Digital Kits for Differentiation Ideas 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. content instructional process

What is a Digital Kit? A collection of digital materials based upon a unit of instruction. Photos Video Segments Sounds A collection of digital materials based upon units of instruction. Photos, video segments, sounds, music websites (bookmark them)(Inspiration in Word document)(googledocs), citations 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. Teacher Center-thematic focus-like a digital kit. All are archived. Look here first; some of the work may already be done for you.

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 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 fro the picture, then open the picture, scroll down to locate the citation.

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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

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; crate a photostory, collage, comic strip, etc.

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 Role:artist, inventor, adventuer, writer Audience: Kids 4-6, teens, parents, gov. leaders, Format: technology, public service announcement, jingle, brochure, rap Topic

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.

Way to Put Student Research Online Activity on skunks at 3 different levels; has a webquest Sample

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