future ready san diego presentation darnall charter teachers may 2015
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Digital Narratives
An Authentic Approach
A Presentation by Sixth Grade Teachers at Darnall Charter School
Future Ready SD Conference, Saturday May 9, 2015
Susan Portillo-Roche
Ali Kayatta
Vanessa Araiza
Teacher Background
- K-8 Independent Public School Charter
- One of 1st Charters in San Diego Unified School
District , 33rd in CA- 100% Free Breakfast/
Lunch- Majority Latino Population
Darnall Charter School Context
- 75 currently enrolled 6th graders
- Grades 2-8 are 1-to-1 iPads or Chromebooks
Why did we take this approach?- Authentic writing experiences- Rigor and engagement- 21st century learning- College bound, critical students- Authentic relationships- Social change
Critical Media Literacy Approach
What is CML?- Teaches students to think
critically about all media they are exposed to
- Designed to interpret multiple meanings in messages
- Helps promote civic agency
Focus: Character Development and Analysis
Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.6
Sources: Wonder, NPR- StoryCorps, Creative Commons, Excerpts from Building Academic Literacy by Audrey MacDonald
Technology: iPads, Chromebooks, Google Apps, Screencast-o-matic
Unit Overview
Purpose: Give students an opportunity to engage in ELA standards in a meaningful way. Give students a voice to share their stories, while thinking critically in multiple ways about themselves and others.
Essential Questions:● What is a challenge you have faced that changed how you think, feel or act?● What do all our stories tell us about how we treat each other as a community?● What can we do to change the way we treat each other in our schools and our
community?
Prompt: Create a Critical Multimedia Journal Entry where you describe a significant event that changed your life. Make sure to include details regarding your thoughts, beliefs, and actions before and after the event. It is important to include why you believe other students, teachers and parents should hear your story and why.
Culminating Project: Digital Narratives
Timeline: Getting Started
Read Wonder and discussed how characters respond to events
Had student begin thinking about their own experiences and organize them in writing
Listened and analyzed stories from NPR StoryCorps
Students began the writing their narratives on Google Docs
Timeline: Making Narratives Digital
Found images to help tell their stories
Students began creating their digital narrative using Google Slides
Recorded their voices telling their stories using Screencast-o-matic
Presented a compilation of their stories to school leadership and peers
(insert image of student searching for pics online)
“Before the event I thought I wasn't being a good friend to Kassandra because I didn't stand up for her. I knew we were doing something wrong without thinking about how Kassandra would've felt.” - Maria 6th grade
“This event changed my life because it made me learn the importance of family. No matter how far away my family is our love was unbreakable.” -David 6th grade
“My recommendation that I would give to adults at my school is that they should encourage students, specifically teenagers, not to drop out of school because if they do that they won't achieve at life but if they are persistent and don't give up, eventually they will achieve in life and in the goals they have!” - Michelle 6th grade
Student Work
Rubric (from DigiTales)- Content Knowledge- Voice/Sound- Images/Design
Assessment and RubricAssessment
- Exit Tickets- Class Discussions- One-on-one Conferences- Teacher Observation
Project Related:- Student Comfort Level
- Understanding Civic Agency
- Pacing
- Copyright
Challenges
Technology Hurdles: - Screencast-o-matic
- Time
- Changing Approach
Student- Strong sense of community
- See meaning in their work
- Motivated to “out-produce” each other
- EL population produced quality work
OutcomesTeacher
- Created a rigorous, standards based, and technology-rich project
- Connected with our students
- Gave all students a way to access and develop multiple literacies
- Continue to incorporate CML into curriculum- Current Unit: Social Injustice Project
- Historical Examples- Family Interview- Current Research- 5 page paper- Public Presentation planned
- Rigor continues- Discussions at the administrative level regarding preparation for
students moving into 7th grade and continuing CML work
What’s happening now?
Contact:[email protected]
[email protected]@darnallcharter.org
Materials available on conference website
Discussion