Sherry+Hand


 * Stories that Teach **

By the end of the project I would like students to know what kinds of items can be recycled, how to recycle and why.
 * What do you want the students to know at the end of the project? **

Students will not need any additional background knowledge before beginning the story.
 * What do the students need to know before they start on the story? **

I will introduce the story of asking if anyone in the classroom recycles at home. If so, I would ask that student to share some information about recycling. If not, I would ask if any student knows what it means to recycle or if they have ever had any experiences with recycling. Based on student response or lack thereof, I would inform students that we use many items each day and recycle means to find ways to reuse these items again in some form instead of having to waste the energy and resources to make new items from scratch. In addition, I would emphasis the benefit of recycling that helps keep these items out of our landfills.
 * How will you introduce the story? **


 * What kind of technology tool(s) did you use? **
 * For my digital story I utilized Zimmerman.com and created a three part animated movie on recycling. **
 * How will you assess the students' understanding of what you have taught using your story? **
 * In order to assess my students’ understanding of what I have taught about recycling using my story, I will ask them to complete a performance task in which they are presented with several different items and they are asked to decide which ones are able to be recycled and which ones are destined to be sent to the landfill. Finally, I will ask them to write 1-2 paragraphs about the proper procedures for recycling including how to collect the items, store the items and finally how/where to recycle them.

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. Using this technology afforded me the use of both visual representations and text which helped me better represent my digital story. ** Contiguity Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, present corresponding ** words and pictures contiguously rather than separately
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 * Using this form of digital media helped me achieve the Contiguity Principle because I was able to display most of the visuals along with text. **

extraneous words and pictures
 * Coherence Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, use few rather than many **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">During my digital story the Coherence Principle was well supported because this multi-media tool did not grant me much access within the small text bubbles used to illustrate characters’ conversation, thus fewer words were used in general. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This principle became somewhat skewed within this multi-media presentation because there was not an option for narration and the text was expected to be written as it appeared within text bubbles, therefore I do not believe this principle was applicable within this reference. ** Individual Differences Design effects are stronger for low knowledge learners than high knowledge learners and high spatial learners than low spatial learners **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Modality Principle and Redundancy Principle: Students learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on screen text
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I believe this Design Principle was accomplished to promote stronger learning for lower knowledge learners because its design was simplistic and direct without a lot of unnecessary visual detours. In addition, I felt the subject matter and language use was very common and easy to interpret. **


 * Embed/link your story here:**

This story begins when a girl confronts a boy for littering in the park. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Recycle Part 1** This story continues when the boy apologizes and ask the girl to teach him about recycling. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Recycle Part 2**

This story concludes when the two children set out to clean up their neighborhood. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Recycle Part 3**