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Visual-Based Instructions Across the Curriculum

Kawonna Jackson

July 14, 2013 The client, Whitney Patterson, is a sixth grade earth science teacher. This is Whitney’s third year teaching at Central Middle in Carroll, County. The client has expressed her love for science and passion for teaching. She has discussed with me her student’s enthusiasm with science and using technology to help aid in science. Whitney has voiced her concern about teaching the water cycle to her students has not been an easy task this year. For this project Whitney wanted to focus on the water cycle. In her class students are not clear on the distribution and movement of Earth’s water. For example, how water is formed, ground water, where does the water we used originate, etc. The client, Whitney Patterson, would like for her class to focus on standards: S6E3 Students will recognize the significant role of water in earth processes. ELACC6SL5: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information. ELACC6RI7: Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. The client would like for her class to be able to create infographics and digital stories. Central Middle School is funded by Title 1 which, as she states, means a large number of her students may not own a computer. Students will have to complete this project with the use of technology at school. Students will research the stages of the water cycle and water usage for the state of Georgia. For the first section of this project students will work in groups of 4-5 to create an infographic to display the water cycle. In this infographic students will show and give detailed explanations of each stage of the water cycle using different visuals. For the next section of this project students will produce a digital story. Using the information from their research, students will create a story board and a movie. In their story board students should include a title, pictures, information and narration. Students will use information from the story board to create their movie. Students may choose to use any form of media they wish to create the movie. Students should use text and narration within their movie. By using the standards listed above, students will gain a better understanding of how the water cycle works. Students are also able to incorporate different types of media with this project to aid them in critical thinking, analytical and comprehension skills. Students will research the stages of the water cycle. With the use of infographic students will show and give detailed explanations of each stage of the water cycle using different visuals. Using the information from their research, students will create a story board and a movie. In their story board students should include a title, pictures, narration and give credits. Students will use information from the story board to create their movie or digital story. The client should be knowledgeable of the content area. The client should review the current standards in science and language arts. The client should be knowledgeable of vocabulary terms and other terminology used with the standards. The client should know how to use various types of media presented. The client should also be aware of her student’s comfort levels with technology. The learner should be introduced to the core standards and objectives. The learner should be able to answer the essential questions. The learner should have basic knowledge of the water cycle. The learner should be familiar with the terminology and vocabulary used for the water cycle. The learner should be familiar with technology that will be used for this project. The client asked for me to use infographic, storyboard concepts and create a movie to help aid in teaching the water cycle to her students. Infographics are tool used to show complex information in an easier way. Infographic is a way to explain or display information using graphics or visuals. For this project, infographics were used to clarify the stages of the water cycle. Next, the client asked to develop a digital story for the stages of the water cycle. When creating digital stories we first must create a storyboard. Storyboards are outlines used in creating movies or videos. Last, the client asked for students to create a digital movie. When creating this digital movie I used PhotoStory3. PhotoStory3 is an application that allows you to upload pictures to make a story. When the photos were uploaded to PhotoStory3, I then used movie maker to create a movie. Educators are faced with the challenge of making learning more exciting for students. In order to do this we have to find ways to implement the use of technology in the curriculum. Using technology to help drive instruction is also a form of differentiation. Differentiating instruction through the use of technology gives educators an opportunity to reach students at their different levels of learning. Educators are also bridging the gap between regular instruction and using technology to help drive instruction. Through my teaching experiences, I have learned that children learn with the help of technology. We have advanced into a world that functions through technology. No longer are blackboards and teachers dictators in the classroom. We have transitioned to a classroom where students can see the world around them because it is now at their fingertips. Through the use of infographics and digital story making educators are able to take textbook information and transform it into visual representation for students. There are no limitations to what students can accomplish through the use of technology.
 * Overview**
 * Rationale, Goals, Objectives**
 * Audience List of Tasks or Activities**
 * Expected Outcomes**
 * Background Information for facilitators**
 * Background Information for learners**
 * Introduction of the tool or resources**
 * Definitions of concepts covered**
 * Water cycle- The water cycle or hydrologic is a continuous cycle where water evaporates, travels into the air and becomes part of a cloud, falls down to earth as precipitation, and then evaporates again.
 * Infographic- An infographic delivers information graphically, such as in graphs, charts, maps, figures and diagrams.
 * Storyboard- A storyboard lays out the moving-picture or animated stores of planned film, video and electronic media in the form of scenes or shots arranged on a grid.
 * Values and benefits**
 * Limitations and or appropriate applications **

Step 1: What's your Story? Before starting an infographic, ask yourself the following questions:  Step 2: Title of Your Infographic PowerPoint Tips: 1. How to insert a title box?  Go to Insert tab >> Text box. 2. How to change the style of your fonts and border of the box? After clicking on the text box, Format tab will appear at the rightmost side of menu bar. Playing around with the options you find in the tab. Step 3: Portray your story using shapes, clipart’s, pictures, etc. 1. How to insert a shape? Go to Insert tab >> Shapes >> Select a shape. 2. How to insert a shape that is not listed in Shapes menu? >> Fonts like Wingdings or Webdings can be used to create custom icons and images. >> Use Clip Art option to insert icons and images (Go to Insert tab >> Clipart) 3. How to create an eye catching clipart?Use WMF images. Why? Because it allows you to convert them to PowerPoint objects and ungroup them. Once you ungroup them, you can delete parts that you don't want, change their color. 1. Go to Insert> Clip Art.2. In the Clipart task pane, click the " Results Should B: " drop-down arrow and choose Clipart. Under Clip Art, select Windows Enhanced Metafile and Windows Metafile formats (including compressed ones).3. Right click on the image and ungroup it twice.4. Select individual components and customize it.5. You can color them or delete some parts that you don't want.6. Once changes are done, regroup all the individual parts. 4. How to insert a picture?Go to Insert tab >> Picture.5. How to create a custom picture?Combine clip art images and pictures with text boxes and charts to create a new image. Step 4: Save PowerPoint slides as PNG image file formatPowerPoint slides can be saved as .png image files.1. Click on MS Office button2. Choose Save As >> Other Formats3. Select PNG Portable Network Graphics file format >> Ok
 * Step-by-step procedure on how to use or access **
 * Creating infographics in PowerPoint: **
 * What are the essential elements of your story?
 * What pictures or charts can represent your story graphically?
 * Color combination

