As promised, here's a video of the talk I gave at the 50th Anniversary British Origami Society Convention last weekend. Let me know what you think! Which tip is your favourite one? Which ones would you have added?
Sara, thanks for the advice I will incorporate the tips I still don't do. I have another one I've found useful and it is having a copy of the diagrams with me, even pictures of the steps in my phone would do. You never know when your memory is going to betray you no matter how hard you've trained.
I really enjoyed your talk! And I found it so important that you focus on and think about your audience/students. I think that is why your videos are so popular; there are a lot of origami tutorials around but yours are so clear and detailed.
Thanks, that means a lot. yes, I focus on my students, always hoping they'll be able to follow along. Of course, it's also totally fine to simply watch my videos for the pure enjoyment, but it's extra special when you fold along with me. :)
Excellent video. Allways interesting learn about teaching origami. I like to share the folding with friends,and its very important do it the right way. Thanks like always!
Great presentation. While I was seeing the video and started hearing your explanation, I realized that many of the poiints that you mentioned not only apply to Origami, they can apply to many other type of talks (for teachers, business presentations, etc). I really want to thank you for this excelent review on how to approach these situations. The part in which you show the feedback from the users, and how you thransform that to something positive is really great. Great work. Gran presentación. Mientras mira el video y comencé a escuchar tu explicación, me dí cuenta que muchos de los puntos que mencionas no se aplican solamente al Origami, también se pueden aplicar a muchos otros tipos de charlas (maestros, presentaciones de trabajo, etc). Quiero agradecerte por este excelente resumen sobre como abordar estas situaciones. La parte donde muestras los comentarios por parte de los usuarios, y como lo transformas en algo positivo es muy bueno. Gran trabajo.
Yes, I agree. Many of the concepts apply to other areas of teaching or presenting, too. And I always try to take something positive from feedback, even if it's sometimes phrased a bit bluntly. :)
Ein gelungener Vortrag! Ich fand den Punkt "Identify difficult steps and teach them clearly" besonders wichtig. Wenn man selbst erfahrener Falter ist erfordert es zum Teil viel Geschick sich in den Lernenden hineinzuversetzen und den kritischen Punkt im Faltprozeß zu identifizieren! Auch der Punkt "Show and explain both hand and paper movements" wird viel zu oft vernachlässigt und stiftet im Lernprozess Verwirrung. Bei einem weiteren Punkt musste ich selbst über mich lachen, da ich das, wenn ich meiner Tochter etwas beibringen möchte, offensichtlich immer falsch mache: "Look, but don't touch." Ich gelobe Besserung, auch wenn's schwer fällt 😅
Danke! Ja, der erste Tip ist meiner Meinung nach einer der Wichtigsten - weswegen ich ihn ganz an den Anfang geschoben habe. :) Allerdings ist der Tip "Look, but don't touch." ebenso wichtig, wenn man möchte, dass jemand mehr lernt und so richtig Stolz auf sich selbst sein kann. Das Gefühl, das man beim Origami hat, ist ja nicht gerade unwichtig.
Sorry, I tried to improve the audio I received, but couldn't do much. Unfortunately, the issues with the audio (esp. overloading) are near impossible to fix. :( Perhaps I'll find the time to add subtitles.
I have, but not very often. Of course, I regularly fold with kids in my extended family, but it's quite different to teaching a larger group of children (like a school class).
i tried to practice it a while ago in my class. it was so much challenging, but worked well in the end. i also did fold with my niece and cousin :). got some inspirations from your teaching video :)
Sorry, I tried to improve the audio I received, but couldn't do much. Unfortunately, the issues with the audio (esp. overloading) are near impossible to fix. :(
So I just sat down for a little Friday night video game session, and while my game was installing, I switched over to RU-vid. Guess what was right at the top of my subscription feed, having just been posted minutes before. "OK, I'll just watch this for a few minutes." Then, you showed the "worst video on RU-vid" comment, and I was going "Oh, no, now I have to watch the whole thing to see if any of MY comments show up in this presentation." When no other comments appeared, I'm not sure if I was more relieved or disappointed to not see my user name appear, hahaha. That said, I think it was an hour well-spent. I've made one attempt to teach an origami model to a friend's parents, and according to the pointers made in here, I could not have done a worse job. Now I know why they haven't called me in four months. Guess I should call and apologize for being such a bad teacher. [sigh] You are indeed a great teacher, both in the quality of your instruction and in your patience and encouragement. This was a very well-presented talk on the topic. Thanks for taking the time to edit it and post it here.
