Sign up for on line mod classes

[piomode]

I'm a student, skool me

[WmWilder]

Student here.

[bikergirl1908]

I'm definitely interested. Sign me up for the class too. Just tell me when & what tools I need so I can get them ASAP. Hope I'm not too late!

[abhowe]

Sounds great....... Would enjoy being a student

[AnnaCoop]

I want to sign up to be a student also.

[opuscroakus]

Looks like 100 or so students but no teachers?

[nicowolf]

Looks like 100 or so students but no teachers?

... and therein lies the problem. The thread was started as a means of showing the modders just how many would appreciate their instruction. A few have posted instructions for their mods. so there is a place where you all can start to learn the basics and while developing your skills and such. When you run across specific questions, you can post a thread with your question(s) and the wonderful folks around here will probably supply you with plenty of feedback. So far, though, there hasn't been much interest in taking on the responsibility and commitment of formal instruction - more like an older sibling teaching a younger one, as they ask for help. I, personally, would much prefer to teach a group in person than online - it all seems so drawn out when we have to wait for responses that come at one another's leisure and I can say things a whole lot faster than typing them.

[Kewtsquirrel]

... and therein lies the problem. The thread was started as a means of showing the modders just how many would appreciate their instruction. A few have posted instructions for their mods. so there is a place where you all can start to learn the basics and while developing your skills and such. When you run across specific questions, you can post a thread with your question(s) and the wonderful folks around here will probably supply you with plenty of feedback. So far, though, there hasn't been much interest in taking on the responsibility and commitment of formal instruction - more like an older sibling teaching a younger one, as they ask for help. I, personally, would much prefer to teach a group in person than online - it all seems so drawn out when we have to wait for responses that come at one another's leisure and I can say things a whole lot faster than typing them.

I think I had 4 or so people show up for my first live on-line mod class, and none the next. A handful of us have posted tutorials (check the stickies) with step-by-step and instructions and pictures. On top of that, theres a lot of vitriol on these forums, and tbh its often just not worth the hassle of going through all the effort of writing up instructions, taking pictures, etc, etc when every time you turn around some newbie wants to attack you for something or other.

My offer to teach online mod classes still stands, but its not really worth my time to set aside the block of time, get everything ready, webcam set up, and all the other stuff if only one or two people are going to bother to show up.

[nicowolf]

After I posted my tutorial/instructions, my PM box was FULL of interest from all the WRONG people. I had people asking me how to make a mod that would last a week or two in the wilderness without electric, how to make a mod using alkaline batteries that would be as small as mine, etc. I was flooded with questions, most of which should have been asked out in the public forum to get more varied input and to avoid redundancy. It seemed like these people hadn't read a single word outside of my thread. Then some others started selling the NicoStick in the classifieds, and for prices I refuse to compete with - my time and effort are worth much more than the ten dollar profit margin they are running with, so I won't be selling any more of them.

The shortened version: if you want to learn bad enough, you will get off your duff, buy the stuff, make an attempt or two, and ask for the advice/answers you need. MANY of us started out here knowing little to nothing about electric and batteries and such. We gained our knowledge by reading and asking questions and trying on our own. The information is already here.

[opuscroakus]

I understand completely what you and nerf are saying. I myself read through the nicostick and rca threads 3 times before I made my first. Actually bought my 510 connectors from Nerf. First thing I ever soldered in my life. It may be easier for those that want to teach to just do a video and post it.