Donna's+Digital+Story

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A Standards-Based Approach =Daily Lesson GAME Plan Template= Lesson Title: What if I emigrated through Ellis Island?  || Related Lessons: History of Ellis Island immigration; Narrative storytelling; social networking principles; digital storytelling principles ||   || Unit: Ellis Island Simulation and digital story || GOALS ||   ü Creativity and innovation   ||   ü Critical thinking, problem-solving, & decision-making || The students will write a narrative about immigrating to America. They may use pictures from their experience in their recent simulation or pre-chosen pictures from Discovery Education to write their story. Students will communicate their understanding of immigration through creating a digital story.
 * 5th Grade Social Studies Content Standards: **
 * Standard 5-3: ** The student will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign developments that contributed to the United States becoming a world power.
 * 5-3.4 ** Summarize the significance of large-scale immigration and the contributions of immigrants to America in the early 1900s, including the countries from which they came, the opportunities and resistance they faced when they arrived, and the cultural and economic contributions they made to this nation.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">http://www.ed.sc.gov/agency/Standards-and-Learning/Academic-Standards/old/cso/social_studies/documents/Grade5.pdf **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ISTE NETS-S **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ISTE NETS-S **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Instructional objective(s): **
 * Problem-Based Learning Situation:**
 * How would you feel as an immigrant to the United States? Where did you come from? What do you expect to do in the United States? Do you have any family here?**
 * Objectives:** The students will be able to
 * 1) Write a grammatically correct narrative about immigrating to America.
 * 2) Document their sources of information and pictures.
 * 3) Use pictures/graphics to illustrate their story.
 * 4) Use Photo Story 3 to digitize their story.
 * 5) Add sounds or music to their story.

ACTION<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As a technology teacher, I need to be sure that <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">During class ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10 – 15 minutes <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Explain that students will make their narrative of an Ellis Island experience into a digital story. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Explain the steps in creating a digital story using Photo Story 3. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Walk the students through creating a basic story. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Pictures of students displayed on Smart Board taken by parents and teachers. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Miscellaneous pictures uploaded for the example story. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Example stories preloaded for student viewing. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 minutes || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Student review their narratives to decide how to proceed with their story. || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Previously written narratives. || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">30 minutes || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students create their digital story by reading their narratives into the computer and adding pictures, music, and transitions. || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Photo Story 3 <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-Pictures uploaded for students to choose from <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some students with IEP’s may need more time to write their stories. Other slower students may need to work with faster students to allow them to finish the project in a timely manner with a successful grade and project. MONITOR || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ongoing assessment(s): <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Accommodations and extensions: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students with IEP’s will need extra time and direction. This lesson will be extended to include using a social network lesson. Then those 2 lessons will culminate in a digital story. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Backup plan: The digital story template is in the students’ “work” folders in their network drive; however, if technology is not cooperating, I have printed paper copies on which students can write and illustrate their stories. EVALUATE AND EXTEND || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Evaluate: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lesson reflections and notes: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This lesson takes a bit of background preparation. I made a digital story using Photo Story 3 for the students to use as an example. My experience using Photo Story 3 gave me some ideas of what problems students would have completing my assignment. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Before-class preparation: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Computers and headsets with microphones are working properly.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students have written their narratives about emigrating through Ellis Island.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Pictures are loaded for students to illustrate their narratives.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students are familiar with grading rubrics for the digital story.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Students understand the steps in creating the Photo Story (digital story).
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Time ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Instructional Activities ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Materials & Resources ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Materials & Resources ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Notes: **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Student groupings, environmental modifications needed, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grading: **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The academic teacher(s) will grade student projects for grammar and content. Computer teacher(s) will grade projects for use of software and presentation. Students will complete self-evaluations on effort and group participation.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I will show all the stories to the class for their comments.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I will also create a CD for each student of all the digital stories from their class.