MWP & DOE Present:

2013 Saturday Sessions Workshop Series (3)

(2013 Saturday Sessions Workshop Flyer)

Workshop #3 - February 23rd, 2013  

Media, Common Core and Nonfiction Genres of Media Composition

Minnesota Academic Standards: English Language Arts K-12 2010

• Standards and related resources found of DOE website
• Common Core Appendices related to ELA Language Arts
• Appendix A: Information about complexity and rigor
• Appendix B. Text Exemplars
• Appendix C: Student writing samples
• Common Core Curriculum Maps: Provides integrated curriculum units that demonstrate best practices incorporating the Common Core Standards in grades K through 12.

Opening Writing Prompt

• "Data is the New Oil/Soil?" -- David McCandless TED talk (first 6 minutes only)
  
• Describe an innovative use of media that you or a colleague has used in his or her teaching?
  

New Genres of Media Composition

Candance Doerr-Stevens - Minnesota Writing Project

Michelle Shaw - Countryside Elementary School, Edina MN

• Digital Storytelling
  
• Remix and Video MashUps
• Infographics 
  
• Interactive or Annotated Timelines
• Screencasts
• Go Animate (Non-Fiction friendly software):

Charon Tierney - MN Department of Education

Enriching Standards with Media:

• Harriet Tubman Meets Rosa Parks  -- made by third graders -- What standards might this assignment address?
  

Online sources for Non-Fiction Genres of Media Composition

• Michelle Shaw's Classroom Blog -- examples of Flipped Classroom and online discussions about informative topics

Digital Storytelling & Remix MashUps:

• VoiceThread -- free web-based software for digital storytelling.  Very popular in elementary grades

Infographics:

• Visual.ly - free web-based software for making infographics
• Infographics 101: Resources and Examples
• RUBRIC for assessing infograhics found at RJE Learning commons

Interactive Timelines:

• ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan: "Timelines & Texts: Motivating Students to Read NonFiction Texts"
• Dipity.com -- free web-based software for making interactive timelines
• Three student examples of US History Timelines (8th grade - Revolutionary War) using Capzules software
  

Screencasts:

• 59 tips for creating engaging screencasts -- featured on TechSmith blog

• How to do partial products by Charlie (1:24) -- produced in Michelle Shaw's4th grade class)
  

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