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Reynaldo Ruiz
EDU-225
September 29, 2015
Jeff Martin

Row 1

ROLE (student)
A sports announcer.

Row 2

A red drum ( Redfish)

Row 3

A Brown pelican

AUDIENCE
FORMAT
Everyone who will Create a podcast
be listening to the
home teams
game.
Grandchildren of
Create a VOKI.
the school of fish.
Beach goers

A speech

Row 1
Objective: You will be describing how a baseball is manufactured.
Role: Radio sports announcer.

TOPIC
The topic is how
he/she came to be.
Describing to the
grand children of
their origins.
Educate the
visitors of the
Padre Island
National State
Park about the
trash and pollution
and how it affects
the wildlife
surrounding the
beaches.

Audience: Your audience will be everyone listening to the broadcast of the home teams game.
Format: Create a podcast.
Topic: The topic is how it is that he/she came to be.
Directions: 1. Visit my You Tube video to get information about how a baseball is built.
https://youtu.be/Ni2MV5lIBAs
2 Use a storyboard to map out your script.
3. Type a storyboard to map out your script so its easy to read.
4. Practice reading your script aloud until you feel you can read it fluently and with
expression.
5. Create a Podcast.
6. Read and record your Podcast.
Resources to visit:
https://youtu.be/Ni2MV5lIBAs
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Baseball.html
http://www.bigleaguebaseballs.com/main/baseballs-how-its-made/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/how-to/how-to-make-a-podcast/

Assessment: Storyboard is worth 25 points.

Voki will be worth 25 points.
Podcast will worth 25Points.
Grammar both written and audio will be worth 25 points.
Row 2
Objective: You will be describing the life cycle of a Redfish that has been hatched in the local
hatchery.
Role: A Red drum (Redfish).
Audience: Grandchildren of the school of fish

Format: Create a Voki animation.

Topic: You will be describing the life cycle of a Redfish that has been hatched in the local
hatchery.
Directions: 1. Visit this site to gain information on the life cycle of the Red drum,
http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/public/fish/red.drum.php
2. Use a storyboard to map out your script.
3. Type your script so it is easy to read.
4. Practice reading your script until you feel you can read it fluently and read with expression.
5. Create a Voki at Vki.com. Build a suitable avatar project.
6. Read and record your script as the Vokis voice.
Resources to use:
http://www.voki.com/
http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/public/fish/red.drum.php
https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/didyouknow/reddrum.phtml
Assessment:
25 points will be awarded for grammar for both audio and written scripts.
50 points for the Voki animation.
25 points for reading script with expression.
Row 3
Objective: Educate the visitors of the Padre Island National State Park about the trash and
pollution and how it affects the wildlife surrounding the beaches.
Role: A Brown pelican.
Audience: Beach goers.
Format: A speech.

Topic: Educate the visitors of the Padre Island National State Park about the trash and pollution
and how it affects the wildlife surrounding the beaches.
Directions: 1. Visit Texas Parks and Wildlife web site to familiarize yourself with the cost of
trash pick-up and clean-up efforts.
2. Use a story board to map out your script.
3. Type your script so it is easy to read.
4. Practice reading your script aloud until you feel you can read it fluently and with expression.
5. Write your speech from a pelicans birds eye view about the horrors that have been witnessed
from up above the peoples.
6. Read your speech in front of the classroom as if they are the attending the visiting centers
informational orientation.
Websites to use as resources:
http://www.nps.gov/pais/index.htm
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/?referrer=https://www.google.com/
https://vimeo.com/107634121
Assessment: I will consider the total effort and grade as a whole. I will start you at 100 points
and will deduct accordingly while considering grammar, delivery and expression, and content.

Reynaldo Ruiz
EDU-225
September 29, 2015
Jeff Martin
Differentiating Instruction
Instruction in the past has mostly been the teacher standing in front of the class and lecturing,
handing out worksheets, tests and the occasional state assessments. Today, things are very
different in the classroom. There is so much technology in the world that has permeated into
class room by way of the students bringing their own devices, whether permitted by the school or
not. By recognizing that students have different ways of learning, a teacher can assess, adjust
individualize lessons for each student.
(IPad or Tablet): Todays classroom are much different from twenty years ago, in that
students have access to information and research material by accessing the internet. Teachers can
use the internet to find lesson plans, videos, and worksheets to help assist in teaching students
lessons they would not be interested in learning if taught by old school methods. There are also
web sites to help assess students that pin point certain factors to determine the best way a student
a student can learn. Using an IPad or tablet gives a student a mobile means of learning that can
be applied to any subject and keeps a child engaged and interested in learning, which is basically
what every teacher and administrator hopes to instill in all students.

(Smartboard): A Smartboard is a wonderful piece of technology that does keep kids engaged
and interested in every subject. A teacher can hook up to it and broadcast their computer screen
to it to show videos, notes and have the kids participate in lessons by coming up to the front of
the class to write or solve mathematical problems on the board. The Smartboard is the equivalent
of the old schoolhouse chalk board, only one cannot project videos and text for lessons onto it.
Visual learners can remain involved in the lesson by the visual stimulation while at the same
time keeping auditory learners listening and paying attention to the background music, if
provided by the teacher. All at the same time tactile learners can approach the board and have
hands-on experience by writing and / or dropping and dragging items to the appropriate box.
This piece of technology may be the best one for use in the classroom.
(Flipped classroom): The flipped classroom method seems to keep a students mind on
studying at all and or different times of the day, which in turn may permit a deeper understanding
of the material being taught. The teacher may have a teacher web page that the students can
access to pick up tips, tutoring services, extra credit work and videos that can help them absorb
study material a little better. By doing this a teacher can focus classroom time on other aspects of
teaching such as labs, reading aloud, and more in deep explanation of the material.
In a final look at the application of technology and differentiating instruction in the classroom
it seems they are a perfect companions in the task of giving each student exactly what they may
need to be successful in the classroom and in the relevant real world. With a Bring Your Own
Device (BYOD), a school district can save money while at the same time giving students access
to an entire world of information at their finger tips.

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Ha Williams, D. A. (2014). Another Perspective: The iPad Is a REAL Musical
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hepherd, C., & Acosta-Tello, E. (2015). Differentiating Instruction: As Easy as One, Two,
Three. Journal Of College Teaching & Learning, 12(2), 95-100

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