Re: [Origami] Origami online game
Thanks for all the hints and help! I have moved on, to #4, not yet ready to give up on it, just need more time to spend with it. The next few folds after the T were much easier and I even found out how to move through what I have done, although refolding them is good mind exercise. I will complete this!!! may take a while, a long while, but it is a great eye-hand coordination, and mind stimulating, and frustrating or humbling - But then, isn't that just like learning to fold real paper - easy after it is mastered. Kathy Knapp, Peoria, Illinois, USA Do well your part today. - Juliette Gordon Low
Re: [Origami] Origami online game - addendum
From: Kathy Knapp Thanks for all the hints and help! I have moved on, to #4, not yet ready to give up on it, just need more time to spend with it. I thought I would give the #4 a try before going to bed, since it has been several hours since I last tried it, and low and behold, something clicked, and wow, it is really easy (now that I did it!) Kathy Knapp, Peoria, Illinois, USA Do well your part today. - Juliette Gordon Low
[Origami] Origami puzzle sighting
Origami on the New York Times puzzle page! http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/pole2/ Scott Sent from my wicked smaht phone
Re: [Origami] 'Origami and Math' Teacher Day, Tel Aviv
On Feb 4, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Israeli Origami Center wrote: The Pisgah have now uploaded a page about the event. It includes a few photos and links at the bottom of the page to some of the PowerPoint presentations and to Prof Demaine’s video (well-worth watching): https://www.tlv-edu.gov.il/sites/Pisga/Pages/origami_conference_article.aspx Paul, Is there somewhere we can read this in English? If not,can you direct us to which link will take up to the PowerPoint presentations? Sounds like a great conference! Leslie
[Origami] 'Origami and Math' Teacher Day, Tel Aviv
Hi Everyone, (Apologies for the delay to this posting, caused by ongoing developments to the story) **Origami and Math Teacher Day, Tel Aviv** On 11th December 2012, a day of lectures, workshops and an exhibition on the theme of origami and mathematics was held at the in-service teacher-training center in Tel Aviv, Israel (known by its Hebrew abbreviation as the Pisgah). The event was organized by Miri Golan of the Israeli Origami Center, with the support of the Israeli Ministry of Education, the Tel Aviv Municipality and the Pisgah. Special thanks must go to Ariela Brazilai, the Director of the Pisgah, for making the event happen. It was attended by almost one hundred teachers of math from Kindergarten to High School, Professors of Mathematics, Supervisors of Mathematics from the TAM and senior MoE officials, including Dr Anat Sela, Head of the Math curriculum for kindergartens at the MoE. The day was opened jointly by the Mayor of Tel Aviv, Mr Ron Huldai and the Japanese Ambassador, Mr Yoshihiro Sato, accompanied by Mrs Sato (who stayed throughout the day) and the Japanese Cultural Attaché. The special guest was the Japanese modular origami artist Miyuki Kawamura, visiting Israel with sponsorship from the Japan Foundation. Kawamura-san gave two lecture/workshops during the day. Other contributions were given by Miri Golan, Paul Jackson, Prof Raisa Guberman, Dr Yael Tsarfati and Ella Fischman, a kindergarten teacher who teaches the Israeli Origami Centers Pre Origametria programme. The day concluded with a 20-minute video presentation made for the event by Prof Erik Demaine from MIT, in which he discussed the math of wrapping of the Israeli marshmallow confectionary, the Krembo. The presentations were accompanied by an exhibition of thirty modular pieces made by Kawamura-san. To make the exhibition possible, the Pisgah had converted one of its lecture rooms into a gallery. With custom-made vitrines, new lighting tracks, freshly painted walls and professionally made signage, it looked magnificent. A smaller anti-room contained a didactic exhibition of origami prisms, pyramids, polyhedra, cuboids and cubes, made by Paul Jackson. Shortly before the exhibition was installed, the Tel Aviv Municipality told the Pisgah that the entire floor which contained the exhibition was being appropriated for a new kindergarten and the exhibition must close after only two of its projected six months. The solution to a shell-shocked Pisgah was to re-install the exhibition in the lobby of the building for a year, where fortunately for origami -- every visitor will see it. The Pisgah have now uploaded a page about the event. It includes a few photos and links at the bottom of the page to some of the PowerPoint presentations and to Prof Demaines video (well-worth watching): https://www.tlv-edu.gov.il/sites/Pisga/Pages/origami_conference_article.aspx The Pisgah have since announced the event to be