Hey again Bill. So you noticed I gave a “shout out” in my initial message to Christopher? heh 👍

Your most recent message, hopefully the one I am responding to now, confirms my interpretation of what you said. That being  the website being more useful than the app.

I was hoping/guessing the app would be superior. Reasons why: (Wait… does he mean “reasons” provided  as a list?!?!)

1) it is much easier to find & click on. At least for us techno-phytes as is the case with me. 

2) I would like to think the app, which was designed after the website, would be more user friendly and “refined”, since most “bugs” were overcome during the website development. 

3) The website, by necessity, needs to be multifaceted such that it appeals to potential subscribers as well as current subscribers. Which means it also has a “component” associated with receiving payments. Bill, I’m sure you will agree that the app should be designed for subscribers. As such its only purpose should be about teaching. 

I mentioned my career in teaching.

yes, students have multiple learning styles. As such, I must be sure to address those different learning styles. That being said, I did NOT address all variations of those different learning styles when “introducing new content”. That would be absurd! Instead i introduced new content “my way”. Which was very consistent. It was not tailored any specific learning style. A couple reasons (oh no! He’s not going to do another list?!?! This guy really does need shut up and practice guitar!”. hahaha I feel you Bill. But taking time to present and receive content saves soooo much frustration later on.

A) All learners need to be exposed to new content in a consistent manner. It’s not a function of what the content is about. The consistency of the introduction (of each new aspect of content), simply needs to be conveyed! Me (as a teacher) needs to maintain that consistency for the sake of my students. they develop a “habit” of receiving new content, “my way”. 

B) Here is where we accommodate multiple learning styles. Only after a student is exposed to new content, can the assimilation of it take place. An artist doesn’t just sit down at a potters wheel and “develop” beautiful crockery. Someone needs to deliver the “block of clay” to them first. Only then can the artist “work with it”. And different artists will receive the same “block of clay” initially but may “work with it” differently. But the outcome will still yield a final piece of crockery!!!  

Hence:

”initial lump of clay” is me introducing the new content 
“working with it” is me guiding (teaching) students to better shape (learn) about understanding the clay (content).I used the word “guiding” (which does mean teaching). But the students view it as “guiding” thus breaking stereotypes associated with teaching and learning.

As such,  they don’t know I am teaching them!  haha This is done (in chemistry) by doing lab investigations, projects, working on problems (to solve mathematically) both in class, where I am available to help, and at home (when designed and assigned with purpose) homework is not “busy work”. ALL of this “working with it” is PRACTICE! And contained within the various methods I presented are all  individualizing learning for students who have different learning styles!

Does my work entail “educational consulting”? YES

Should Guitar Tricks hire me for my ability to “consistently teach how to teach without people knowing you are teaching”?  Well, that’s up to them, but if they want to get better at how to teach, then YES! haha