Magical maths

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Magical maths Storyboard
Team N Emma Gill, Mark Davies, Mike Molloy and
Moneel Trivedi
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Introduction

• The objective of the Magical Maths website is to
  provide a multimedia teaching and learning tool
  to teach children between the ages of 4 and 7 Key
  Stage 1 Maths.
• The website is designed with a magical theme in
  mind but it is intended to be subtle so that it
  will not detract the students from their purpose.
• There are two key areas, one for students and one
  for teachers. The teachers area contains site
  information and background and the students area
  contains the learning material.

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The Storyboard

• This storyboard is provided to give an overview
  of the teams initial designs and web structure.
• A selection of the key pages are presented with
  notes on the rational behind the design.
• Read on to find out more about the design and
  development of the Magical Maths Teaching and
  Learning Prototype

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The Design Stage
Initial web designs focused on designing a style
for presenting the content in a consistent way
that could be easily navigated by a young
audience who may have limited experience with web
pages.
The navigation menu will be on the left hand side
as this is common to web sites and will therefore
help users find their way around
Magical Maths Logo
Content will be displayed here This is an
example of the layoutfor the web pages
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 1
Level 3
Level 1
Level 3
Level 1
Level 1
The navigation menu will unfold to subsections to
speed up navigation and reduce the number of
clicks
An email link to the web master will be provided
on each page
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The Website Structure
The content of the website is outlined in the
structure but the working components are limited
as this is only a prototype
Insert diagram of structure
The structure is based on a logical hierarchy of
pages
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The Home Page
The user is greeted with an animated Flash
homepage with sound to engage interest and
encourage users to look further.
Animated logo for the site is introduced here and
carried through the site
The comic style wizard is designed to appeal to
children
There is a footnote to explain that this is a
prototype website
Buttons are animated when the user hovers over
them and leads users into the area they want to
visit
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The Student Area
An initial home page gives an introduction to the
website from the perspective of the student
The student can access a number of areas to learn
about maths
An interactive foldout menu reduces the amount
of clicks required to get to page required
An email link is available for users to contact
the webmaster and provide feedback
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Learn To Count
Background music gives a playful and fun feeling
an option to stop the music is available
The objectives for this section are listed
The use of pictures makes it more interesting to
children aged 4-7
To aid the students in learning numbers 1-10 they
are given the number, with pictures and text
When this section is complete, there is a link to
the next stage which is to have a go at adding
the numbers they have learned together
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Addition
Consistency is offered with the wallpaper and
title design
Background music gives a playful and fun feeling
The use of pictures makes it more interesting to
children aged 4-7 and easier for them to learn
addition
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Addition
Supplementary methods to help with addition are
provided
Links to further information are made available
to help the user
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The Student Test
Flash is used to create an interactive test. The
student can enter their name and personalise the
test and results output
The design of the test is intended to be very
simple, easy to use and in keeping with the
overall design of the website
The user gets instant feedback on their progress
A test will be provided at the end of each
learning and activity session to reinforce the
students learning
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The Teachers Area
An initial home page gives an introduction to the
website from the perspective of the teacher by
explaining the teaching objectives for Key Stage
1 Maths
A number of links take you to background
information about the website
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Summary

• The Magical Maths multimedia teaching and
  learning tool prototype has been designed to
  support and meet the following objectives
• To provide children from age 4 to age 7 with
  knowledge of Mathematics as set out in the key
  stage 1.
• To provide a Multimedia product that will be
  enjoyable, easy to navigate, easy to use, contain
  all relevant information and will provide an
  online testing facility.