USING DIGITAL STORYTELLING TO DIFFERENTIATE LEARNING PROCESS & ASSESSMENT A PRESENTATION BY DEA CONRAD-CURRY

WHAT IS DIGITAL STORYTELLING The use of images and sound recorded in a single conveyance to share a message  Typically short in length: 2 – 10 minutes  May be used to tell a story through a narrative organizational style  May be used to explain a process or phenomena through expository organizational styles  May used as a medium of persuasion combining narrative and expository organizational styles

CREATE CONTENT AREA SCENARIOS: DEVELOP AN ESSENTIAL QUESTION. PROVIDE POINT-OF-VIEW OR FOCUS AS A FRAME FOR RESEARCH Essential Question: What is the best car purchase for a given point in life? Select a Point-of-View  Young family on a tight budget with two young children needing a new car  Wealthy lawyer with an economy car and a SUV in the garage  Newly graduated college student with $10,000 gift from Grandpa to buy a car  Traveling sales person looking to buy a new vehicle How do animals adapt to the environment for the continuation of a species? Select a Focus  Nest Parasitism  Hair  Artificial Bigness  Resource Conservation  Hibernation  Camouflage  Migration  Flight  Living Together

GENERATE QUESTIONS: STUDENTS WRITE 4 “THINK & SEARCH” QUESTIONS TO GUIDE RESEARCH & EXPLANATIONS WHAT IS THE BEST CAR PURCHASE FOR A NEWLY GRADUATED COLLEGE STUDENT WITH $10,000 GIFT FROM GRANDPA TO BUY A CAR?  Do I have a job that will require a car?  How much money of my own do I have or need to put towards a car?  Am I single or married? Do I have kids?  Where will I be living?  How many miles will I be putting on my car? HOW HAVE ANIMALS USED LIVING TOGETHER AND HIBERNATION AS ADAPTATIONS TO EXTEND THE CONTINUATION OF THEIR SPECIES?  What animals hibernate?  What is hibernation like?  Where do animals spend their hibernation?  What puts them to sleep and what wakes them up?  Are there animals in all parts of the world that hibernate?

How is Differentiated Instruction “Different”? Traditional Classroom Differentiated Classroom 1.Assessment at the end of a unit of study 1.Assessment is ongoing: diagnostics influence instruction 2. Dominance of whole class instruction 2. Variety of instructional strategies used within a classroom 3. Adapted textbooks are the main instructional resource 3. Multiple types of materials are utilized as resources 4. The teacher is the main problem solver 4. Multiple types of materials are utilized as resources 5. Quantitative focus to assignments 5. Qualitative focus to assignments

GENERAL RUBRIC FOR CRITICAL THINKING INVOLVING JUDGMENT 210 Thesis (judgment of credibility, identification of assumption or persuasive tactic, etc.) Thesis is clear, is complete, and answers the question posed by the problem or task Thesis is clear and at least partially answers the question posed by the problem or task Thesis is not clear or does not answer the question posed by the problem or task Evidence Evidence is accurate, relevant, and complete. Evidence is mostly clear, relevant, and complete. Evidence is not clear, relevant, or complete. Reasoning and clarity The way in which the evidence supports the thesis is clear, logical, and well explained. The way in which the evidence supports the thesis is mostly clear, and logical. Some explanation is given. The way in which the evidence supports the thesis is not clear, illogical, or is not explained. Source: Brookhart, Susan M. (2010). How to Assess Higher Order Thinking Skills. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. p. 92.

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