Why Did I Go To School .com is a project that I have wanted to work on since I was sixteen. Having no access to education in fields of my interest, I found other ways to learn: books, training DVDs, and online resources. One site in particular, VideoCopilot, was of such high quality and had so much free education that it singlehandedly decided part of my career path, and took me from knowing nothing to knowing what I know now in the world of motion graphics, today. This inspired me to take what I know and give back to younger versions of me, and even people my age, who want to learn something, but don't know where to start.
Why Did I Go To School .com is meant to organize learning sources for people into cohesive logical groups, in an order that makes sense for people to learn the best. It will be a lot of written content, as the mold to hold all of the resources that I want to bring together and organize into different subjects. The idea is to come up with a very organized structure (list of topics and subjects) before I start organizing and writing content. This is where you come in..
I would like to ask for your input, because -- for one reason or another -- you have gained my respect, and I consider you to be awesome. I need help with organization and subjects.
I have three main areas to learn about: video, photography, and graphic design.
Within these areas of learning are three Microsoft Word documents with headings like this..
Photography (Main Subject - Title of Page)
What is it? (Page - Link to page with info)
THE CAMERA (Main Topic - Not a page)
Cameras (Page - Link to page with info that is tabbed below)
Film Cameras (Info for page above)
(I have a few links that can be disregarded. Just found some links while writing and wanted to have them for later.)
Why Did I Go To School .com is kind of a cheeky title, and I'd like to address the attitude that the site will have. School is definitely a valuable source of learning. I obviously believe in its worth, because I am in school. I believe that the purpose of school is not just to educate, but to teach people how to learn and educate themselves. I am surrounded with so many students that expect school to teach them everything that they will need in life, and it is sad to watch. This site is for people who do not have access to school as well as people who are in school, who want to find more information on things in the main subjects that the site covers. I have spent many years fumbling through my own education, and I feel like all of the time that I spent searching around for information could have been massively shortened, if I had the questions of what information and where to find that information laid out for me.
I don't think that I am a master of knowledge or better than everyone. But, I do feel that I have a keen ability to communicate. If I truly understand something, I can generally find a way to present that concept to others that do not. If the first method doesn't work, I try a different approach, until we find a metaphor or visual representation that works for the person learning. This is the approach that I take in my classroom, and this is the approach that I want to take for this site. I want to have a few different ways to learn the same material, so that, if one source doesn't work for some people, there will be alternatives.
If you do decide that you will help, there are three different sections. It might help to glance over the different sections, as well, just to get an idea of what I'm going for. This should be something that you can use if you are teaching a class; I want this to be used as a resource for students by teachers in classrooms. So, think about this in terms of, "If I had a class of students, what would make this a good resource for them to use?"
If you decide not to help, it is no big deal. :) Life is busy, and helping someone work on a capstone project isn't always the most fun thing to do with your spare time!
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