Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] TV/media
[email protected]
In a message dated 2/22/2005 9:14:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
To wit:
if I want information on a specific subject--knitting, let's say--I
could get a book or magazine specific to my subject, or have a visit
from a knitter and therein have a conversation. How do I get this
information from the television? (Or, again, are we lumping DVDs and
recorded video media into "television"?)
Yes, we are lumping all those together. I don't know about you're level of
home techno but mine must include a television to watch DVD's and video. ;o)
Also in my home TV comes via satellite. (That's an FYI)
Knitting! Woo Hoo! I just completed about 15 rows of my first project without
any mistakes! (You should see the first 15 rows though, LOL)
Well, to answer your question, I can turn on DIY network, or RFD (the farm
channel) and see if they have a knitting show, or show about spinning or
sheepdog trials or shearing or raising alpacas .
Let's see I'll search on DirecTV's website for knitting shows.
There are three coming up:
Knitty Gritty (on everyday but Fridays), Storybook Knits (shopping channels
but maybe some ideas for future projects will be there) and Citiknit.
At Netflix, I can rent The Art of Knitting and watch peoples hands move as
they do different stitches. I can get more ideas than just watching one or two
people, I can see people knit things that are more advanced that the projects
done by people I know. and it darn sure costs less then a class or the $10.00
per half hour that my local yarn shop charges for advice!
BUT! Some people don't need as much visual imput or have much greater
access to experienced knitters (or road graders) than I and won't go to a TV
set to get that info. Some people who are shy won't seek out others for that
information. Still others are unable to comprehend written word in regards to
knitting (K, P1 Rib (over an even number of sts) Rnd 1: *K1, p 1; rep from *
around. Rep rnd 1 for k 1, p 1 rib.)
Some people like to have a variety of sources for information.
Elissa
Mystik Hill Farm
Kearneysville, WV
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[email protected] writes:
To wit:
if I want information on a specific subject--knitting, let's say--I
could get a book or magazine specific to my subject, or have a visit
from a knitter and therein have a conversation. How do I get this
information from the television? (Or, again, are we lumping DVDs and
recorded video media into "television"?)
Yes, we are lumping all those together. I don't know about you're level of
home techno but mine must include a television to watch DVD's and video. ;o)
Also in my home TV comes via satellite. (That's an FYI)
Knitting! Woo Hoo! I just completed about 15 rows of my first project without
any mistakes! (You should see the first 15 rows though, LOL)
Well, to answer your question, I can turn on DIY network, or RFD (the farm
channel) and see if they have a knitting show, or show about spinning or
sheepdog trials or shearing or raising alpacas .
Let's see I'll search on DirecTV's website for knitting shows.
There are three coming up:
Knitty Gritty (on everyday but Fridays), Storybook Knits (shopping channels
but maybe some ideas for future projects will be there) and Citiknit.
At Netflix, I can rent The Art of Knitting and watch peoples hands move as
they do different stitches. I can get more ideas than just watching one or two
people, I can see people knit things that are more advanced that the projects
done by people I know. and it darn sure costs less then a class or the $10.00
per half hour that my local yarn shop charges for advice!
BUT! Some people don't need as much visual imput or have much greater
access to experienced knitters (or road graders) than I and won't go to a TV
set to get that info. Some people who are shy won't seek out others for that
information. Still others are unable to comprehend written word in regards to
knitting (K, P1 Rib (over an even number of sts) Rnd 1: *K1, p 1; rep from *
around. Rep rnd 1 for k 1, p 1 rib.)
Some people like to have a variety of sources for information.
Elissa
Mystik Hill Farm
Kearneysville, WV
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[email protected]
In a message dated 2/23/2005 6:33:44 AM Mountain Standard Time,
Earthmomma67@... writes:
Yes, we are lumping all those together. I don't know about you're level of
home techno but mine must include a television to watch DVD's and video. ;o)
--------------------
Same here.
I don't villify one resource over another. My kids have freedom to turn the
TV on or off, to put in a tape or a video or a game. I don't praise them or
give them an M&M for doing an "educational" thing instead of a "just for
fun" thing because they're learning either way, and not having their lives
labelled with "good for you" and "What!?" gives them the REAL freedom to choose
what's good and useful *for them.*
The next three paragraphs are the beginning of an article called "Raising a
Respected Child":
Holly says the ice cream we have in the freezer is too sweet. She had
chocolate milk last night and said there was too much chocolate in it, so she
divided it and made chocolate milk for someone else with half of it. She usually
prefers plain milk.
