You know, rather than building a group each time around a topic and a teacher, I'd like to be part of a learning group which met regularly and picked topics to tackle. Call it a 'meta-class,' we'd arrange for lecturers and texts and whatnot as needed to take whatever it was we were learning. In treating learning as a project, it seems like we can get better at it, and get better, as a group, at taking it on.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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The other day I met Ramin, who started < <a href="http://unclasses.org" target="_blank">http://unclasses.org</a> >. This is a website that connects people who want to learn something with people who want to teach something. It's an interesting way for people and teachers to get together. I suggested to him that Noisebridge might be a good place for people to consider teaching their classes.<br>
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<br>> From: <a href="mailto:ninechars@gmail.com" target="_blank">ninechars@gmail.com</a><br>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:36:33 -0700<br>> To: <a href="mailto:jason.dusek@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.dusek@gmail.com</a><br>
> CC: <a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] What do you want to learn?<div><div></div><div class="h5">
<br>> <br>> Classes I would be interested in:<br>> <br>> --emacs-fu (++)<br>> --Japanese language, especially kanji memorization and automated SRS stuff<br>> --Too bad it didn't work before, I would sign up for a Ruby on Rails<br>
> intro for Web programmers<br>> <br>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Jason Dusek <<a href="mailto:jason.dusek@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.dusek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > 2009/10/09 Rubin Abdi <<a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net" target="_blank">rubin@starset.net</a>>:<br>
> >> Christie Dudley wrote, On 2009/10/09 17:44:<br>> >> > The trouble with naming a class and looking for an<br>> >> > instructor is the instructor isn't as motivated as he would<br>> >> > be if it was his idea in the first place...<br>
> >><br>> >> I didn't teach my Lightroom class till someone said, "hey I<br>> >> want a Lightroom class."<br>> ><br>> > I stopped teaching Haskell class after I realized no one was<br>
> > happy and I stopped teaching Ruby when I realized no one was<br>> > already doing a little Ruby in their spare time.<br>> ><br>> > My initial enthusiasm took me a little ways but then...<br>
> ><br>> > --<br>> > Jason Dusek<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>
> > <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss</a><br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>
> Luke Smith<br>> <a href="http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~smith/" target="_blank">http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~smith/</a><br>> <a href="mailto:luke.thomas.smith@gmail.com" target="_blank">luke.thomas.smith@gmail.com</a><br>
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