Bonnie Brenwalt

http://mrsbrenwaltclass.weebly.com/
EDU-225
June 14,2015
Instructor Christensen

Raft Task Card

ROLE (student)
Travel Agent for a

AUDIENCE
Television

FORMAT
An informative

TOPIC
What are the

television

Audience

video, recorded on

different regions

commercial.

(classmates)

Ipad.

of the state

Row 1
Georgia? What are
the things we will

Row 2

Famous American

Radio Station

An informative

see in the region?

How did your

(choice for what we

audience

audacity (voice

famous American

learned in class) for

(classmates)

recording

impact Americas

radio interview

program).

history?

A DJ of a radio station Radio Station

An informative

Why is it

podcast report.

important to

Row 3

audience
(classmates)

recycle?

RAFT Row 1
Target Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Objective and Standard: Georgia Standards
S3L1. Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of
organisms on their habitat.

a. Differentiate between habitats of Georgia (mountains, marsh/swamp, coast, Piedmont, Atlantic

Ocean) and the organisms that live there.
b. Identify features of green plants that allow them to live and thrive in different regions of
Georgia.
c Identify features of animals that allow them to live and thrive in different regions of Georgia.
d. Explain what will happen to an organism if the habitat is changed

Student Role: Travel Agent for a television commercial

Audience: Television Audience (classmates)
Format: An informative video. Recorded on Ipad.
Topic: What are the different regions in the state of Georgia? What are things we will see in the
region?

Directions:
1. Visit Georgia Habitats Prezi by Mrs. Brenwalt https://prezi.com/rxxa3tdnxzfb/georgiahabitats/to learn about Georgia Regions
2. Create a script for your commercial on the different regions of Georgia making sure to
include land future, animals, and plants that might be seen in this region. (include props
needed for your commercial).
3. Review information with teacher.
4. Type up cards for reading during your commercial.
5. Record commercial using Ipad.
Resources: (3-5 resources)
Websites to visit:
Quizlet Georgia Habitats 3rd Grade

https://quizlet.com/3593382/georgia-habitats-3rd-grade-flash-cards/
Georgia Habitats
http://www.lilburnes.org/Students/Habitats/

Live Binder- Georgia Habitats

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=347313
Assessment:
Prepare a 3-5 minute video to explain the different regions in Georgia. You will also need to
explain the different plants, animals, landscape and climate of these regions.
You will receive up to 50 point for each section. Written scrip, video commercial.

RAFT Row 2
Target Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Objective and Standard:
SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people's rights and
freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women's
rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War
II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights),
Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and Cesar Chavez (workers' rights).
b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to
overcome and describe how they overcame them.

Student Role: Famous American (choice for them one we study) for radio interview
Audience: Radio Station Audience (classmates)
Format: An informative Audacity (voice recording program).
Topic: How did your famous American impact Americas history?

Directions:
1. Choose a famous American (Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony. Mary
McLeod Bethune, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar
Chavez, Thurgood Marshall)
2. Use a storyboard worksheet to map out your script.
3. Type out your script
4. Practice your script aloud until you are fluent reading your script
5. Read and record your script on audacity.

Resources: (3-5 resources)

Websites to Visit
Famous Historical Figures in American History
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/Page/27060
Paul Revere
http://www.biography.com/people/paul-revere-9456172
Frederick Douglass
http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324
Susan B. Anthony
http://www.biography.com/people/susan-b-anthony-194905
Mary McLeod Bethune
http://www.biography.com/people/mary-mcleod-bethune-9211266

Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381
Eleanor Roosevelt
http://www.biography.com/people/eleanor-roosevelt-9463366
Lyndon B. Johnson
http://www.biography.com/people/lyndon-b-johnson-9356122
Cesar Chavez
http://www.biography.com/people/cesar-chavez-9245781
Thurgood Marshall
http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood-marshall-9400241
Assessment:
Prepare a 1 minute script for a radio segment to explain how your famous American impacted
Americas history.
You will receive up to 35 points for each section: storyboard worksheet, script, audacity
recording.

RAFT Row 3
Target Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Objective and Standard:
S3L2. Students will recognize the effects of pollution and humans on the environment.
a. Explain the effects of pollution (such as littering) to the habitats of plants and animals.
b. Identify ways to protect the environment. Conservation of resources, Recycling of materials

Student Role: A DJ of a radio station

Audience: Radio Station (classmates)
Format: An informative podcast report.
Topic: Why is it important to recycle?

Directions:
1. Create a storyboard worksheet to map our your script about why it is so important to
2.
3.
4.
5.

recycle.
Type out your script.
Go to Voki and create your avatar. Voki.com.
Practice your script out loud until you are confortable.
Read and record your script on voki.

