James+McBee+Digital+story

media type="custom" key="5877189"**Stories that Teach **
 * What do you want the students to know at the end of the project? Each student should have knowledge of the geographic regions of Kentucky and what each region is know for. The students will also know basic information on the largest city in the state.**


 * What do the students need to know before they start on the story? The students need to have a basic geopraphic awareness of the state that they live in.**


 * How will you introduce the story? I will introduce to story by completing a unit study of the state of Kentucky including history, official state items, and locating Kentucky using geographic tools.**


 * What kind of technology tool(s) did you use? Animoto and power point.**


 * How will you assess the the students' understanding of what you have taught using your story? The digital story will lead to a discussion that will be lead by the students.

How does your story reflect Mayer's Principles? Multiple Representation Principle: It is better to present an explanation in words and pictures than solely in words. Contiguity Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, present corresponding words and pictures contiguously rather than separately Coherence Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, use few rather than many extraneous words and pictures Modality Principle and Redundancy Principle: Students learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on screen text Individual Differences Design effects are stronger for low knowledge learners than high knowledge learners and high spatial learners than low spatial learners

media type="custom" key="5823557"media type="custom" key="5823591" Embed/link your story here:**