A Digital Storytelling Unit That Engages

Students AND the Common

Core Standards

Ron Neurauter & Michelle Torrise CUSD 201 Westmont High School March 1 D201 Institute 2013

7 Elements of Storytelling

7 Elements of Storytelling

•A Point of View •A Dramatic Question•Emotional Content•Voice•The Soundtrack• Economy•Pacing

Collaboration Among Departments•Joint project between 3 departments:•English: Ron Neurauter •Media Specialist: Michelle Torrise•Special Education: Jamie Mahmoud

Integration Into Curriculum

•District Vision on Student Centered Learning is to create unique and high quality learning experiences for our students, that…develop skills of…•Critical Thinking and Problem Solving•Collaboration•Agility and Adaptability •Oral and Written Communication Skills•Curiosity and Imagination•Interdisciplinary Thinking

Common Core Standards

•Cognitive Apprenticeship•Project Management•Teaming & Collaboration•Visual Literacy•Technical Literacy•Information Literacy•Effective Communication•Multiple Intelligences & Learning Styles

Scaffolding Using Anchor Texts

Digital Storytelling Process

Using Essential Questions

•Essential Question:

How do everyday experiences shape

1. who we are

2. what we become

3. what we pass on•Theme:

Everyone has a story to tell

Teaching Interviewing Skills

Authentic Oral Histories

The Writing Process

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The Writing Process

The Writing Process

Using Formative Assessments

•Allows for do-overs•Providing critical, regular feedback will keep students

on track•Provides information needed to adjust teaching •Process guides teachers in making decisions about

future instruction•Practice for the student and a check for understanding

Collaboration Among Students

Written Product to Visual Product

Authentic Oral Histories

Written Product to Visual Product

The Culminating Event

•Objective: plan a community-building event that (a) highlights the value of oral histories to the families and communities they represent and (b) increase community assets and skills

Authentic Oral Histories

Building 21st-Century Skills

1. Creativity and inventive thinking2. Multiple intelligences3. Higher-order thinking (lessons learned)4. Information literacy5. Visual literacy6. Sound literacy7. Technical literacy8. Effective communication (oral, written, and digital)9. Teamwork and collaboration10. Project management11. Enduring understandings

Digital Storytelling Resources

Inclusion Aspect/Differentiation

•Communicate IEP needs to all staff; follow accommodations

•Extra credit to students who volunteer to offer tech support in class and during Resource periods (as available)

•Use scaffolding and graphic organizers•Chunk portions of the project/progress checks•Pre-teach/re-teach in Resource (if available)•Adjust rubric for IEP students per accommodations•Plan to be in the classroom as much as possible

during this process•This is typically a positive experience for most due

to the visual/alternative nature of the project

Lessons Learned/Reflection

•Need increased/consistent parent communication; email parents well before project begins and get them to help with authentic artifacts•Need to add a Native American oral history element to part 1•Sit down with each student to edit (peer editing doesn’t seem to suffice)•Work to ensure that projects are edited before final.•Design a culminating project that involves all students, possibly over several nights

Questions & Answers