Online Classes
November 9th, 2011
I teach online classes through an American company called My Creative Classroom (MCC), run by teacher Jeri Parks. MCC runs a wide range of courses and I have three classes with them which are repeated a couple of times a year. I do not run MCC myself, I am commissioned to prepare the class and support students while it runs, so to sign up for a class, you need to register with MCC at their website which is www.mycreativeclassroom.com.
Next Classes:
Rubber Stamping: Terrific Techniques - starts 21st March 2012
My current classes are
- Card Design Workshop
- Rubber Stamping: Back to Basics
- Rubber Stamping: Terrific Techniques
How My Creative Classroom works:
Once you have set yourself up with a username and password on their site, you can enrol on any of their courses. Each course you enrol on has it’s own web page on the site which is known as a virtual classroom. There’s a news forum on there (think of it as the teacher’s blackboard), a general chat forum where you can get to know other students (the cafeteria) and each week there is a specific forum for that lesson where you can ask me any questions about the techniques or materials covered. By using this kind of structure, whenever anyone asks a question, all students benefit from the answer.
Each week a new lesson is revealed in the classroom and you get an email to let you know the material is available. There is a comprehensive handout which is a pdf file that you can save and print, plus a presentation or videos.
Each week I suggest activities, but I must stress that homework is not compulsory and if you don’t have time to do it, that’s fine. You’ll probably get more out of the course if you can make the time to try out the activities, but my classes are a laid back guilt free zone, so it’s up to you.
There is a gallery where you can upload photos of your work and if you want constructive feedback, you can ask for it.
