1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Collection Sites United Streaming Pics 4 Learning Find Sounds
Free Play Music
KITZU
NASA Multimedia
American Memory Collection
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
not for web use but can use for lessons
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

8. 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.

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

10. 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 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. References