its most successful one-day conference, having created enormous interest in origami and math around the country, at every level from teachers to the highest levels in the MoE. Further, Miri Golans Origametria teaching programme of teaching geometry through origami has been ring-fenced by the MoE and the Pisgah for development as an e-Learning programme. This is the first time the MoE has given this level of official support to any programme not developed by the MoE itself and demonstrates support at the highest level for Miris programmes. The Pre Origametria programme has been taught to teachers in eighty kindergartens in Tel Aviv, in 4 x 30-hour courses sponsored by the MoE, TAM and the Pisgah. It is now part of the official MoE curriculum. With news that the Ministry wishes to be a partner in developing the e-Learning Origametria programme for Grade School (which currently, is taught weekly in 35 schools in Israel), the MoE is now supporting the development and implementation of both programmes. In this way, the conference was the culmination of twenty years dedicated work establishing origami and the Origametria programmes as viable learning tools. Following the Pisgah event, Kawamura-san attended a three-day origami convention in Jerusalem, the Sixth Israeli Origami Convention, organized by the Israeli Origami Center. Paul Jackson
Re: [Origami] Origami to form readers.
Ricardo Borges wrote: I am beginning an academical research about the use of origami in the > classroom as a tool to develop reading and writing skills. ... > Since the written part of an origami diagram is, almost always, not > totally essential to finish the model, I will use the diagrams to > increase contact with the English language. > > ... > Does anybody has research about it? Any suggestions? > > Dear Ricardo, Your investigation brings to mind this article from the proceedings of the 5th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education: "Deictic Properties of Origami Technical Terms and Translatability: Cross-Linguistic Differences Between English and Japanese" Here is the table of contents: http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/pdf/10.1201/b10971-1 Regards, Herng Yi
Re: [Origami] Origami online game
> 'Uncle'. I have made it to the "T", for 3 days, now. I > can get 72%, even get it totally in the lines, but I need > one more move to finish. If only I could use one of the > two moves I didn't need in others. I have had to start > over several times (urgh, the computer). How many more > fold challenges are there? Are there any hints or help? > Is it possible to skip over? I figured it out. See the bottom of this message for the solution. You can see how many levels are left by going to the menu on the right and then the level select (20 more!). You MAY be able to choose the next level or two, depending on where it falls in the list. Man this game wracks the brain. But it is such a good idea, and quite addictive. I've actually left it running for four days now (!) so I can try to finish it! I'm jammed on "liftoff", with a mere 5 more levels to go. SPOILER ALERT!: Letter T solution: (all edges mean edge of the paper as folded) Fold the bottom edge to the top edge. Fold the top edge to the bottom edge. Fold the top edge to the bottom edge. Fold the bottom edge to the top edge. (at this point you should have a thin strip covering the top of the T) Now fold the RIGHT edge downward to line up with the bottom edge of the T outline. Your paper should look like a big 7. Finally, fold the right edge over to the left to line up with the left edge of the vertical part of the T outline. Tada!
Re: [Origami] Origami online game
Am 04.02.2013 02:12, schrieb Kathy Knapp: > 'Uncle'. I have made it to the "T", for 3 days, now. [...] Are > there any hints or help? Is it possible to skip over? Kathy Knapp, > Peoria, Illinois, USA Do well your part today. - Juliette Gordon Low You will find solutions on youtube. e.g. my video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IDwLPeIRy0 mine just goes until the T, but there are wolkthroughs Also you can skip, when you choose the level selection. clear folds, Tavin
Re: [Origami] Origami online game
>>>'Uncle'. I have made it to the "T", for 3 days, now. I can get 72%, even get it totally in the lines, but I need one more move to finish. If only I could use one of the two moves I didn't need in others. I have had to start over several times (urgh, the computer). How many more fold challenges are there? Are there any hints or help? Is it possible to skip over? I am still stuck on the "T" - got it to 75% but no more. My wrist said no so I had to give up. I think you can skip the T and move onto the next two. BUT - they are just as hard. From the looks of it (based on the number of "locked" slots), there are probably still another 10 to 20 to go. Winnie
