So, I knew I had to do something visual, and one of the first things that came to mind was the Pythagorean Theorem. I had just done a recording of the proof in the Explain Everything app in the Change and Change Strategies class on an iPad. So, I thought I could just use that to be my visualization. The problem was the file wasn't compatible with non-Apple products. So I had to use a different path to get this done.
I searched online for images of the Pythagorean Proof online. There were some examples of the proof on Google Images, but none of them, after coloring them in Microsoft Paint, were able to be uploaded successfully, without blur, to Blogger, so I had to use something else.
I decided to draw my own proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. I used Microsoft Paint to do so. It turned out quite well. :)
When it came to describing the proof with words to accompany the visualization, I made sure to specifically define words that people might have a problem with. After the day in class in which we critically analyzed Maram's visualization, I realized that I too had to more specifically define and walk people through the visualization. People might not understand that A^2 in the visual proof stands for the area of the square next to side A, which in the equation is just A multiplied by itself. So I had to draw that out further. People might not know what the legs and the hypotenuse refer to, so I had to define those. I even described the proof itself in words in case the visualization was insufficient.
Generally, I explained everything specifically and walked through all the knowledge step by step.
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