Spreading the joy of tinkering

For the 'tinkering' coursera course, one assignment was to do one of the other assignments as facilitation exercise i.e. watch and encourage someone else tinker.

This seemed tricky as I needed to find a volunteer and a location. Luckily, someone said yes.

Things I learned:

• Location is important - nice settings help. I chose a garden that actively uses materials inventively.
• The activity you choose has to be fun and compelling to get them over the hurdles
• Let them voice their inner critic and ignore it
• Stay silent...you will see them work it out
• Seeing them work it out is brilliant
• Seeing them enthused is brilliant
• Seeing them tell you their plans to modify is infectious

This short video (0:26) encapsulates all the moods your volunteer will go though.