Using Discovery Media to Differentiate Instruction

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Using Discovery Media to Differentiate
Instruction
Scott KinneyOutreach Professional Development
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Learning Objectives

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

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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.
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Profile of Your Classroom

• Comment

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Why is this such a good thing?
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Where do we start?
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Accessing Readiness
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)

• Quiz Builder
• Discovery Education streaming
• Zoomerang
• SurveyMonkey

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What Other Questions Might We Ask?

• Bullet

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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)

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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)
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Learning Styles

• Index of Learning Styles Surveys
• www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
• parentcenter.babycenter.com/calculators/learningst
  yle

We are no longer teaching if what we teach is
more important than who we teach or how we
teach. - Carol Ann Tomlinson (2003)
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How can we support this diversity?
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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.ht
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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.
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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.
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Meet Melanie
Photograph Shark. Discovery Communications,
Inc.. 2005. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006
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Meet Melanie
Video La guía máxima Tiburones. Discovery
Channel School. 2001. unitedstreaming. 25
February 2006 lthttp//www.unitedstreaming.com/gt
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What do we know about integrating media?

• but not just what we think

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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.

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• 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!
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Meet Melanie
Video Ultimate Guide, The Sharks. Discovery
Channel School. 1998. unitedstreaming. 25
February 2006 lthttp//www.unitedstreaming.com/gt
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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.
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What other tools can we incorporate?
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Meet Melanie

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

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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.
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Meet Coni
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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.
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Meet Joel
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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.
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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.
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Tools to Interact
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Interactive Videos
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Whats next?
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Telling Their Story
Name Akeal Favorite Subject Science My
Notes Akeal is creative and extremely
intelligent. However, Uriel just doesnt care to
write all of the time. He wants to express
himself in a variety of ways.
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What is the value of students creating their
story?
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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.
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Contact Information

• Scott Kinney
• VP, Outreach Professional Development
• Email scott_kinney_at_discovery.com
• Websites
• discoveryeducation.com
• community.discoveryeducation.com
• discoveryedspeakersbureau.com

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Using Discovery Media to Differentiate
Instruction
Scott KinneyOutreach Professional Development