Storyboard

Storyboard/Outline/Draft: Jen narrates underlined segments for each slide. Melisa adds the comments in quotes to the same slide. - Is this okay with you Jen? Sounds good!

Audience: elementary teachers

Relevance: Teachers like to have a voice in the choices made regarding programs within the academic curriculum. They often want to know how the programs will impact student learning, support curriculum standards, increase test scores, and whether or not the program is one that is complicated to implement, or fairly easy.

Persuasion: Use of technology tools, benefits for teachers and students **VT- Slide one - intro - Image - photo of students working in library on research** Commentary: (__Are you eager to use a learning process which will keep students engaged and asking questions? What about a process where students' test scores improve? "__We would like to introduce you to a research process called inquiry. Follow the process in this presentation to see how it works." )

Commentary: ( __We will describe each step of the inquiry process while showing you an example. Our example of the inquiry process is something you've probably been a part of during your teaching career: selecting and adopting new programs for your classroom.__ "Today we'll look at selecting a new math program from a variety of publishers and presenting our findings to members of our staff just as students would present their final project to their classmates."
 * VT- Slide two -** **our example & why - Image - photo of teachers in a discussion**

Commentary: "__Step 1 begins with questioning and determining the topic for research. Students narrow their research topic by building background knowledge through use of a webquest or with web inquiry. They ask themselves, what do they already know about the topic and begin to form open-ended questions that will guide their research__. " Since we already know our topic, we can begin to form questions such as: "What do we know about these programs?" "What kind of success rate do these programs have in increasing student's math test scores?" "How long have each of these programs been in use?" "Who is using these programs and how would they rate itheir impact on student's learning?"
 * VT-Slide three-Step one of process Step 1: Questioning -(narrow the topicw/webquest or web inquiry - what do we already know about the topic, write open-ended questions) Image slide with questions listed**

Commentary: - (__Step 2 looks at planning. Students need to create and revise a plan as necessary throughout the process. As they find answers to their questions in step 1, they may need to find more information or change the path of their project. As they do this, they can begin to locate resources to help them.)__ "After forming the questions regarding the proposed math curriculum, we reviewed and revised our plan after realizing it would be helpful to locate resources through web searches, and interviews with other schools currently using these programs to get their feedback. We also realized that we need to form additional questions such as - How does these programs correlate to state standards and our district's scope and sequence? and, Do any of these programs support digital learning opportunities?" Commentary: (__In step 3, students are collecting data and crediting their sources. Programs such as NoteStar and EasyBib make collecting data and citing sources much easier for the digital natives that have developed the paper avoidance syndrome. Instructing students on the ethical use of resources will assist with avoiding plagiarism.__ " Our project lead us to collect data from each of the proposed math programs. Rather than struggling with multiple sets of notes, notes were taken using the NoteStar program which made the next step of organizing much easier." Should we change this to something liek the following??: "Our project lead us to collect data from each of the proposed math programs. Notes can be taken in a variety of formats including charts or even through an easy to use program called Notestar. While taking notes, crediting sources is imperative. Students and teachers need to understand how to avoid plagiarism." -*If we show a picture or information about the program on a Voicethread image, we can point out the citation and the ethical use of the information - avoidance of plagiarism. *I like this - I think it's important to work this in!
 * VT-Slide four - Step two of process - Planning (Create a schedule - look at other projects, locate resources, review & revise plan) - Image - schedule - see below**
 * Image:** Sample Schedule of the year/program adoption – initial meetings to discuss possible math programs and analyze current current curriculum, math programs/visiting reps, committee reviews, deadline/ordering of materials, arrival of program, teacher implementation, etc.
 * VT-Slide five - Step three of process - Collecting & Crediting (notemaking, gathering citation information, reviewing ethical use of resources, avoiding plagiarism, review & revise notes and bibliography) Image-NoteStar and webaddress for notemaking or collage of names from various math programs**
 * Image:** image of texts and computers? collage of names of math programs? (Investigations, Every Day Math, Harcourt, Houghton-Mifflin) someone note-taking? - Show a screenshot of Notestar and the webaddress for notemaking * I like this too - but should we show students in process or teachers, since we're aligning it with picking a math program? I think we whould stick to the math program - okay

Commentary: (__In Step 4 we focus on organizing. Students continue to revise their questions as necessary, which could revise their plan as well. In this stage, data should be organized in a way which can be easily analyzed. What can be seen from the data? Any missing holes? What stands out? From here, it’s important to fill in any holes that are seen and to begin drawing conclusions__) "For our project, we used an electronic graphic organizer from the Read, Write, Think website which provides a variety of organizers to support final presentations. It allowed us to analyze our information on the various math programs and review and revise portions as necessary." Commentary: (__Step 5 is Synthesizing which sparks student's creativity as they decide on a final product. "Digital students are so over the traditional research paper even though many English teachers still cling to it" (Carnesi and DiGiorgio, 36, 2009). Students have a choice when deciding on a format for the final product. Once the information comes together in the chosen format, students need to notice themes, form conclusions, and develop insight into the problem and possiblities for further research__.) " After synthesizing our information, we selected the format for our final product. We chose VoiceThread for its interactive ability to have members of our staff add comments regarding our findings on the math programs. We feel that having the opportunity to choose the format for the final product not only allows for creativity, but it also allows the creators to custom fit the final presentation to specific audiences, or to choose the format that best suites the research topic. Here are just a few of the growing options available."
 * VT-Slide six - Step four of process - Organizing (is information missing that will allow for a conclusion to be reached? Use graphic organizers, review & revise organized notes) Image - organizer from Read, Write, Think - with web address**
 * VT- Slide seven - Step five of process - Synthesizing (selecting format for final product using technology, review & revise before sharing with others) Image - word cloud with VoiceThread, Moviemaker, Photostory, Blogs, Digitial portfolios, websites**

Commentary:( __T__ __he last phase of this process is Communicating, or Step 6. Once the final product is complete, it is time to share it with an audience.__ "Students, as well as teachers, need to evaluate their own work. Once this process is complete, new goals can be set"
 * VT- Slide eight - Step six of process - Communicating (consult guide sheets & guide sheets if giving oral presentations) Image - Photo of someone make presentation - or someone using checklist or rubric**

**VT-Slide nine - Conclusion (__Through the example just shared with you for selecting a new math program, the inquiry process is fluid and natural to use. Research and inquiry can be unpredictable at times, and this process allows for revision throughout__. __"It is a way to get away from just reporting the facts and more toward developing the skills necessary for students to become independent thinkers with a self-awareness and ability to problem solve throughout life” (Preddy, 28, 2002)__ "With more and more standards for 21st Century learners reflecting inquiry, it's time to adopt this process school-wide. We want our students to be in control of their learning, asking questions, and utilizing technology. The natural process of inquiry allow this (thirteen.org 2004) and can be used throughout all content areas. Let's work together to get students working on these important life-skills!" Image: some of the mentioned quotes?? - Great idea, I'll have these tonight
 * Conclusion

**VT-Slide ten - Works Cited** (I'm attaching my citation list to the bottom of my notes page so it doesn't crowd this one. Please look there.) - okay - disregard my other message then!! No commentary Depending on how we narrate the Voice Thread, we could easily use the narration as our way of discussing some of the key points from our research on the inquiry method and why we think it is great for teachers to use. We need to remember which sources we use.
 * We need to make sure we include a __works cited page__ on our Voice Thread presentation!