{"id":44558,"date":"2024-05-05T21:57:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T01:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/?p=44558"},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:37:45","slug":"sta-reflection-24-amelia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/sta-reflection-24-amelia\/","title":{"rendered":"STA Reflection &#8217;24 &#8211; Amelia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, I am <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/people\/amelia-mitchell\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/people\/amelia-mitchell\/\">Amelia<\/a>. I have been an STA for the past 3 years. I had more goals this past year than usual. Those goals were to publicize the 3D printers, learn blender, and to create better \u201cHow to Print\u201d posters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;As an STA, I learned about the 3D printers on campus (during spring 2023). Over the past two semesters, I have used my knowledge as an STA to host <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/3d-printing-on-campus-workshop\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/3d-printing-on-campus-workshop\/\">3D printing workshops<\/a> to inform fellow students of the options for 3D printing on campus. In addition, I was able to help repair the theatre department\u2019s 3D printers as well as learn about the studio art department\u2019s new 3D printer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this past semester, I learned the basics of Blender to the point where I now feel confident in leading a workshop during Fall 2024. I followed <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjEaoINr3zgEPv5y--4MKpciLaoQYZB1Z&amp;si=CjjyItkmBiSrGL0A\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjEaoINr3zgEPv5y--4MKpciLaoQYZB1Z&amp;si=CjjyItkmBiSrGL0A\">Blender Guru\u2019s tutorial<\/a> for making a donut on YouTube. This tutorial was recently updated for the 4.0 release of Blender. Below are the before and after images of one of the donuts I made.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-44558_b5a6df-5e alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-44558_b5a6df-5e kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:523px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/4qc2e7j7-2.png\" width=\"523\" height=\"294\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/4qc2e7j7-2.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/4qc2e7j7-2.png\" data-id=\"44601\" class=\"wp-image-44601\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5-1024x576.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5.png\" data-id=\"44599\" class=\"wp-image-44599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Blender5.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These past two semesters I have been working on trying to make a streamlined and user-friendly poster to teach new students how to set up the printers on their computer. So far, I have been able to make a MAC and Windows based poster but am still working on the Mobile Devices poster.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from my STA focus goal I was able to gain a new understanding of Word through helping lots of seniors format their ISs and posters. Overall, all the skills I learned this past school year as an STA will help me in the future with helping other students and at future jobs after college.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am Amelia. I have been an STA for the past 3 years. I had more goals this past year than usual. Those goals were to publicize the 3D printers, learn blender, and to create better \u201cHow to Print\u201d posters.&nbsp; &nbsp;As an STA, I learned about the 3D printers on campus (during spring 2023). 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I have been an STA for the past 3 years. I had more goals this past year than usual. Those goals were to publicize the 3D printers, learn blender, and to create better \u201cHow to Print\u201d posters.&nbsp; &nbsp;As an STA, I learned about the 3D printers on campus (during spring 2023). Over the past two semesters, I have used my knowledge as an STA to host 3D printing workshops to inform fellow students of the options for 3D printing on campus. In addition, I was able to help repair the theatre department\u2019s 3D printers as well&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/category\/sta-reflection\/\" rel=\"category tag\">STA Reflection<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Amelia Mitchell","url":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/amitchell25wooster-edu\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Image.jpg",793,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Image-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Image-387x500.jpg",387,500,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Image-768x992.jpg",768,992,true],"large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Image.jpg",793,1024,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Image.jpg",793,1024,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/04\/Image.jpg",793,1024,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Amelia Mitchell","author_link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/amitchell25wooster-edu\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Hello, I am Amelia. 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