Peercy's+Story


 * Stories that Teach **
 * What do you want the students to know at the end of the project?**

I want the students to know that math can be fun and engaging if you take the time to learn it.


 * What do the students need to know before they start on the story?**

Students need to know the basic properties of addition and multiplication.


 * How will you introduce the story?**

I will introduce the story as a fun little trick that you can play on your friends if you understand the math behind the trick.


 * What kind of technology tool(s) did you use?**

I used Zimmer Twins to build a digital story.


 * How will you assess the the students' understanding of what you have taught using your story?**

After the story, I will encourage the students to think about the mathematics involved in this trick. The question I will pose is why does this trick work for almost everybody?

Multiple Representation Principle: It is better to present an explanation in words and pictures than solely in words.** The multimedia principle is represented in my story because the characters provide the pictures and what they are saying are the words. This is a combination of pictures and words that will enhance the lower ability students.
 * How does your story reflect Mayer's Principles?

words and pictures contiguously rather than separately** In this story, the contiguity principle is also a factor. The conversation to the view is represented by both pictures and words together.
 * Contiguity Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, present corresponding

extraneous words and pictures** The coherence principle is practiced here as well because the length of the slide is very short, so I had to minimize the amount of words the characters say per slide. The students should not stumble over any of the words presented in the story.
 * Coherence Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, use few rather than many

This story invites the students to join in because the characters are talking directly to the audience. The characters narrate the problem while the students are following along.
 * Modality Principle and Redundancy Principle: Students learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on screen text**

This digital story is geared towards low knowledge learners and uses all of Mayer's principles to get the most out of these students.
 * Individual Differences Design effects are stronger for low knowledge learners than high knowledge learners and high spatial learners than low spatial learners**


 * Embed/link your story here:

[|Math Trick] **