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YOU COULD BECOME A TEACHER

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The Idea

YOU COULD BECOME A TEACHER

You could be an expert on some field or if not expert then know something different about something than others, you could have known something from your experience.

You could earn extra from your knowledge or we can say, you have to pass on your knowledge to someone to save it from being lost or if more individuals would know that, it will bring more changes to their life.

It could be like- you know some cooking technique, new recipe for food, you may know new ways of teaching, learning techniques like- how to learn swimming differently etc.

So by utilizing internet (may not be as convenient as face to face, but certainly be less costly- few dollars and can reach large area) we can share knowledge and do some business too.

We can use video, or, text or answering the questions of the learner to learn and teach. We can share tips/steps to do something or tell others ways like- 5 ways to get rich etc.

I thought of this idea when I was...

I thought of this idea when I was ...


Comments Posted

micco
micco Posted: March 21, 2008, 7:40 am

How is this different from blogging or any of the other current publishing options?

JelmerBV
JelmerBV Posted: March 22, 2008, 3:13 am

Hmmmm...
I think it's like Micco said.
People are already blogging or post their knowledge on a website about their area of interest, for example:
Cooks post on cooking websites
Artists on art website
People who can make cool movies on YouTube
Some people have their own website where they posts their knowledge on.
Etc, etc...

All you need is to put your question in a search engine on the internet.
Put into google "how to make cake" -> Search -> http://www.videojug....-to-make-sponge-cake

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: March 22, 2008, 3:35 am

the difference will be, this will give opportunity to earn some money who has got differnet knowledge, will be more organized, if plan works- we shall get everything in single website, we will filter the informations.

And this web site will accept a single tip too, that can make a big difference.

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: March 22, 2008, 10:56 pm

we may have known something different about life than what we have been tought or told,
the way we learn or see things could be differnet from others and we may have found out that we would learn easier and quicker in otherway and there could be others who match our thinking,,,if we share that knowledge it could benifit other like us too.

this web site will be one point collection of all those knowledge, ideas.

MichaelM
MichaelM Posted: March 26, 2008, 3:28 pm

This would be great, but how would you surpass the free method available now Google what you want to know?

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: March 27, 2008, 12:06 am

Thank you for your support, MichaelM.

To make it more competitive, popular we would refine the ideas posted, we shall take the services of the experts to assist owner of the idea to post more clearly, explain in a better way, help in improving the idea.

We would promote the ideas posted.

Even though, viewers would have to pay a very small fee, but the main goal of this site would be to take the better ideas to the world. May be after certain time of the ideas posted, the ideas will be accessed freely.

vanhees
vanhees Posted: March 27, 2008, 5:52 am

You can start a group on skype or on ning

Wiz4rd
Wiz4rd Posted: March 29, 2008, 12:21 am

Ahhh Nice!

I had a similar idea ...

http://www.wearesmar...id/1833/Default.aspx

Not as well phrased and needing the usual filter in the ear/eye to distill information from the humble jumble.

What I propose is self-supporting teacher community, exponentially growing in skill and ability.

Connecting and administering these people over the Internet is going to be difficult.

We need to ensure the quality of information and skills transferred and that would require being picky until we feel confident to delegate, have every learner take a certificate course in teaching (without the money/paper -that will be optional).

Have a look at the provided link :-)

Looking forward hearing from you soon!

Ales

Wiz4rd
Wiz4rd Posted: March 29, 2008, 12:32 am

Well sorry for bad URL, I will paste the jumble in:

Hello everyone and thank you for reading and hopefully effortlessly. I have in mind a experimentally easily dis/provable idea. The idea consists of these premises and I expect that there is a feasible experiment that could enhance our understanding of crowd behaviour and information sharing on the highest level societal interactions. 1. Selected individuals (only online connected or connectible volunteers across the globe) this provides for anyone with access to join. 2. Selected individuals are taught real life (separately, GPS-convenient) the art to teach. These teachers then teach other skills they are proficient at as well as teaching itself. All will be training and improving the training process by lower-level communication taboo through the Internet channel and easier meeting possibilities. This could enhance the participants' peer awareness and maximize highly tailored deliveries. This should create self improving IT-connected-HiveMind with the drive to learn and study and improve this quantum state collective consciousness getting aware. 3. I would like to measure the swiftness of information travel, time span of retention, quality of retention, emergence of independent patterns etc. I believe this could be done and it would be quite exciting to watch grow if it will be realized. Thank you for your attention and time, Ales

That said, I would appreciate constructive criticism or cynicism for my own PDSA* cycle

Truth cannot be 'agreed upon', only 'argued about'.

Ales Nohel

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: March 29, 2008, 6:53 am

Thank you for liking the idea, wiz4rd.