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Creating a Story board in Microsoft Word: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 1 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Open a new Microsoft Word document. Click "Insert" at the top of the window and then click the "Table" icon. A drop-down menu appears. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 2 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Drag your mouse across the drop-down menu to create a table with four columns and ten rows. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 3 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Left-click anywhere on the screen. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor over the table. This highlights the table. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 4 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Right-click the table and select "Distribute Columns Evenly." <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 5 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Left-click on the table and then right-click it on it. Click "AutoFit" and "Fixed Column Width." <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 6 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Align your mouse cursor with the right edge of the table. A thick black line appears with two arrows on the left and right side. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 7 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Left-click and drag the table edge to the 7-inch mark on the ruler at the top of the screen. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 8 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Hover the mouse cursor over the line in the center of the table. When the cursor icon changes, drag the line to the 2.5-inch mark on the ruler. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 9 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Left-click in the top-right table box. Click "Picture." The "Insert Picture" window opens. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 10 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Browse or search for the first picture you want to insert. Double-click the picture to add it to the storyboard. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 11 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Resize the picture, if necessary. Click on any corner and drag the mouse to increase or decrease the size of the picture. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Step 12 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Left-click on the top-left table box. Type the text that goes along with the picture in the top-right box. For example, add descriptions such as "Narration," "Music" or "Video."

Step 1:
 * Creating digital story in PhotoStory3 for Windows**
 * Open Photostory 3
 * Select “Begin a New Story”
 * Click Next

Step 2: Import and arrange your pictures Note: To add more pictures repeat step 2.
 * Click Import Pictures.
 * Locate the folder where your images are placed.
 * Click on your first image. Hold the shift key down. Click on the last image-this will select all images. Click OK once selected. The images will load into the timeline.
 * To reorder your images click, drag, and reposition in the timeline.
 * Save your work as often as possible
 * Click Next

Step 3: Add a title to your pictures
 * Click on the slide you wish to add text tool.
 * Type you title into the window and use the various tools to change the font, font color and the positioning of the title on the slide.
 * Click next.

Step 4: Recording your narration and customizing motion Recording Narration
 * Select the image you want to record sound to.
 * Click on the record button. (Make sure recording areas is free of all background noises)
 * Record your narration and click on the stop button when you are done recording.
 * To test your narration click on the preview button. If acceptable, repeat above steps.

Customizing Motion (optional)
 * Click on the image in the timeline you wish to work with
 * Click on the customize motion button directly below the picture.
 * Below the image click on set and position to be the same as start position.
 * To set duration select number of seconds to display the picture.
 * Preview the effect. If this is acceptable click save.
 * Use the arrows at the bottom to move to the next picture.

Step 5: Adding background music
 * Click the create music button.
 * Play to preview the music.
 * Be sure to reduce the volume of the music track. If acceptable click OK.
 * Click next and finish your movie.

Step 6: Completing your movie
 * Select the location of the completed movie.
 * Click next. Photostory builds your movie.
 * Click view your story.

Students will work in groups of 4-5 to plan for their project. Students will discuss materials needed and research information for their project. Students will complete activity and upload final project to [] to share with teacher and peers.
 * Interactive collaboration with other learners**
 * Hands-on activity completed offline and shared to the online group**
 * Assessment of student learning**

Name________________________________________ Date_________________________________________

Water Cycle Quiz  Part 1


 * DIRECTIONS**: Using the information learned about the water cycle complete the following quiz. Remember to use complete sentences.

1. How does the water cycle work?

2. How does water change from one form to another during the water cycle stages?

3. Why is the water cycle important to life on Earth? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">4. In your own words describe in detail the water cycle.

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 * DIRECTIONS**: After you have completed part one copy the link and complete the final section. Once you have completed the online assessment print the final page and turn it in.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;"> • Students will upload their documents to []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Specific curricular concepts to be taught and instructional objectives **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Students will be able to create an infographic of the water cycle.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Students will be able to create aninfographic using the data collected.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Students will create a storyboard.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Students will create a movie using digital media.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Specific and appropriate performance standards to be addressed **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">S6E3 Students will recognize the significant role of water in earth processes.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">ELACC6SL5: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">ELACC6RI7: Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.


 * Evaluation**

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media type="custom" key="23476058" The client, Whitney Patterson, has afforded me the opportunity to create a project that will be used in her class this school year. Ms. Patterson has been extremely helpful in providing information about her class and what she would like to see. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Patterson for her patience with me in developing this project. I hope that she will find it suitable for future use.
 * Conclusion**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Fairfax Water. (2002). What is the water cycle? Retrieved from <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">[]
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Georgia Department of Education. (2011). Common Core Georgia Performance Standards. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;"> Retrieved from <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;"> [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;"> [| EducatorResourceDocument.pdf]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Golombisky, K. & Hagen, R. (2010). White space is not your enemy: A beginner’s guide to <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">communicating visually through graphic, web and multimedia design. Burlington, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">MA: Focal Press.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">King, M. (2013). How to make a storyboard in word. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Listen Data. (2013). How to create infographics in PowerPoint: step-by-step guide. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">Retrieved from <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;"> []