InstructionalDesignDocumentandStoryboard:USANationalParks

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InstructionalDesignDocument

TitleorTopicofModule/Lesson:
U.S.A.NationalParksGeographyandEnglishLanguage
Development

DatethisDesignCreated/Modified:
April3,2016

DesignersName:
LaurieWhite

Time:
Approximately710minutes

GeneralOverview/Need:
St.Florian,ModernSecondaryAgriculturalSchool,inAustria,hires
nativeEnglishspeakerstoteachtheEnglishlanguageandcultureoftheirhomeland,inthiscase,
America.WhiletheinstructorsnativelanguageisEnglishandthelessonsaregiveninEnglish,
theinstructorisconversantinGerman.ThestudentsnativelanguageisGerman.Thestudents
arelearningaboutlesserknownUnitedStatesNationalParks.Theyareexpectedtolearnpark
history,geographicalfeatures,andeventsoractivitiesthatdrawpeopletovisittheparks
covered.LessonsarepresentedinEnglish,buttheinstructorfocusesonmakingaspecific
English/GermanvocabularyconnectionforavarietyofwordsorEnglishsayings.

Whyacomputershouldteachit:
Theinstructorhaspresentedalessonontenlesserknown
UnitedStatesNationalParks.Thestudentsworkedinpartnerstofurtherresearchaspecificpark
andpresentedtheirfindingstotherestoftheclass.Thenextstepisforthestudentstoreview
theinformationaboutalltenNationalParkspresented,includinggeography,history,andEnglish
toGermanlanguageconnections.Theuseofcomputerprovidesthestudentswithvividvisual
imageryofeachoftheparks,EnglishnarrationbyanativeEnglishspeaker,andanopportunity
toreplay,review,anddemonstrateanunderstandingofthematerialwithinone710minute
lesson.

TargetAudience/Learners:
Austrianstudents,ages1619,learningaboutAmericancultureand
theEnglishlanguage.MostofthestudentsexhibitstrongEnglishlanguageskills.These
studentsliveinanagriculturalarea.Theirschool,St.Florian,ModernSecondaryAgricultural
School(DieHherelandwirtschaftlicheBundeslehranstaltSt.Florian),isaboardingschool.The
studentsliveattheschoolduringtheweekandreturnhomeeachweekend.Allofthestudents
havefarmsathomesotheyspendmuchtimelearningaboutagriculturalandenvironmental
impacts.UnderstandingEarthsgeologicalfeaturesispartoftheireducation.

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Technical:
Eachstudenthasapersonallaptopandconnectstotheschoolswifinetwork.They
canaccesstheInternetwithoutdifficulty.Englishistheirsecondorthirdlanguage,butmostare
fairlyskilledinthelanguage.

ConditionsofInstruction:
Thelearnerwillneedtolistentothevideoandtheonscreen
narrationinEnglish,withtheexceptionoftheGermanwordsforthevocabulary.

LearningObjectives:
1. ThelearnerwillcorrectlyidentifyEnglishGermanvocabularytranslationswithatleast
70%accuracy.
2. ThelearnerwillcorrectlyplacethetenNationalParksonaUSAmapwithatleast70%
accuracy.
3. ThelearnerwillcorrectlymatchmajorgeographicalfeaturesgiveninEnglishwiththe
correctNationalParkwherethefeatureisfoundwithatleast70%accuracy.
4. ThelearnerwillcorrectlyidentifythenumberofUSNationalParks.(59)
5. Thelearnerwillgeneralizethreegeographicalfeatureswith100%accuracy.These
featuresare:glaciers,volcanoes,andforests.

AssessmentInstruments:
AccordingtoGagnsTheory,implicationsforassessmentincludeanawarenessofthefivetypes
oflearning:verbalinformation,intellectualskills,cognitivestrategies,motorskills,andattitudes.
Assessmentscanoccurpriortoinstruction,attheendofinstruction,andduringinstructionas
informalassessment.
Forthepurposeofthisproject,mostoftheassessmentwillbeinformal,withthelearnerguiding
theirownpace.Studentshaveexperiencedinstructionallessons,anddonesomeresearchonat
leastoneUnitedStatesNationalParkpriortocompletingthislearningmodule.Asafinal
assessmenttoconfirmwhetherstudentshavemetthelearningobjectives,studentswillcomplete
ashortquizwithinthemodule.Thisquizwillcoververbalskills(matchingEnglish/German
vocabulary),intellectualskills(plottingonamap),andpossiblycognitiveskills(iflearner
returnstovideoslidestoaidinmanagingrecall.)

