made you choose one PART 2: Communicating different systems At a time specified by your instructor, each group will post its system on the wall, and each student will have time to look at the other systems. Old New Picture 1. . : 1 1 Make a group poster. Each group's poster needs to contain B the following: C The name of your group (feel free to be creative and playful). D The table at the end of this exploration, showing your E symbols for at least the first Z numbers. F Directions that will help other students to understand the system (Remember: You will not be there to explain it to other students.) A frank assessment of the advantages and the disadvan- Y tages or limitations of your new system. Z First discussion of the systems: observations and questions After students have had a chance to examine the different systems, there will be a class discussion in which you will be asked to share your observations and questions about other systems. a. Jot down observations or questions that you would like to remember. b. What did you learn from this discussion? 2. 3. Taking different systems for a test drive After examining all the systems, select the two systems that you like best and take them for a test drive. You may choose the system your group developed as one of the two systems. Each test drive must include the following tasks: a. Try courting up to double Z (that is, the amount equivalent to Z + Z in the original Alphabitian system). Record your symbols and describe any difficulties von had and made you choose one PART 2: Communicating different systems At a time specified by your instructor, each group will post its system on the wall, and each student will have time to look at the other systems. Old New Picture 1. . : 1 1 Make a group poster. Each group's poster needs to contain B the following: C The name of your group (feel free to be creative and playful). D The table at the end of this exploration, showing your E symbols for at least the first Z numbers. F Directions that will help other students to understand the system (Remember: You will not be there to explain it to other students.) A frank assessment of the advantages and the disadvan- Y tages or limitations of your new system. Z First discussion of the systems: observations and questions After students have had a chance to examine the different systems, there will be a class discussion in which you will be asked to share your observations and questions about other systems. a. Jot down observations or questions that you would like to remember. b. What did you learn from this discussion? 2. 3. Taking different systems for a test drive After examining all the systems, select the two systems that you like best and take them for a test drive. You may choose the system your group developed as one of the two systems. Each test drive must include the following tasks: a. Try courting up to double Z (that is, the amount equivalent to Z + Z in the original Alphabitian system). Record your symbols and describe any difficulties von had and
