Antje and other potential virtual teachers, I like to keep the virtual classes very small, 4-6 depending on their level of lacemaking skills. You can have the students send photos or have them scare their screen. Then you can annotate but that all takes extra time. I teach on Zoom and use "spotlight" to watch each student in turn, like walking around the classroom. For the beginners, I have them use bright colored threads, so I can say "the red pair, etc." which helps a lot. If the threads are all the same color, it is pretty much as you say "take the second pair on the left and pull very slightly to the left... no, not so strong... a bit further up!!..." It is a bit crazy. Having good, clear diagrams helps a lot, and demonstrating with large threads and pins also helps. Virtual teaching is different from in-person teaching but a lot better than no teaching at all as far as I am concerned. I practice by logging into a second device from a different email account so I can see what the students see. In Zoom I have bought a subscription so I can stay on for more than 40 minutes at a time. Some lace guilds here have invested in that, so their members can use the account for teaching. Since we are all interested in promoting lacemaking, we need to adapt. The virtual classroom is especially good for introducing younger students to lace.
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