I support your Idea too. Those two ideas can be worked together.

Some of the differences in the ideas are: *your idea is based on research, experimentation, development of teaching techniques ; and other idea is sharing personal experience.
* my aim is to share not just teaching method but sharing every experience or knowledge that can make a good impact in other's life too.

And how are you planning to source fund?

What I have experienced and seen is, different individuals have different way of learning things, but schools, books teach us in same way to everyone. If I find our how I can learn one thing easily and effictively, than the way we are being tought, there could be other individuals like me -whose way of thinking or learning ability is similar to mine, I can share my knowledge with those person through this web site.

And people may have learned different things in life, some may have learnt by accidently, or some family have their own way of doing things. They should share their knowledge to make others life easy and better.

If we gather all those information, filter them, promote them and share them. It will benifit all.

For me, "Book is the collection of ideas- from experiment, experience". If we can collect right ideas from all around the world, we can save that ideas from going lost and also share those ideas with everyone.

And good luck with your vision.

Wiz4rd
Wiz4rd Posted: March 29, 2008, 1:26 pm

smoothoperator:

Thanks for the feed-back!

My idea is also about transferring all skills and abilities. Teaching is emphasis to ensure quality/consistency of teaching skills of the educators. Knowing where your destination lies and explaining the directions to a stranger are two different things.

Quality of the skill passed on is vital so that you gain more potential new teachers by allowing the newly educated ones ), that is why i build in those procedural points.

Specific customer deliveries - Taylor the material to individuals mode of study, exams (calendar) ...

kairaspo
kairaspo Posted: March 31, 2008, 8:09 pm

Many career chooser websites give you the same suggestions, of what fields you would be good in

FocusDriven
FocusDriven Posted: April 1, 2008, 3:03 am

I remember my friend Saigon.who offers some similar service empowering the educators on his proposed EUS idea but basically for sped teacher.

http://www.cambrianh...er/ideas-id/9DVulyD/

Goodluck!

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: April 1, 2008, 8:03 am

"YOU COULD BECOME A TEACHER" is not about helping to choose career.

And, dear focusdriven, this idea is very vast than that of your friend.

wolfmann
wolfmann Posted: April 1, 2008, 9:42 am

So this site is basically experts (or well-informed people) getting paid to spread their knowledge about certain topics? How will you compete with http://www.squidoo.com or http://www.hubpages.com ?

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: April 1, 2008, 11:53 pm

dear wolfmann, this site is for general individuals but experts can also participate.

if you have known something different in life, you can share with this site when this site comes into existance.

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: April 2, 2008, 12:01 am

And ,the links you have provided seems like a marketing tool to sell some product, introducing products.... which i think is totally different from this idea.

nick_mati
nick_mati Posted: April 2, 2008, 3:45 am

i can feel the niche but seems a generic idea afterall...

landsky
landsky Posted: April 30, 2008, 9:21 pm

I do really think it's been done. But that's what I told Bell about his phone -- I mean we already have the telegraph, stupid.

landsky
landsky Posted: April 30, 2008, 9:24 pm

PS. As a teacher myself, I would welcome a site where I could advertise my narrow specialties and general abilities for tutoring and such. So, find a way to make this different and I'll sign up.

PhilipH
PhilipH Posted: April 30, 2008, 9:39 pm

This is one of those ideas that keeps appearing under different names and from different people... I suggest you check the archives for similar ideas and try to work with these people in order to share your ideas and skills and get a product to market.

daraddishman
daraddishman Posted: May 1, 2008, 1:28 am

Allcaps means yelling. It's like Tony Robbins is getting hungry on my computer screen...

I think the idea of a resource site where you can link up to be a 'teacher' to help people is cool. I can see how it could be a sorta cool thing until you find a bunk teacher who tells you the world is flat and that Detroit is the centre of the known universe.

What is the revenue model?

How is this different than me going to wikipedia or asking Google questions?

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: May 1, 2008, 11:35 pm

We will filter the information, promote, everything will be available in one website etc.

Kevin_Cox
Kevin_Cox Posted: May 3, 2008, 4:08 am

Ka-Pow try this link on for size:
http://www.expertvillage.com

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: May 4, 2008, 1:38 am

it looks to be a similar idea. thanks

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: May 4, 2008, 2:06 am

there is one difference, it uses only videos but here we are ok with text, answering the questions etc.

Emesee
Emesee Posted: May 4, 2008, 6:13 pm

hmm, graduate school? Wikiversity?

Kevin_Cox
Kevin_Cox Posted: May 6, 2008, 1:47 am
Brenden
Brenden Posted: May 6, 2008, 3:02 pm

how are you going to make money?

smoothoperator
smoothoperator Posted: May 7, 2008, 12:31 am

we can take percentage, ad etc.

 

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