Digital Kits for Differentiation Digital Kit is another way to help facilitate instruction for students with a focus on project-based learning. From Jennifer Gingerich United Streaming Webinar 2008

Define Differentiate product variety meaningful assessment choice learning accessibility multiple intelligences challenge On the click the eight word choices will appear. Ask teachers if there are other words that come to mind. Variety is the final word to appear and it appears in red. content instructional process

What is a Digital Kit? Photos Video Segments Sounds A collection of digital materials based upon units of instruction. Photos, video segments, sounds, music, websites (bookmark them)(Inspiration, in a Word document)(googledocs), citations And easily available to students: CD, Shared folder, on teacher web site, collaborative storage iKeepBookmarks.com Music Web Sites Citations

What Can Teachers Do with a Digital Kit? Your Ideas: __________ Double Click Slide Show 1. Materials in a digital kit can be used to enhance and differentiate instruction simply by double clicking and sharing the media with students via a projection device and/or speakers. 2. PowerPoint or keynote presentations 3. Slide show of photos to talk about Inspiration Investigation—embed multimedia Version 8 Materials can be combined and transformed to create a digital story using PhotoStory or MovieMaker. Kit can be burned to a CD or placed in a shared folder for students to access. Photos can be posted to sites (Flickr or Picassa) so students can access them online. ** Opened a template called untitled (Utility Menu) because it is a template and untitled all 30 kids can open it up at the same time. Inspiration Investigation Presentation

Volcano Kit Pictures Videos Sounds Web Sites Teacher Materials Citations Before beginning a search, create folders for all the info that you will distribute to students THEN begin the search United Streaming, for example, right click the blue icon and choose Save Target As Song-download mp3 file-gather citations (copy & paste) Collect all images you want and share that specific URL with ONLY the pics you picked with your students. In United Streaming, Teacher Center-thematic focus-like a digital kit. All are archived. Look here first; some of the work may already be done for you. United Streaming Thematic Focus

How to Create Digital Kits Set up folders Download files Copy & Paste Citations Distribute Put folders on the Desktop first for ease. Set up folders with specific names. Copy and paste citations in a Word document so that links are useable.

Collection Sites United Streaming Pics 4 Learning Find Sounds Free Play Music KITZU NASA Multimedia American Memory Collection http://www.kitzu.com mostly photos and sounds; has kits already developed Pics4learning-very appropriate; photos submitted by teachers; safe to send student to; right click to download; can use these on a website Tech4learning http://www.freeplaymusic.com not for web use but can use for lessons http://www.findsounds.com sound effects-right click to Save As Click on TCS link Give materials to students so they can use them in their presentations Best source for web sites Instructional Resources TCS web page

Citation Locations Citations are located in different areas. You may have to look for them. US makes it simple. In Pics4learning, you search for the picture, then open the picture, scroll down to locate the citation. Click on the picture to move down to the citation.

Know the copyright laws Click on the picture to activate. 30 secs of music

What Can Students Do with a Digital Kit? Your Ideas: __________ Podcast Presentation Presentations Comic strips (Web 2.0 tools(headshot of President-set up questions & ans. Like interviews www.comiclife.com-30 day free trial-google comics on web Science-organs of the body-describe and reveal a little bit of the pics at a time. Take video from US and remove the audio and they add their own sound track. Student add narration. Comic Strip Mini Movie www.comiclife.com

Differentiate the Product Sample Tic Tac Toe Use Bloom’s Variety Free Choice Choose 3 Address Multiple Intelligences We usually differentiate the instruction but how about differentiating the product. Give students the kit and they decide what they want to create; list 20 things that come from the ocean; create a photostory, collage, comic strip, etc. Click the word Sample and then use the Back arrow.

Differentiate the Product RAFT Role Audience Format Topic What role will student Who should student What is the best product Focus or subject of final take on? consider as the to demonstrate product audience? understanding Teacher assigns and student decides which project to do

Role Audience Format Topic Teacher or students create Sample Writer Peer group Editorial Issue relevant to time period Juror Self Interview Topic of personal interest Rebel Judge Cartoon Topic related to essential question Scientist Object Primary document Read these as they are different from the slide displayed. Role:artist, inventor, adventuer, writer Audience: Kids 4-6, teens, parents, gov. leaders, Format: technology, public service announcement, jingle, brochure, rap Topic Click the Sample but close with the X.

Why Use a Digital Kit? To differentiate the instruction, content, and product To focus on standards and objectives To make the most of time with technology To model appropriate material selection To engage students in thinking critically about media To encourage teacher collaboration Divide the task and limit the amount of work but also addresses these elements.

Way to Put Student Research Online Activity on skunks at 3 different levels; has a webquest Sample Click on the word Sample but close with the X. This is elementary but shows an example.

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