Fwd: stuff
Randolph Wang
From: Saraswati Teachers Training <str...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: stuff
To: ryw...@cs.princeton.edu, rywa...@gmail.com
Dear Randy,
Your assessment of the Technical Training is quite encouraging. Rani
is out of town for about ten days. We are serious about Video
Shooting. Some Shuvatara teachers are ready for shooting. There is
still some more work to be decided on the curriculum. However, we will
make the most of your stay in Nepal. We want your technical assistance
in video shooting. So, please tell us when you will be able to be with
us while shooting. We will plan our shooting date accordingly. In
face, our whole programme’s success is fully dependent on you.
Thank you very much.
Please inform your date of availability.
Regards,
Dr. K. N. Shrestha
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:58 AM, <sh...@wlink.com.np> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Randolph Wang ryw...@cs.princeton.edu
> To: shuva sh...@wlink.com.np
> Sent: Sun 20/06/10 7:42 PM
> Subject: Fwd: stuff
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> I sent the following to Rani but I guess she's not reading emails.
>
> Anyways, I think it's important that the DSH program should start
> filming soon. Is there someone in charge at the school to get things
> started?
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Randolph Wang <ryw...@cs.princeton.edu>
> Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM
> Subject: stuff
> To: Rani Gurung <gurun...@gmail.com>
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>
> Hi Rani,
>
>
> (1) I did two days of technical tutorials for the computer teachers.
> Three of the teachers were good. I liked them. They were Nilam
> Ghale, Sajeet Maharja, and Kush. They were diligent, responsible,
> attentive, asked good questions, and learned quickly.
>
> They know all that's necessary to run the technical parts of the
> project for now.
>
>
> (2) I think it's important that we start shooting very soon.
>
> I sense a bit of reluctance or paralysis perhaps as a result of being
> overly anxious about being "perfect."
>
> A couple things...
>
> (a) As far as I can tell, the teachers I saw were very good. I think
> if you just unleash them, let them teach in the best way they know
> how, they'll do a great job.
>
> (b) Remember, this is going to be a long-term iterative process.
> There's no need to worry about absolute perfection. It's ok to shoot
> some videos that we later decide that are less than good, and we can
> redo things. That's how we make progress. If we never start
> shooting, it might be hard for the progress to even begin.
>
> We should also understand that this style of video shooting is NOT
> like traditional studio production or shooting studio-quality movies,
> where actual shooting is a big deal and people don't start lightly.
> What we do is more like kids shooting CASUAL movies and uploading them
> on YouTube. It's a very CASUAL mode of shooting and there's no need
> to be too obsessed with perfection.
>
> (c) Also, remember, this is going to be a marathon. If we spend a
> massive amount of time plotting just a couple lessons, the marathon
> might not be sustainable in the long run. People might do this a
> couple times, and they won't do it again.
>
> (d) Having said that, I think if there's currently careful planning
> going on in terms of curriculum, textbooks, whatever, then I'm ok with
> waiting and going slow. What I'm saying above is that if there's
> paralysis in fear of the need to be perfect, in the absence of
> concrete planning activities that are occurring, then it's no good.
>
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> (3) I have some DVDs shipped from Lucknow. These are training
> sessions conducted by Khomeini for recipient school teachers. Among
> other things, it includes showing teachers how such videos are to be
> used in a classroom. They are in Hindi.
>
>
> My bottom-line message is that we should commence shooting soon.
> Improvements can be continuously made after the process starts.
>
> Besides, you want to maximally take advantage of the times I'm spending here.
>
>
> Randy
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