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From: "Michael Persiano"
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For example, I saw Art Skolnick teach wiring by using a tree he had
made up
of dowels and by wiring peoples fingers (to demonstrate the effect of
the
direction of the wiring on branch rotation). This way a most impressive
demonstration for its clarity and would not have been
enhanced by video
rather than still photos.s

I do not understand what you are saying here. Please clarify.

Okay, I'll give it a try....

The finger technique involves winding the wire around a student's finger
(I'm trying to avoid getting confusing with clockwise, etc.). Now if the
student tries to rotate the finger in the smae direction the wire was wound,
he/she will find that the wire gets tighter, limiting the amount of finger
or branch rotation (assuming that the end from which we are winding is
anchored); if we rotate the finger (or branch) the other way, the wire loses
its grip. By feeling this on their own finger, the student is more likely to
remember.

This is third or fourth nature to someone such as yourself, to the extent
that many teachers never think to point this out in classes, but it is THE
difference in the wiring doing its job and not.

As for the dowel tree, think of wiring a hatrack. It's just a simplified
tree for illustrations sake.

I couldn't agree more with you and Andy about the value of doing. Once I
understood this, I understood the value of the statement that "Wire is
cheap." Instead of being miserly with that tiny coil that we paid $5 for, we
should practice wiring until we get it right.

One of the reasons I chose wiring to illustrate a case in which a series of
still photos could be as effective a teacher as a video is because this begs
the students to try it themselves.

I think we're in the same church on this matter

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