Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble…..
Our high
school is performing “The Music Man” and I have this song running through my
head in the annoying, it will never go away sort of way. But it does allude to something I want to
talk about today. In each and EVERY one
of our classrooms, under EVERY week, just below the assignments, is a place few
people go…..
But we all
should!
I will be the
first to raise my hand as “guilty” of not using this section as well as I could
(or at all to be honest). I did not
really understand the purpose of it until recently and sadly I have been at
this over two years and am nearly finished.
I want my loss to be your gain.
This is what
I am talking about:
Problems and
Solutions Discussion.
For some reason I
thought I had to have some big “issue” to post there. I could not have been more wrong.
Click under this section and this is what it
says,
”This Problems and Solutions Discussion forum is
where you can post information about any technical or assignment problems
you're experiencing, and post any solutions, tips, tricks or other comments
that would be of value to fellow students.”
My
current Instructor adds this note,
“If you
have any questions about this week's assignments that you think your classmates
might also have, please post them here. If you think you have an answer
to a classmate's question, you are welcome to chime in - this is a community,
let's welcome one another and support each other as we learn more about
portraiture!”
This, ladies and gentlemen is a FABULOUS tool, a GREAT
resource, a WONDERFUL arena for us to connect and help one another. Remember that no question it too small or
stupid. I struggled all the way through
Lighting PH136 not knowing if I should leave the modeling light on all the time
when using strobes or shut it off. It
was not until I was taking Studio Photography PH212 and was having a phone
conversation with the Instructor that it occurred to me to ask her and not feel
ridiculous about it. If I had posted a
little note in the Problems and Solutions Discussion during week one of
Lighting, then I would have known. And
it is entirely possible other students in the class had the same question.
This is a learning environment! We are all here to LEARN. To better foster that we need to simply ask
questions when we have them. It may very well be that a classmate knows the
answer. We are all at different places
in this journey. One of the beauties of the AiO set up is that because we are
all at different points in our journey, we can and SHOULD help one
another. AiO has given us a platform in
the Problems and Solutions Discussion where we can do just that.
Do you have a question that you have been too nervous, afraid,
or did not think to just ask? Well now
is your chance!
You can always ask us questions here on the blog as
well. That is one part of what we are
here for as Student Ambassadors. We are
all a bit further along in our journeys and have found ways to be successful
and yet are still learning. Let us all
learn together.
It’s just another Manic Monday …
Monday Ambassador
