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from: Bunki Kramer
Los Cerros Middle School
968 Blemer Road
Danville, CA 94526
bkramer.us
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I'm sorry that I seem to have stepped on a few pairs of toes about a
personal critique of a video. I didn't intend to offend or anger anyone or
to cause bad feelings. If you know me, you'd know I'm not that way. If
you'll remember, I DID say it was only a personal opinion of mine and to
take it in the spirit that it was given. Unfortunately it didn't meet my
needs but...as I said...if you don't know alot about tessellations and how
to present it to students, this would be a good primer. We DO agree on that
it seems. The grade I gave was only for my personal needs and I said as such
and gave my reason.

I wish someone would make a tessellation video which
emcompasses all the necessary material...methods, history, and creating
images...which is why I was so looking forward to seeing this video.

I think that at least HALF of the "production" of a tessellation IS creating
the shapes within the tessellated form you have made. Just exactly
WHAT will you make out of this form? This, in my humble opinion, is the
magic of tessellation. When you said that he only shows the "production" of
making tessellations...and only that...nothing more...it's like saying
you're washing dishes without soap. Production INCLUDES thoughts on how
you're going to make the edges become something in a drawing...for example,
"how" he decides he is going to make one tessellation an old lady OR another
a bird. That's the punch that's missing here in this video and why I think
it's not an A.

Yes, Jim is a very good presenter and a very good tessellation artist. We
agree on that too. My comments are to those verteran teachers who already
teach tessellations that they might want to preview this video before
thinking of buying it. Differences of opinion make the world go 'round. Best
of luck on your workshops. Toodles.....

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