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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 RESEARCHEssential 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
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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.
© 2 0 1 0 PA RT N E R I N E D U C AT I O N
CreateDesign, Plan, Construct, Build, Produce Devise
EvaluateTest Judge, Critique, Experiment,
AnalyzeCompare, Organize, Question, Research
ApplyDo, Carry out, Run, Implement, Use
UnderstandInterpret, Summarize, Explain, Infer, Classify, Paraphrase
RememberRecall, List, Retrieve, Identify, Locate, Describe, Recognize
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