I took the liberty of contacting Catherine outside of the forum and this was her advice:
--------------- My advice for you guys would be to go back to basics and remember that the most effective teaching is where the teacher lets the student see how to approach a problem. Henry is the perfect candidate to star in the show. The strongest video-based learning experience I've had in years was a very simply emulated teacher-and-chalk-board experience. Simple head head shots, a yellow note pad and judicious use of split screens. No animation (sorry) and no Powerpoint (thankfully). NO COMPUTER. I challenge you to focus on a concise problem, practiced tight performance (no, ahhh... ummm,,, ers... ) written out by hand on a piece of paper. Though, an actual chalk board would be a nice touch. Create a sensation of real connection between humans. The teacher needs to reveal his way of thinking and let the student into that process. Make something simple, practiced and smooth. Keep me posted about what you work out and how you decide to pursue the project. For me, it has been a very challenging year because one of my sister's children was treated for leukemia. He is back in school now, thankfully, but this is after 6 intense months in the hospital. I'm still in catch-up mode and it will be a while before I am operating at full speed. -------------- Catherine is an experienced filmmaker and these tips should be considered an informed and helpful guide to whatever we end up producing. cheers, bob On Feb 15, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps it is also worth noting that we are not going to impress everyone, > nor should we want to. > > J currently caters to some high powered wallstreet types, high quality > engineering types and so on. But it's hardly the only language in use for > any of those categories. > > ... anyways we should probably think a bit about qualities of the sort of > people we think we want to attract with this video (or videos, since we > might want to attract different kinds of people). > > I'd also be tempted to enlist Cathrine Lathwell's advice on video creation > - she has more than a little relevant experience. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Murray Eisenberg > <mur...@math.umass.edu>wrote: > >> The first of those two is nicely done. >> >> However -- and here I play a Devil's advocate -- is the example all that >> impressive? Yes, the function "leap" he defines is fairly terse. But even >> terser, in a certain language I also use, is the pre-defined function: >> >> LeapYearQ >> >> Moreover, while that Kona demo clearly builds on the methods used to >> define a factorial function so as to build the leap function, isn't it a >> bit off-putting for many programmers so have to worry about defining a >> factorial function. I don't know whether Kona has such a function built in, >> but J certainly does. The issue here is what level programming one is >> trying to do, of course. >> >> On 15 Feb 2014 08:13:10 -0500, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think the ultimate 5 minute experience is a combination of: >>> >>> 1. Video >>> >>> - Here is Kona's intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmiq47E5N-w and >>> - Here is a Kona's "wow" factor: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBXsCeW9qfc(we could do the same with >>> the latest websockets implementation fairly >>> easily I think) . . . >> >> —— >> Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu >> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. >> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 240 246-7240 (H) >> University of Massachusetts >> 710 North Pleasant Street >> Amherst, MA 01003-9305 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
