Hello friends, I want to share with you the announcement about the new online course: "Origami y Geometría” available at Museo del Origami in Colonia’s website. The course is targeted to Elementary Math teachers in Latin America as well as origami instructors who do workshops either in person or online. And why not, to parents homeschooling their children in normal times and especially now in the time of the pandemic.
For general information (in Spanish) about the course, please visit: https://www.museodelorigami.org/curso-origami-geometria <https://www.museodelorigami.org/curso-origami-geometria> I’m posting it here because there might be people in this list who will benefit from knowing about this resource and/or may also want to spread the word. So thank you and please share it! As I said, they are in Spanish, but here is a trick if you are curious to see what this is about: because the videos are posted on YouTube, once you are logged-in you can turn on the automatic translation. It is not perfect but will give you an idea of the wording (the images are self-explanatory for many trained paperfolders). Of course you’ll have to pay for the course if you want to watch the videos ;) It is just U$S 25.00 for more than six hours of training classes that you can pay via Paypal. Your contribution will certainly go a long way towards implementing other courses in the future by Museo del Origami in Colonia. So thank you in advance if you want to contribute! (www.museodelorigami.org/curso-ricotti-inscripcion-y-pago <http://www.museodelorigami.org/curso-ricotti-inscripcion-y-pago>) The course was developed in conjunction by Stella Ricotti, an award-winning Math teacher from Argentina and myself, representing the Museo and working as the editor of the videos. These are more than 6 hours of videos divided in 47 “lessons", encompassing a range of topics —basic geometry elements to fractions, polygons and polyhedra. Everything that can easily be explained by folding paper without the need of a ruler or a compass (you can even create your own paper protractor!). We believe that this can be a good toolkit for elementary school teachers as well as any person interested in conducting origami workshops and want to have a better understanding of basic concepts underlying the art of folding paper. To see the full list of videos, click here: https://www.museodelorigami.org/temario-origami-geometria <https://www.museodelorigami.org/temario-origami-geometria> As the editor of the videos, I enjoyed a lot and spend countless hours learning the tricks of the trade. Team working with Stella was also fun and a great learning experience for me. Now I am ready for the next challenge as Museo del Origami has more topics for online courses which I’d like to develop. Stella Ricotti is a well-known Math teacher from Argentina. She’s now retired but continues giving workshops in many Latin American countries and also Europe (this year via Zoom ;) ). She is an expert in training teachers. In 2012, she won the First Prize in Education for her book “Geometría y Origami” at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, the largest book fair in the Hispanic world. So it’s been a pleasure and a honor to be able to work with her and help transform “text” into images. Not an easy job! Below is the ad in Spanish, if you wish to pass it along to whoever might be interested in it. Thank you very much! Laura Rozenberg Director Museo del Origami Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay www.museodelorigami.org <http://www.museodelorigami.org/> --- Museo del Origami en Colonia (Uruguay) presenta: “Origami y Geometría” ¿Eres docente de escuela? ¿Te dedicas a dar talleres de origami? Entonces, este curso a distancia también es para ti . www.museodelorigami.org/curso-origami-geometria <http://www.museodelorigami.org/curso-origami-geometria> ***47 lecciones ***Más de 6 horas y media de videos Con la experiencia de toda una vida dedicada a la capacitación y la enseñanza de las matemáticas, Stella Ricotti te invita a aprender sin la obligación de ajustarte a un horario. Podrás regresar a ver los videos cuantas veces te resulte necesario. *Recursos para formarse en la geometría del origami. *Un verdadero manual de consulta visual. *Una caja de herramientas para comprender -y trasmitir- la geometría subyacente en el plegado del papel. *Una base indispensable para construir, de manera sólida, el andamiaje de tus talleres. ¡Tus alumnos te lo agradecerán! El Museo del Origami en Colonia se enorgullece en auspiciar a Stella Ricotti, reconocida por su incansable tarea a nivel internacional, y por su libro “Geometría y Origami”, ganador del Primer Premio en Educación en la Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires. Para saber más sobre el temario, inscripción y costo, visita la página web del Museo del Origami: www.museodelorigami.org/curso-origami-geometria <http://www.museodelorigami.org/curso-origami-geometria>
