Friday, October 9, 2009
CurrClick offers Online Guitar Lessons
Whoever heard of such a thing! This is just wild technology in action! Online Guitar lessons?? My daughter took her first online Guitar lessons this past week through CurrClick! It was really fun to see her plugged into the computer along with 14 other people from around the world!!!
CLASS DESCRIPTION (From CurrClick site)
Learn skills on the guitar which will enable you to play thousands of songs! In this beginning guitar course you will learn how to play songs, accompany yourself singing, and jam with others. We'll learn the basics used by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, James Taylor, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, and many more.
This course will include four live teaching sessions. During these sessions, students will be taught how to get started, the different parts of the instrument, holding the instrument, tuning, playing chords, strumming and picking, rhythm & timing, playing with others, and reading Tablature.
ABOUT THE TEACHER (From CurrClick site)
Tim Weed is a professional musician and singer with 30 years of experience performing and teaching. He teaches acoustic and electric guitar styles as well as voice, banjo and mandolin. His expertise covers a wide range of styles, including pop, rock, Americana, bluegrass, jazz, blues, world, and classical.
Tim worked as a Los Angeles studio musician playing electric and acoustic guitar on over 100 CD's in a wide variety styles. He has received international acclaim for his CD, Milagros. He also travels performing his original music which has been featured on NPR and in a concert for the Dalai Lama.
Tim lives in Northern California working as a concert musician, recording artist, producer, composer, and teacher. He's a world-traveler, organic gardener, naturalist, hiker, surfer, and father of two wonderful children. You can find out more information on Tim Weed at www.timweed.com www.timweedmusic.com
Here are some pictures of my daughter. She was able to type in responses and ask questions! She really enjoyed the class. He gave them sheets of work to do over the next week through email!
She is going to participate in their HOMESCHOOL GOT TALENT Live Online Talent Show on November 4th!
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Try an online class at Educator for Free!
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She was was recently approached by Educator.com, an online scholastic education series about doing a review and decided to check it out. Although this site is great for your high school student to get help with Chemistry, Algebra 1, Calculus BC, Calculus AB, Biology, and other subjects, it is also a great resource for the non-traditional student returning to school.
A large amount of the videos and learning tools are free, but you can opt for a monthly subscription ($20) or annual subscription ($200) that opens up a whole new database of interactive learning tools. The professors that teach the classes are all educated with advanced degrees and in many cases already teach at various colleges. For example: Dr. Harold Goldwhite (Ph.D and B.A.) and Dr. Massoud Ghyam (Ed.D) from the University of Southern California have lecture videos here.Now, not everyone is interested in learning new subjects - but most of us are moms and dads who have children in school. This tool could be your life saver. I know when my son asks me a question about Chemistry I'm lost. With Educator.com I don't have to answer those tough questions anymore. I can refer him to the website and he can get his questions answered by someone who knows. He can watch an interactive video explaining the how/what/why and I don't have to spend hours on the internet trying to understand it in order to explain it to him.
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Disclosure: This review was paid for by Educator.com.
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