Hi everyone and Linda who wrote: > Taking a workshop class or course we expect to learn, > but what does the different names suggest. Does it influence your choice?
In a long list of courses offered as through a conference - yes, at first - then I read further each description to decide... > Should the name reflect the content? Yes - although the description should specify further what the course or workshop is all about. The next refer to a workshop - a one or two day concentration of lacemaking/learning: I think it is important for teachers to indicate what the proposed outcomes of the workshop will be - i.e. "after taking this workshop, the student will be able to...." or "this workshop features a pattern in XYZ lace - students will select a pattern appropriate to their skill level; basics of XYZ lace will be taught, and there will be technical help for the intermediate and advanced lacers working on a more advanced pattern." I don't think you can presume that a piece should be finished during the workshop itself - teacher/student can hope for this, but skill and speed varies with the individual. and some of us are quite happy to take the unfinished piece home, along with the sheaf of notes we've taken, and complete it later, effectively revisiting the workshop in our own space (double the pleasure). I have worked so long on my own that to make full use of my time in a day-long workshop setting, I would be inclined to absorb all I could for future reference, maybe not making the most perfect piece of lace in the process. As well, one would want to take exercise breaks (mental and physical) as the day wears on. That also might include 'visiting' other people's pillows - providing they don't mind ;) well that's my *nickel's* worth ;) bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
