGU stands for American Geophysical Union. It's more interesting than it sounds, promise! Usually it's held in San Francisco. I've been a couple of time. This past December, I had three talks at AGU. Two were invited. I felt very special.… Continue reading My 2019 AGU talks
Honest feedback from kids
When I make animations with kids, part of the point is that other kids will want to watch the stories and learn something about the environment and about science on the way. Well, after I had finished "When Anders, Dilsa, and Reza were mean: a bird story" with the kids at a local summer camp,… Continue reading Honest feedback from kids
Feeling ghosted – Animations with kids
I feel like I have very bad follow-through sometimes when it comes to my Science animations with kids program. Sometimes, it's my fault. Like at my last viewing party, about 30 parents, grandparents, aunts, everyone, showed up. I gave them all a little slip of paper with the URL of my website (the one you're… Continue reading Feeling ghosted – Animations with kids
Bad audio, all the time
I usually use my trusty laptop to record kids' voices for animations. It usually works out really well, and picks up the kids' voices even when they're speaking softly. But I ran into a problem this time around at the summer camp. There was a super annoying buzzing sound in the hall where I started… Continue reading Bad audio, all the time
GIS and Blender at once
Two of my favorite pieces of software are QGIS - used for making maps on a computer - and Blender 3D - used for 3D animations. Both of these pieces of software, furthermore, are open-source. That means they are free for anyone to download. Every time I make an animation with a group of kids,… Continue reading GIS and Blender at once
Five-year-olds computer animating
Is there a minimum age-limit when it comes to computer animation? Well, I'm sure there is for toddlers and babies, but in the summer camp I'm in, there's three little kids that are entering kindergarten in September. They're all five. They reach out their hand for me to hold if I chance to walk them… Continue reading Five-year-olds computer animating
Animating at a summer camp
I had written a dour and grim post about the futility of applying to grants, but before it went live, I actually received one. Which means I was able to do one more 'Animations with kids' project in Concord before my run here ends (at least for the expected near future.) I am working with… Continue reading Animating at a summer camp
Helping out at the Science Festival
We had a "Science Festival" on Union Street, and I got to share about my Animations with Kids project. In typical fashion, I started making my poster about 5 hours before the event started. (But I got it done in time!) Now, I'm pretty proud of my poster, because in keeping with the environmental theme… Continue reading Helping out at the Science Festival
Of backwards heads and mixed-race couples: Animations with kids
I had two more interesting experiences with "The grass is not trash" worth mentioning ... https://youtu.be/YjXTnnfmNuw First, did you notice that the brother has a white girlfriend? When we got to that page of the animation, I myself hadn't really decided what the girlfriend should look like. So I told the Latina girl I was… Continue reading Of backwards heads and mixed-race couples: Animations with kids
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