Resources: (3-5 resources)

Websites to visit
The 3Rs Still Rule
http://www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/0802.asp

Brain Pop Jr. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

https://jr.brainpop.com/science/conservation/reducereuserecycle/
Kids Be Green
http://www.kidsbegreen.org/
Assessment:
Create a 1 minute script for a radio segment on why is it important to recycle.
You can receive up to 25 point for each section; storyboard, written script, voki, recording.

Section Four: Differentiating Instruction through Technology

Introduction
When getting ready to become a teacher in a classroom you should be open to all the new
adventures you are going to be going. Through knowing some of these things it will help you
prepare for your future classroom as a teacher. When knowing the different levels of your
students as a teacher you will then be able to learn more about creating differentiating lessons.

Once you are comfortable with these lessons you will then want to include some forms of
technology as prezi, voki, and class blogs.
Technology to Differentiate Instruction
Prezi: Prezi is a website where teachers or students can create a slide show of information on a
standard you are learning or teaching. Through this site you can provide many different ways of
teaching the same topic. For students who are showing that they are exceeding in the area you
can have them create their own prezi on the information they know to present to the class.
Teachers can also use prezi to recreate the lesson to help those students who still need extra
support. (Describe how you would use this tool to differentiate instruction. Through using this
tool you will be able to gather what your students have learned on the topic that you have been
teaching. Due to the wide array of presentation options, Prezis often take longer to create then
PowerPoint. However, the results are dynamic presentations that engage students(McKee 2015).
This tool allows students to connect with the ISTE standards through their presentation.
Voki: Teachers could use this tool to help with the different levels their students are when being
taught a new lesson. Teachers can break their students into groups of those who excited, who
meet, and those who are in progress. The students who are exciting can create a recording of how
they would teach the class on this topic. The meets students could research an area where they
want to learn more on the topic. The in progress students might create a recording on questions
that they need answered to help them learn more about this topic. The can help students to are
normally to shy to get up in front of the class create an avatar who can do the talking for them
and the only thing you hear is the students voices. This can provide students with a since of
confidence. This allows students to connect with the ISTE standard through creativity in creating
an avatar to be them during the presentation. The students also have to research the topic they are

going to present on. This can be used in task cards to allow students to create avatars and voice
recording. Voki for teacher and parents in their class, school lab, or home computer can create
the same presentation as a video recording with fewer resources needed (Branch 2011).
Blog: This can be used in teaching by providing a place where students can answer question and
ask questions without having to get up in front of the class. This is also a place where students
who are exceeding in the standard can help their fellow classmates. This goes along with ISTE
because it allows students to critical think when they are answering question that have been
posted by the teacher or other students questions. It also allows them to use research skill for
answering questions that they do not know. This tool can allow students achievement because
they are allowed to explain their answers to questions it can also be used as an assessment tool to
make sure students understand the lesson you are teaching. Using this type of social media in
the classroom is important. It helps students learn digital citizenship, Internet safety, and
netiquette in an authentic environment that goes beyond the rules and actually lets them practice
it (Tenkely 2015).
Pros and Cons
When using these types of technology it can help with your teaching an differentiate
instruction classroom. You can provide your students with different projects they can work on to
help keep each of your students engage. It can also help you to create different lessons that
hopefully engage all of your students at the same time. Technology also addresses the necessity
to cover a wide range of content in a short amount of time by minimizing the need to take
curriculum at a slow pace (Hobgood & Ormsby 2015). The other side is that when you are
planning on using these types of technology they can crash in the middle of your presentations.
They can also go slowly at times that you want them to work. It also might be a little stressful

having so many students working on so many different projects at once. Through it all it can
make for an engaging and rewarding process for all students.
Concluding Paragraph
As teachers and students in classroom keep changing the way we teach and how they learn, there
will always be room for growth. Teachers need to make sure they are creating lessons in
differentiating so they can provide a classroom that keeps all of their students engaged and
making sure not to leave anyone behind. These tools can help teachers on this journey to help
create a classroom that students want to come to and learn. Students can also feel as if they had a
helping hand in their education. Lets work together to create classrooms that invite students to
come in and learn.

References:
Ex. Author Last, First (year). Title of the Article. Title of the Journal should be in italics, volume
number should be in italics (issue number), page numbers only.
Branch, B. (2011) Using Voki to Differentiate Instruction Ideas for Parents and Teachers.
Retrieved from
https://drbabs.wikispaces.com/file/view/Using+Voki+to+Differentiate+Instruction2.pdf
Hobgood, B. & Ormsby, L. (2015). Inclusion in the 21st-century classroom: Differentiating with
technology. Retrieved from http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/every-learner/6776
Mckee, K. (2015). Prezi. Retrieved from http://kennycmckee.com/tag/prezi/
Tenkely, K. (2015) About Class Blogs. Retrieved from
http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/10349-all-about-class-blogs