Showing posts with label passion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label passion. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Anyone Can Learn To Teach

Anyone Can Learn To Teach, teacher pointing to a blackboard
Found on BuzzPo
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Anyone Can Learn To Teach

   What are you passionate about? Is there anything at work that you are proficient at? Do you get irritated when people don't understand your logic? Then you have something to teach.

   We've been taught in school that you need years of schooling and a degree for this or that to be able to teach anything. This is completely false. You have the tools to teach if you are knowledgeable in something and a love for helping people grow.

   The best way to teach more people is through the internet. 

   Find a nicely lit area of the house with a solid light-colored wall. You want the background to be plain so nothing in the background distracts the viewer. The lighting needs to be bright enough to see you completely. The darker the set the more pixelated the video. 

   You don't need a professional camera to film yourself teaching. An up to date cell phone works just as well. Set the phone in a position that captures all of you and the area you might move or point to. If you need a board to write on, make sure that it's in the shot as well. Make sure it's not hard to see yourself in the shot. The student needs to see the teacher. 

   Keep the content short and sweet. If you can throw some jokes in, laughter is always great. The best way to learn is by keeping the viewer intrigued. If you let your passion speak, people will be interested in seeing you. There's nothing more mesmerizing than seeing that spark in the teacher's eyes when they're teaching what they love.


Anyone Can Learn To Teach, Larry Cuban
Found on School Reform and Classroom Practice by Larry Cuban
https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/moocs-and-pedagogy-teacher-centered-student-centered-and-hybrids/
   Film yourself a few times and make sure it's a clean edit. Screwing up is okay, but if you can edit it correctly you'll have a nice clean video. YouTube is a great avenue for uploading the videos. You can put them up there or find a skill-sharing website to connect with. 

   Websites like Skillshare will pay you for posting your teaching videos. Sign up with them and submit your videos. If they accept your submissions, promote your page. Every time someone views your video or pays for the training, you get paid too!

   The world needs to see what you're passionate about. The internet is about learning anything you want at the click of a button. We consume so much junk on the web today, lets make it more educational and productive by creating and posting your teaching videos. 



     Brad Slaughter is a Co-Owner of Try-Fun Fitness & Training, Writer for Inside My Inquisitive Mind, Producer, Entrepreneur and trained in Social Media Marketing By Corsera

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Friday, July 29, 2016

It Only Takes One

It Only Takes One to Feel Motivated Again! Thumbs Up for That!
Found on Guff
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   Yesterday I hit the first of many walls that everyone hits when they are starting their own enterprise. For me, the enterprise is my Podcast "Why Don't We Question That?". The podcast is about questioning items and agenda's that this government or society creates and perpetuates. When I started it I was full of excitement and knew that it would shed light on things that I feel are important for the country to understand. 

   But yesterday was a hard day for me. I finished up my 3rd episode, was proud of it, but looked at my stats before I posted the episode. The low amount of views and downloads depressed me a bit. I know that I have to keep plugging away at it, but come on, I should have been able to have more than what I had...I started to question why I started it. Did anyone want to hear what I had to say? Did anyone care? 

   I didn't post the podcast until my girlfriend and I were about to leave for a get-together. I did this for 2 reasons: Firstly because you get more viewership after 6 PM when people are off of work and secondly because I wanted to post it and walk away. I didn't want to keep refreshing the screen for 30 minutes to see the stats. 

It Only Takes One to Feel Motivated Again! Thumbs Up for That!
Found on Thumbs and Ammo Blog
http://thumbsandammo.blogspot.com/

   When we got to the party, I pushed those negative thoughts to the back burner and kept my mind in the present moment of enjoyment. When the drinks kept coming, a group of us naturally started talking about the usual stuff, science and politics. I weaved my podcast into the conversation not for a promotional purpose, but to explain that I've been talking about these exact conversations on there. A girl in the group explained that her dad had a talk radio show speaking on the exact topics I was! It felt so good to talk about my passions and express them to a group of people, instead of into a microphone and to my family. She was so interested in the conversation that she wrote down my podcast to listen to later!

   The fire started burning again, and with more intensity. As I was driving home I was elated and had a flow of new ideas swarming around in my head. It only took that one girl to take interest in my passion to spark that flame again.

   This morning I plugged away at promoting the podcast and within an hour I got 50 more downloads! Your passion is what will bring your success.  

   I have a very supporting girlfriend and family, and I'm very thankful for that every day. But to organically see other people take interest in what I love, helps to keep me going. Without them, I wouldn't be able to someday make enough of a living where I can focus on just my dream and help others achieve the same too. 

   If you're feeling down about your passion, go out and talk to people that are like minded. Bring it up in conversation and you'll be amazed at the love you'll receive. It's worth so much. It only takes one person to light that fire again.  


     Brad Slaughter is a Co-Owner of Try-Fun Fitness & Training, Writer for Inside My Inquisitive Mind, Producer, Entrepreneur and trained in Social Media Marketing By Corsera.      Follow him on   Twitter- @bradslaughter89                                                                                              or Facebook - @OfficialBradSlaughter
     Brad Slaughter is a Co-Owner of Try-Fun Fitness & Training, Writer for Inside My Inquisitive Mind, Producer, Entrepreneur and trained in Social Media Marketing By Corsera

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Found on The Odyssey Online
http://bit.ly/2bJRzEk

    For the millennials out there that have the attention span of less than a goldfish, (Which is the mass majority of people now that we have smart phones. Don't believe me? Here's a link to one of a plethora of articles on it.) I think this question is ridiculous.

Our attention spans are shorter than a goldfish
Found on Complete Goldfish Care
http://completegoldfishcare.com/

    Now that I've sent the people who wouldn't read this anyway away, here's a story for you.