Anthony's Reflection

Jonathan is much too modest. The MathemaNinja Academy idea was all his, and frankly I liked it a lot too. Many ideas began to spring in my head when the thought of a MathemaNinja Academy would be our theme. I wanted to do most of the project in flash because last semester we were in a game design class. I wanted to use this knowledge to create an awesome DEV project also with the intention of scoring high in creativity :).

We hoped that all our questions would expand through as many units possible. There were times when we felt lazy and some questions became weaker then others. I know I felt the need to "just get it over with" many times.

I learned many things while working with Jonno. Communication is important. Despite seeing him everyday at school, I had things I wanted to discuss but he's not always on his computer when I do. Everything seemed to work well in the end because we talked about what we're doing and made sure we did our share of the project.

Teaching others was quite hard. I always struggle with this. I took my time and explained as clear and concise as I could. Mr. K definitely has it hard, but I'm sure he's used to teaching students like us. Being able to teach others provided me with better understanding on the subject's we did. I'm just glad to be done though! FINALLY! WOOT!

Jonathan's Reflection

We chose the ninja academy concept to create our problem set because we thought it would be an interesting way to learn about mathematics. I thought the teacher/master also helped give the educational feel to it, to make you feel like you’re learning. We chose to do the majority of our project as a flash presentation to make it more interesting. Also, we chose to make the audience follow links to ensure that they could not skip to other parts of our project.

The questions we made provided an overview of our best mathematical understanding, because we feel we were adequately able to explain the solution to the question. We also chose to do units we were most comfortable about, so we could explain it even better.

While completing this assignment, I was also getting a small review of what we learned in each unit. The things that I learned in this project, however, were not really mathematical. I learned that it can sometimes be hard to collaborate with a partner. Another thing I learned is how to teach others (I hope), in a way in which they could have a better understanding of the concept.