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Workshop Series: Resources for Digital Storytelling
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Pedagogy:
Pedagogy:
Journaling, through words, sketches, photos, and portfolios, helps us to record,
reflect, and share with others where we have been and where we are going. Drawing - the essential STEAM skill-
is one of the best ways to learn and understand the world, as it forces us to observe carefully and ask questions.
Design Thinking is a methodology for user-centered design and problem definition,
focusing on understanding and defining the user's needs, brainstorming, building, testing, and evaluation,
UDL's goal is to use a variety of teaching methods to remove any barriers to learning and give all students equal opportunities
to succeed. UDL benefits all kids by building in flexibility that can be adjusted for every student's strengths and needs,
and fostering lessons that offer students 'voice and choice'. AI tools can aid in planning UDL lessons.
The The Learning Facilitation framework contains a framework for assessment of four characteristic behaviours
that are important in student-centered investigations and design:
Engagement
Initiative and Intentionality
Social Scaffolding
Development of Understanding
AI In the Classroom
Generative AI tools such as Chat GPT and Bard can be highly useful for many educator tasks, particularly in lesson planning.
AI In the Classroom
Generative AI tools such as Chat GPT and Bard can be highly useful for many educator tasks, particularly in lesson planning.
This workshop reviews specific ways to frame prompts to provide useful information in planning lessons, activities, and
assessments.
Hands-on Activities:
Hands-on Activities:
Paper circuits, suitable for grades 3 and up, provide an engaging way to both learn about basic circuits,
and to create meaningful interactive story scenes, using copper tape, batteries, and light-emitting diodes(LEDs) to enhance
graphic designs.
Squishy circuits, suitable for grades 3 and up, provide an engaging way to both learn about basic circuits,
and to create meaningful interactive 3-dimensional sculptures and characters, using conductive and non-conductive modeling clay,
batteries, and light-emitting diodes(LEDs).
Strawbees,suitable for grades 3 and up, are a system of plastic straws and connectors that can be used
to build geometric models, mechanisms, and sculptures.
Explore hands-on engineering using everyday materials, using Engineering Placemats from the Tufts CEEO.
The Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) is dedicated to bringing playful engineering-based learning into K-16 schools for all students.
Digital Storytelling and Design:
Digital Storytelling and Design:
Intro: Storytelling by Coding
ScratchJr is a visual programming language designed to introduce programming skills to children ages 5–7,
and can be used to create interactive stories, games, and more. The app is considered
an introductory programming language. It is available as a free app for iOS, Android and Chromebook
Scratch is a high-level block-based visual programming language and website aimed primarily at children
as an educational tool, with a target audience of ages 8 to 16.
Users on the site, called Scratchers, can create projects on the website using a block-like interface.
The site is set up to encourage collaboration and communication between creators.
Microbits: Doing Science (4-12)
Introduces how to use the BBC micro:bit as an effective tool to support hands-on science investigations
in your classroom. It highlights four engaging, practical science investigations that you can take back to your classroom:
Exploring the World Around Us
Exploring Sound Insulation
Exploring Conductivity
Investigating the Environment with Data Logging
p5: Generative Art (6-12)
p5. js is a JavaScript library for creative coding. A collection of pre-written code, it provides us
p5: Generative Art (6-12)
p5. js is a JavaScript library for creative coding. A collection of pre-written code, it provides us
with tools that simplify the process of creating interactive visuals with code in the web browser.
Google Arts and Culture (3-12)
Explore art, culture, and history in 360 degrees
ClassVR provides thousands of virtual and augmented reality educational content to add value
to your lessons, no matter what the subject.
Canva Digital Graphics( 4-12)
Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.
Tech Note: All computer-based activities run in the web browser, and can be done with Chromebooks or tablets, as well as computers.
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