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

Wed Jan 12 17:48:18 UTC 2011

Lynda,

Would it be possible to get enough volunteers with the expertise to do all
of these things?

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> River Woman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:41 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] An idea for classes online...
> 
> 
> 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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