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A PBL Documentary (Middle School M & M)

October 10, 2023

    1. Sign in and stow your phones out of sight. Log into a Chromebook and complete the WYAW activities.

    2. Vote by tables - Which one works best for you? Why?
      1 2 3
      "Multimodal literacy explores the design of discourse by investigating the contributions of different semiotic resources (for example, language, gesture, images) co-deployed across various modalities (for example, visual, aural, somatic) as well as their interaction and integration in constructing a coherent text." https://multimodalstudies.wordpress.com/what-is-multimodal-literacy/    

      Or are you a more visual learner?

      		 Multimodal literacy is "the strategic use of two or more communication modes to make meaning, for example image, gesture, music, spoken language, and written language....multimodal literacy is strongly associated with the growth of digital communication technologies, multimodal is not synonymous with digital."
      http://creatingmultimodaltexts.com/

    3. Switching channels for screening stories to look at students' creation of multimodal pieces. As you watch these examples, think about the differences in digital storytelling between stories created by adults and those of children.
      Some questions to consider:
      • What might you need to do as a teacher to prepare kids to tell digital stories?
      • What might the constraints be both creatively and technically?
      • What other kinds of multimodal communication projects can you do with students? Individual? Small Group? Whole group?

    4. Some examples of "kid stories" - Digital Stories/M & Ms created by elementary students

    5. M&M Response: Let's watch this PSA from a small group and their teacher. Next, do a Flip video review of two things you thought worked well and/or that you liked about the story. Next, view the Flip videos of all the people at your table and comment (keep it professional!) on their video adding something related to what they recorded. Go beyond, "Good job" kinds of comments.
      How To Be A Good Friend
      Sam, Diana, Zoe Bailee, Brittany, Alli, Katie Grace, Madison, MacKenzie M., Kaitlyn
      Paris, Katherine, Emily   Mia, Debbie, Alicia, Liliana

      Paige, Rachel, Morgan Emily R., Hayley, Makellyn Kaley, Elizabeth, Laura, Ash
      Emma., Chad, Mary Nell   Lyndsay, Margot, Carly

    6. SMALL GROUP WORK: In your small group determined randomly, follow the directions on the back of your storyboard in the order given to create a storyboard for a PSA you will create on Thursday using the SPARK video app.


    7. TIPS for using Spark:
      • For a slide to show up and be included in your story, it must have sound even if you don't say anything and it's silent.
      • Make sure to turn the volume on your iPad up ALL THE WAY so your audio is loud and proud.
      • Add still photos and only one video
      • NOTE: For video, you must play it all the way through for the entire video to be added to your story and once you select it, you can use or mute the video as you wish