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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