11 responses so far ↓

• 1 Nell // Feb 22, 2009 at 2:09 pm

  The Darth Vader one is better because it is more informational and the egg one is too fast paced and does not explain it as well.

• 2 Melanie H 192.168.32.18 not found // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:51 pm

  I feel that video #1 was fairly better than video #2. I feel this way because video 1 was short sweet and to the point. video 2 was longer and didn’t really get inside kids heads. I liked how they put some fun into video 2 but it ended up being more boring than video 1. Most kids in middle school use the left side of their brain, which is the picture side. And video 1 used a lot more pictures than video 2. both videos explained the pythagorean theorem well. I just think video 1 explained it a little better.

• 3 Daniel S 192.168.32.18 not found // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:12 pm

  The first one was more descriptive but was rushing. The second one was explaining it well except the ending. There was not explanation on how the person got triangle C and also didn’t show work for the last step.

• 4 Nick S // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:48 pm

  The Star wars 1s bettr becuase it actually explains how to do the pythagoreon therom. The Egg 1 goes to fast and doesn’t explain how to do it. But u guys should find better 1s cause the vadar 1 has tht annoying breathing sound effect and the egg 1 isnt good at all.

• 5 Justen P // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:10 pm

  I thought that the Professor vader video explained the pythagoeon therom better than the dumb egg hero video. vader went through the steps on how to get the hypotenues then uses the catch phrases that Lord Vader used in the movie but they changed the dialogue. The egg hero video was fast did not really show how you get the sides but it kind of tells you how to get the hypotenues. I would have to say I like the Professor vader video.

• 6 stewartn // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:23 pm

  Students: I like your thinking! Daniel gets a gold star for noticing my problem with Darth Vadar: While it’s a more enjoyable video, it doesn’t explain well that you must use the square root on both sides of the equation in the final step. It seems like there should be better videos out there explaining such an important formula in ways that 8th graders enjoy.
  Ms. Stewart

• 7 Jonathan L // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:38 pm

  i thought that the first 2nd one with darth vader was key to explaining pythagorean theorem because it went by step from step explaining it where the numbers go. Althought the first one was a good attempt and id give some credit but it was to slow for me.

• 8 Rameez S 192.168.32.18 not found // Feb 24, 2009 at 8:44 am

  I agree with Jonathan (did i spell it right) Darth Vader shows his work in the Therum if u don’t show your work well then there was no point to the video

  + Darth Vader is cool

• 9 olivia k 192.168.32.18 not found // Feb 24, 2009 at 1:44 pm

  I thought the second video was a lot better than the first one. I thought this because it explained the pythagorean theorem very well. The egg one went to fast and didn’t show an example unlike the second one.

• 10 Dallas G 192.168.32.18 not found // Feb 24, 2009 at 2:28 pm

  They where both ok but you can tell that the words and the talking are mixed up. The one I like the most is the Eggman one.

• 11 john k // Feb 25, 2009 at 8:49 am

  the first one was one was pretty cool just wierd it explained it well though

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