The slide deck from our presentation at the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College on November 28th 2012.

1. Welcome.

2. Welcome.
Arts Integration and Universal Design for Learning:
An Emergent Media tool for teachers

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7. Mission of VSA VT, BCA
and IAA partnership:
help teachers improve
student learning by
integrating the arts

8. Arts Integration
Math + Painting

9. Arts Integration
Music + Poetry

10. Arts Integration
Movement + Story-telling

11. Universal Design
for Learning
Multiple means of
representation

12. Universal Design
for Learning
Multiple means of action

13. Universal Design
for Learning
Multiple means of
engagement

14. We wanted to design a tool that will:
• be useful for teachers

15. We wanted to design a tool that will:
• be useful for teachers
• help them grow as learners

16. We wanted to design a tool that will:
• be useful for teachers
• help them grow as learners
•use UDL to increase student
and teacher learning

17. Two learners:
the student & the teacher

19. Step #1: The Survey
Understanding the user:
• tech savvy
• networked
• work from home
• social
• not gamers

20. Step #2: Interviews
• listen to the teachers
• define the problem space
• look for opportunities

21. Two Teachers, Two perspectives

22. Teacher Challenges....

23. Teacher Challenges....
supporting each other in curriculum development

24. Teacher Challenges....
consistent methods of communication
supporting each other in curriculum development

25. Teacher Challenges....
assessing the impact of arts integration
consistent methods of communication
supporting each other in curriculum development

26. Teacher Challenges....
collaborating with the art teacher
and other classroom teachers
assessing the impact of arts integration
consistent methods of communication
supporting each other in curriculum development

27. Teacher Challenges....
finding ways to celebrate their successes
collaborating with the art teacher
and other classroom teachers
assessing the impact of arts integration
consistent methods of communication
supporting each other in curriculum development

28. Teacher Challenges....
planning time
finding ways to celebrate their successes
collaborating with the art teacher
and other classroom teachers
assessing the impact of arts integration
consistent methods of communication
supporting each other in curriculum development

30. Build Community

31. Build Community
Provide Resources

32. Build Community
Provide Resources
Collect and Organize Data

33. What is Iterative Design?

40. Self Badges
School
Community
Student Digital
Teacher
Profiles
Profiles P.L.C. *
Teacher Sharing
Standardized Lesson
Tests Collaboration
VCAT
Plan Professional
Builder Development
Assessments Communication
Platform
Curriculum
Map
Common Core District Action Plan
*
Mandates professional learning community

41. Lesson
Plan
Builder

42. build day-to-day lesson plans
Lesson
Plan
Builder

43. drag-and-drop interface
Lesson
Plan
Builder

44. drag-and-drop interface
Lesson
Plan
Builder
connected to a planning calendar

45. populated by units of study from Curriculum Map
Lesson
Plan
Builder

46. Lesson
Plan
Builder
Curriculum
Map

47. Inputs for Curriculum Map
Common Core Standards
District Action Plans
Lesson
Plan
Builder
Curriculum
Map
Common Core District Action Plan
Mandates

48. Lesson
Plan
Builder
Curriculum
Map
Common Core District Action Plan
Mandates

50. Student
Profiles
Lesson
Plan
Builder

51. Student
Profiles
Lesson
Plan
Builder
Student File = "Just the facts"

52. Student
Profiles
Lesson
Plan
Builder
Student File = "Just the facts"

53. Student
Profiles
Lesson
Plan
Builder
"Are you happy?"

54. Are you happy now?

55. Are you happy now?

56. Universal Design
for Learning
Multiple means of
representation

57. Universal Design
for Learning
Multiple means of action

58. Universal Design
for Learning
Multiple means of
engagement

59. Research Questions
1. What makes you happy at school?
2. What makes you unhappy at school?
3. What makes a good teacher?
4. What makes a bad teacher?
Study sponsored by: The Action Research Center for Inclusion

60. Student
Profiles
Lesson
Plan
Builder
Student Profile
1. Collect data
2. Teach self-advocacy

61. What made you happy?

62. What made you unhappy?

64. Community Input

65. Self
School
Community
Student
Profiles
Teacher
Standardized Lesson
Tests
VCAT
Plan
Builder
Assessments
Assessments
self, school community, teacher,
standardized tests, VCAT

66. Self
Responsive System
School
Community
Student
Profiles
Teacher
Standardized Lesson
Tests
VCAT
Plan
Builder
Assessments

67. Digital Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Digital
P.L.C. *
Lesson
Plan
Builder
*
professional learning community

68. Digital Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Badges
Teacher
Digital Profiles
P.L.C. * Sharing
Lesson
Collaboration
Plan Professional
Builder Development
Communication
Platform
Communication Platform
celebrate successes
find experts
collaborate
find shared time
*
professional learning community

69. Digital Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Badges
Teacher
Digital Profiles
P.L.C. * Sharing
Lesson
Collaboration
Plan Professional
Builder Development
Communication
Platform
*
professional learning community

70. Digital Badge
• A symbol or indicator of an
accomplishment, skill, quality or interest.
• Can be used to represent achievements,
communicate successes, set goals and
motivate behaviors.

74. Digital Badges

75. Self Badges
School
Community
Student Digital
Teacher
Profiles
Profiles P.L.C. *
Teacher Sharing
Standardized Lesson
Tests Collaboration
VCAT
Plan Professional
Builder Development
Assessments Communication
Platform
Curriculum
Map
Common Core District Action Plan
*
Mandates professional learning community

82. 21st Century Learning

83. 21st Century Thinking

94. Thank you for listening.

95. Thank you for attending.
Please direct further
questions or comments
to Judy or the EMC

96. Thank you for attending.
Please direct further
questions or comments
to Judy or the EMC
judy@vsavt.org
emergentprojects@champlain.edu