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Using Discovery Media to Differentiate Instruction

Using Discovery Media to Differentiate Instruction. Scott Kinney Outreach & Professional Development. Learning Objectives. Examine the growing diversity of our classrooms. Investigate ways technology, specifically media, can assist in the diverse classroom. A bit of trivia.

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Using Discovery Media to Differentiate Instruction

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  1. Using Discovery Media to Differentiate Instruction Scott KinneyOutreach & Professional Development

  2. Learning Objectives • Examine the growing diversity of our classrooms. • Investigate ways technology, specifically media, can assist in the diverse classroom.

  3. A bit of trivia... Information obtained from Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), the National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), Pew Internet & American Life Project (www.pewinternet.org) MSNBC & (www.msnbc.com). Citation information is available upon request.

  4. Profile of Your Classroom • Comment

  5. Why is this such a good thing?

  6. Where do we start?

  7. Accessing Readiness • Quiz Builder • Discovery Education streaming • Zoomerang • SurveyMonkey “When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one-third of the kids already know it; one-third will get it; and the remaining third won't. So two thirds of the children are wasting their time.” - Lilian Katz as quoted in Teaching Young Children (1993)

  8. What Other Questions Might We Ask? • Bullet

  9. Learning Profile “… a study conducted by Hanson and Dewing (1990) of 2,000 learners shows that most at-risk students are unsuccessful not because they lack innate learning ability, but because their learning style is largely ignored in the classroom” - Silver, Strong, & Perini (2000)

  10. Leveraging Student Interest “If a student has a spark (or better still, a fire) a curiosity about a topic, learning is more likely for that student” - Carol Ann Tomlinson (2001)

  11. Learning Styles • Index of Learning Styles Surveys • www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html • parentcenter.babycenter.com/calculators/learningstyle “We are no longer teaching if what we teach is more important than who we teach or how we teach.” - Carol Ann Tomlinson (2003)

  12. How can we support this diversity?

  13. Students and Media • Teens and Young Adults (ages 13-24) • 16.7 hours online (excluding email) • 13.6 hours watching TV • 12 hours listening to the radio • 7.7 hours talking on the phone • 6 hours reading books and magazines • 56 hours • Not Including Phone or Traditional Reading • 42.3 hours Source: (2003, July 24). YAHOO! AND CARAT UNVEIL RESEARCH RESULTS SHOWING TEENS ARE TRULY "BORN TO BE WIRED" . Retrieved February 23, 2008, Web site: http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1107.html

  14. Top Five Gifts for TeenagersWhat They Want • Portable Game Device • Cell Phone • Computer • Video Game Console • MP3 Player Source: Starkman, Neal (2007).Leave Me Alone.... T.H.E. Journal. 33-38.

  15. Meet Melanie Name Melanie In Her Free Time… …loves to travel My Notes Melanie is bright and energetic. However, she is new to our country and struggles at times with English.

  16. Meet Melanie Photograph: Shark. Discovery Communications, Inc.. 2005. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

  17. Meet Melanie Video: La guía máxima: Tiburones. Discovery Channel School. 2001. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

  18. …but not just what we think What do we know about integrating media?

  19. Scientifically Proven • Virginia Evaluation 2002This independent evaluation examined third and eighth grades students in two areas of study -- science and social studies. Improvement among experimental group students who received instruction aided by unitedstreaming showed a 12.6% average increase in achievement over control group students. • Los Angeles Evaluation 2004This evaluation, conducted in the Los Angeles Unified School District, examined mathematics performance among 6th and 8th grade students. Students who received instruction aided by unitedstreaming showed a 3% to 5% average increase in achievement in math scores over the control group.

  20. What is proven to show significant improvement in… • reading comprehension • listening vocabulary • vocabulary acquisition • word recognition • decoding skills • overall motivation to read • …and you probably already have access to it! 1990 13”

  21. Meet Melanie Video: Ultimate Guide, The: Sharks. Discovery Channel School. 1998. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

  22. Meet Betsy Name Betsy Favorite Celebrity Lance Armstrong My Notes Betsy is an active and lively part of our class. As a result of an accident several years ago, she has hearing loss in both ears.

  23. What other tools can we incorporate?

  24. Meet Melanie • Name • Melanie • In Her Free Time… • …loves to travel • Google • google.com

  25. Meet Coni Name Coni Nervous Habit Bites her nails My Notes Coni can remember a song all day long. Anything she hears seems to stick.

  26. Meet Coni

  27. Meet Joel Name Joel Favorite Food Ice Cream My Notes Joel not only needs to hear things a few times, but it is very helpful to hear things in various formats.

  28. Meet Joel

  29. Meet Jannita Name Jannita Aspires to… …become a teacher My Notes Jannita is a ball of energy. She absorbs everything she reads. In fact, often prefers the written word as her source of information.

  30. Meet My Little Girl Name Kayla Age 3 1/2 About Kayla Kayla is three and is no longer satisfied with simply watching Elmo and Dora. Instead, she wants to interact with them, answer questions and guide them in their journey.

  31. Tools to Interact

  32. Interactive Videos

  33. What’s next?

  34. Telling Their Story Name Akeal Favorite Subject Science My Notes Akeal is creative and extremely intelligent. However, Uriel just doesn’t care to write all of the time. He wants to express himself in a variety of ways.

  35. What is the value of students creating their story?

  36. How People Learn A research-based synthesis consisting of 30 years of educational research indicates: • participation in social practice is a fundamental form of learning • learning is increased by a diversity of cultural experience and community participation Brown, Ann L, Cocking, Rodney R & Bransford , John D. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington: National Academies Press, 2000.

  37. Contact Information • Scott Kinney • VP, Outreach & Professional Development • Email: scott_kinney@discovery.com • Websites • discoveryeducation.com • community.discoveryeducation.com • discoveryedspeakersbureau.com

  38. Using Discovery Media to Differentiate Instruction Scott KinneyOutreach & Professional Development

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