[mythtv-users] Advice please: school mythtv project

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Thu Apr 29 00:27:35 UTC 2010


On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 April 2010 04:48:05 pm Nick Rout wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> >> and I hear there's a new theme you might want to use.
>> >
>> > With all of the budget problems so many school districts are having (at
>> > least here in the USA) now is the perfect time to introduce them to Open
>> > Source software. Our local Linux User's Group is already starting to get
>> > inquiries from several schools in Colorado.
>> >
>> > I hadn't thought of Myth as something they might be interested in, but
>> > now that I think about it it seems like a good fit for many schools.
>>
>> Being 47 and having been taught before computers, projectors, VCR's
>> etc were commonplace in schools, I wonder if our kids these days are
>> being fed too much movies and TV shows. My stepdaughter tells me the
>> other day that they watched some buddy movie (sorry can't remember the
>> title) in Health the other day. When asked what it had to do with the
>> curriculum she said that it was related to their current topic of
>> "friendship".
>>
>> Seemed more likely to my cynical mind that the teacher needed some
>> down time with the lights off.
>
> Granted some teachers find it easier to just roll a film and leave or go to
> sleep than to actually teach.
>
> But there is a lot of video that is truly "educational", if used properly.
>
> I agree it sometimes gets ridiculous. I'm aware of a "college level" class on
> "Harry Potter" (at least it's offered by a college), which seems to lack much
> educational value, at least IMHO.

There are many classical references in HP, but that doesn't IMHO make
it worthy of college level study.

>
> Tools can be used properly or improperly, and Myth is certainly a tool that
> has a lot of potential for education.

For sure, there is some good stuff about. Seeing Shakespeare done well
is a lot more inspiring than reading it for class. There are many good
docos on too.


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