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| Another Wonderful Use for YouTube - Letting the Elderly Teach |
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Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 02:17 PM EDT
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I love this guy. He's one of the members of the singing group The Zimmers, which he talks about a bit here, and he's doing a series called Granddad's Chair on YouTube -- here's one of the latest -- and this, to me, is a dream of mine coming true: having the older generation use the Internet to share what they know with younger generations. It's the first generation that actually can do this, and heaven only knows we need it, and I'm really happy to see someone doing it. Take a look and then perhaps it will inspire you to video your grandad or dear granny or parents, so they can share too. I wish nursing homes and retirement communities would do this. Maybe they know how to cook or sew or fix things around the house. Life lessons. How to stay married. Raise kids. How to live happily despite the challenges of aging. What they remember about important historical events they lived through. In this video, he talks about dealing with frustrations, being unhappy with your life. Can you imagine what a valuable collection this could be? Why should all that life knowledge be wasted? I confess I sent an email to the Zimmers suggesting something like this, and I simply love that I see it happening. This is living history, and I've had it in my mind as a dream literally for years, but Groklaw got me so busy, I had to set it aside. I gather geriatric1927 was way ahead of me and had the same idea on his own. It's one more proof that YouTube has uses way beyond anything Hollywood ever dreamed of. And in case you think nobody watches, he's now #10 Most Subscribed (All Time).
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| Authored by: lordshipmayhem on Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 02:28 PM EDT |
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| Authored by: artp on Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 02:31 PM EDT |
Per usual instructions. Use the info in red below the text entry box. Switch to
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 02:54 PM EDT |
My grandmother did this long before the Internet came into being. Before she
dies she kept a portable cassette recorder by her bed. When she felt up to it
she'd record a story or two from her life. As a result, we had a tape with a
couple of hours of stories.
A few years ago I had the tape cleaned up and recorded to CD. The results were
amazing. It sounds like you're sitting in the same room listening. All of her
children and grandchildren have copies of it.
A beautiful gift.[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 05:03 PM EDT |
I've got audio tape recordings of my grandparents (recorded in 1959 and 1960).
It's fascinating to listen to them talk about their lives.[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: n7ipb on Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 07:06 PM EDT |
Audio instead of video, and not just of the elderly. The
StoryCorps
project has some great
interviews.
From their website:
StoryCorps is a national
project to instruct
and inspire people to record one another's stories in
sound.
We're here to help you interview your grandmother, your
uncle, the
lady who has worked at the luncheonette down
the block for as long as you can
remember—anyone
whose
story you want to hear and preserve.
Highly recommended
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| Authored by: publius_REX on Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 07:13 PM EDT |
I have a scratchy cassette recording of my great
grandmother made in about 1960, when she was only 88 years
old (born in 1872, I think). I would give *anything* for
more of those stories. Image her talking about the Golden
Age, womens' suffrage (she was active in politics),
Theodore Roosevelt, The Great War, Prohibition, F. Scott
Fitzgerald .
These folks are an irreplaceable window on the past. I
sure miss the stories my mother used to tell. (sigh)
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| Authored by: AcousticZen on Wednesday, June 13 2007 @ 12:32 AM EDT |
In our modern world, we have lost the local wiseman/woman, and have certainly
missed out on the wisdom of the elderly. This type of video, I believe, is in
response to the innate need of us to leverage the wisdom of our elders.
I think our modern technology is helping us make up for the losses that same
technology has dealt us. This is a great example of how we can find wisdom, from
all parts of the world, from people who have tested, lived, and experienced, and
can give us pearls of wisdom for our own life's path.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 13 2007 @ 05:29 AM EDT |
I agree things like YouTube make it easier for people to spread knowledge.
However it's still closed to FLOSS (although hopefully thats starting to
change).
So please tell me, how do you access it? Do you have a proprietary Flash player
installed on your x86 (only) browser?[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 13 2007 @ 02:52 PM EDT |
| How long before we get the YouTube equivalent of Basic Instructions? :-) [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: mantic59 on Thursday, June 14 2007 @ 03:53 PM EDT |
| Long-time Grokker, first time poster.
I'm teaching a new generation (and some
of the old generation) how to shave
properly. The response has been beyond all my expectations.
--Mark [ Reply to This | # ]
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