Plain milk tastes WAY better if it's your choice than if does when it's plain
because someone else wouldn't let you put chocolate in it.
Without free choice, how can a person choose what is plain and good?
The rest is here:
_http://sandradodd.com/respect_ (http://sandradodd.com/respect)
More on the value of choices, by other people:
_http://sandradodd.com/choice_ (http://sandradodd.com/choice)
_http://sandradodd.com/chore/option_ (http://sandradodd.com/chore/option)
Sandra
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Earthmomma67@... writes:
Yes, we are lumping all those together. I don't know about you're level of
home techno but mine must include a television to watch DVD's and video. ;o)
--------------------
Same here.
I don't villify one resource over another. My kids have freedom to turn the
TV on or off, to put in a tape or a video or a game. I don't praise them or
give them an M&M for doing an "educational" thing instead of a "just for
fun" thing because they're learning either way, and not having their lives
labelled with "good for you" and "What!?" gives them the REAL freedom to choose
what's good and useful *for them.*
The next three paragraphs are the beginning of an article called "Raising a
Respected Child":
Holly says the ice cream we have in the freezer is too sweet. She had
chocolate milk last night and said there was too much chocolate in it, so she
divided it and made chocolate milk for someone else with half of it. She usually
prefers plain milk.
Plain milk tastes WAY better if it's your choice than if does when it's plain
because someone else wouldn't let you put chocolate in it.
Without free choice, how can a person choose what is plain and good?
The rest is here:
_http://sandradodd.com/respect_ (http://sandradodd.com/respect)
More on the value of choices, by other people:
_http://sandradodd.com/choice_ (http://sandradodd.com/choice)
_http://sandradodd.com/chore/option_ (http://sandradodd.com/chore/option)
Sandra
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Jackie Chovanes
On Feb 23, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Earthmomma67@... wrote:
just starting to learn spinning -- it's fun, but I need way more
practice, lol.
We don't have cable, but my parents have satellite TV and so I can get
my Dad to tape whatever dh and I or the kids want to see. I'll have to
check out the spinning show!
Elissa, do you know of any good knitting or spinning -- or fiber arts
in general -- e-lists? I checked out some from yahoo, but they were
not very good -- no one ever posted anything except notices of stuff
they were selling : (.
TIA,
Jackie Chovanes
jchovanes@...
>Congrats on the knitting success! I'm an intermediate knitter, but I'm
> Knitting! Woo Hoo! I just completed about 15 rows of my first project
> without
> any mistakes! (You should see the first 15 rows though, LOL)
> Well, to answer your question, I can turn on DIY network, or RFD (the
> farm
> channel) and see if they have a knitting show, or show about spinning
> or
> sheepdog trials or shearing or raising alpacas .
>
just starting to learn spinning -- it's fun, but I need way more
practice, lol.
We don't have cable, but my parents have satellite TV and so I can get
my Dad to tape whatever dh and I or the kids want to see. I'll have to
check out the spinning show!
Elissa, do you know of any good knitting or spinning -- or fiber arts
in general -- e-lists? I checked out some from yahoo, but they were
not very good -- no one ever posted anything except notices of stuff
they were selling : (.
TIA,
Jackie Chovanes
jchovanes@...
Latoya
I've just learned to knit myself as of December, 2004. Its fun and
entertaining. My 6 year old now knows how, too. She's making her
first dishtowel! She's excited about the colors right now. Its a good
thing to have the children do.
You may want to check out some groups at meetup.com. We live in
Florida and I've joined some local groups. Also, some others like
Knitting for Cheap and Hurrican Knitters - US-wide.
I've also organized a knit and sit (or stitch'n bitch) where we get
together 2x a month and just knit. Its fun and chatty.
Happy knitting,
Latoya
Parenting, naturally...
www.naturalfamilyboutique.com/?Latoya
entertaining. My 6 year old now knows how, too. She's making her
first dishtowel! She's excited about the colors right now. Its a good
thing to have the children do.
You may want to check out some groups at meetup.com. We live in
Florida and I've joined some local groups. Also, some others like
Knitting for Cheap and Hurrican Knitters - US-wide.
I've also organized a knit and sit (or stitch'n bitch) where we get
together 2x a month and just knit. Its fun and chatty.
Happy knitting,
Latoya
Parenting, naturally...
www.naturalfamilyboutique.com/?Latoya