[Nfb-krafters-korner] An idea for classes online...

[River Woman]

Terry,

I am just brainsorming ideas. I think that teachers can be really creative 
with how they teach a class and that all media can be a pollibility and that 
it can vary from one teacher to another.  There have been many good ideas 
projected here, and my idea is just one of them.  I could envision a 
combination of using YouTube videos, along with a website created just for a 
teacher's classes, and also the phone conference classes - all used for one 
class by a teacher for maximum coverage of time zones, personal time for 
students, and question/answers that all can use and learn from.  There are 
no limits to what can be done to expand and grow this group. From my 
observation, this group has a tremendous base of people who are very 
technologically advanced and could develop some amazing programs. The sky is 
the limit!

Could we build a class that is comprehensive and uses multi-media methods of 
teaching?

Video - Voice Tape - Telephone conference - Web site - Face Book Page - 
Blog -

One course could be any or all of the above -
Any dreamers out there??????

Lynda River Woman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] An idea for classes online...


> What format would the classes be on the web.  Are you trying to say, you 
> want me to write, word for word, when I can explain it over the phone a 
> lot easier.  If you do a craft along with the group it is a lot easier to 
> tell the group, exactly what you are doing.  I had a hard enough time 
> writing my first book, but now I have a foundation to build upon.  Please 
> explain how these classes are presented.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:43 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] An idea for classes online...
>
> I was delighted to find this group when a friend sent me the information. 
> It has been a blessing to me and I have greatly enjoyed talking with 
> others, taking classes as I can, and participaing.  You guys have inspired 
> me and given me confidence that I can do most anything. I am grateful for 
> that.  A number of people here are my friends on Face Book and I enjoy 
> knowing them this way. It's been great!
>
> In the past Joyce gave us the Needlework University website - could 
> something like this be a model for a class?  I was looking at it the other 
> day, and saw that a class was posted and left up for a week or so, and you 
> can interact with the others at any time, get questions answered, etc.  I 
> thought, what a great idea, a person living anywhere can take a class this 
> way, at their own time and take their time learning as it is there for a 
> period of time.  Students learn a lesson, then can interact with the 
> instrucotr and other students through the site once they are signed up.
>
> I wondered at the time, if something like this could work for us?
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:25 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] An idea for classes online...
>
>
>>I can see how posting classes on the list would make it so fewer people
>> would join the division.  The reason I joined is not because I agree with
>> the philosophy of the NFB, but because I believe in the philosophy of
>> blind
>> crafters working together to accomplish our crafts.
>>
>> That being said, I can understand that requiring people to join in order
>> to
>> receive the information is reasonable.
>>
>> I have a suggestion, maybe something like  this will work?
>>
>> I am a member of an online loom group in which there are 2 email lists.
>> one
>> list is only for classes.  Nothing, absolutely nothing is discussed there
>> except for the current class.  The instructor monitors the list for
>> questions from the participants.  The group then has a second list for
>> general discussions.  What classes would you like to see, what tools do
>> you
>> have in your stash, how is your granddaughter liking her new hat, etc.
>>
>> Maybe an online class can be taught this way?  People would only be
>> subscribed to the list for the class if they have signed up for the 
>> class.
>> At the end of the class the entire membership to that list is purged and 
>> a
>> new list is set up for the new class.
>>
>> It obviously is more work for the person maintaining lists...  sounds 
>> like
>> a
>> new position for a volunteer in the division.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dixie
>> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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