InstructionalStrategies:
UsingRobertGagnsConditionsofLearningTheory,myinstructionalstrategiesareasfollows:

LearningPhase

InstructionalEvent

ModuleEvent

Attending

GainAttention

Slide2Video
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Expectancy

Informlearnerofobjectives

Willneedtoaddaslidefor
this.Toincludedirectionon
plottingtheparksonamap,
vocabulary,geographical
features.

Retrievalofpriorknowledge
toworkingmemory

Stimulaterecallofprior
learning

Selectiveperceptionof
stimulusfeatures

Presentdistinctivestimulus
feature

Semanticencoding

Providinglearningguidance

Eachvideoshouldstimulate
recallofpriorlessontaught
byinstructorandadded
researchgivenbypeers.This
includesthevocabularyskill
buildingandrecallof
geologicalfeatures.

Retrievalandresponding

Elicitperformance

Reinforcement

Eachslideshouldprovide
learnertheopportunitytoplot
Provideinformativefeedback thepark,willsuccess/failure
responsesgivenand1
additionalattempt.Theseare
notscored.

Cueingretrieval

Assessperformance

Quizslidetoplotparks.
QuizslidetomatchEnglish/
Germanvocabulary.
Quizslidetomatch
geologicalfeaturesmentioned
invideos.

Generalizing

Elicitperformancewithnew
examples

Geologicalfeaturesexisting
elsewhere.
Possibleconnectionto
NationalParksinAustria.

InstructionalResources:
Hereisalinktomy
FinalProjectfolder.
Itcontainsassets(videoclipsandimages),a
vocabularywordlistandimagecreditsdoc,audiofiles,aPowerPointmockup,theIDBrief,
andtheStoryboard.

10MostUnderratedNationalParks
ThisisthefullvideofromwhichIcreatedtheclipsforeachpark.

(2014).10MostUnderratedNationalParksYouTube.RetrievedMarch25,2016,from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQhhNAqkEc
.

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Schule
ThisisalinktotheschoolinAustriathatwillusethislesson.
NationalparksinAustria
3 ThisisalinktotheAustrianNationalParkswebsite.(Possible
comparisontoUSNationalParks)

IamworkingonobtainingnativeGermanspokenaudiofortheGermanvocabularywords.I
willaddtheseassetstomyfinalprojectfolderonceIobtainthem.
(Ihavenowobtainedtwofiles
ofthewordsinaudiobutIneedtobreakthemapartbyslidetomakethemmanageableassets.
Thisisstillinprogressasof4/3/16.)

AudioCreditsEnglishwords,MeganWhite.Germanwords,GabrielRuzitschka.

ThemeColorstouse:

(2013).SchuleHLBLASt.Florian.RetrievedMarch25,2016,from
http://www.hlfsflorian.at/index.php/schule
.
3
(2015).NationalparksinAustria.RetrievedMarch29,2016,from
http://www.austria.info/us/activities/walkinghiking/nationalparksinaustria
.

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Storyboard

Slide#1
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Beigegradientfill
Template
Image
USmap
Audio
Texttospeech
Music/SFX

Video
none
Interaction:

Branching:

Title:Introduction
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds
MediaScript:

U.S.A.NationalParks

10LesserKnown,Yet
AmazingParkstoVisit

OtherNarration:

Letsexploretheseamazing
parks!(Usetexttospeech
Julieifpossible.)

Quiz:

Advance:
Automatic

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Slide#2
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Beigegradientfill
Template
Image

Audio
Slide2vocabulary
Music/SFX

Video
Intro_video_asset
Videosshouldhaveplay/pause
feature

Interaction:
Rollovervocabularywordforaudio
ofword
Clickplayvideo

Branching:

Title:IntroVideo
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds
MediaScript:

lion'sshare
derGrossteil

underrated
unterbewertet

VideoNarration:
TheUnitedStateshas59
nationalparks,butonlya
handfulreceivethemost
attention.Yosemite,
Yellowstone,andtheGrand
Canyonnotonlytakeupmost
ofthespotlight,theygetthe
lion'sshareofthevisitors.
Hereare10ofthemost
underratedandfarless
traveledones.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

OtherNarration:

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

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Slide#3
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image

Beigegradientfill
Park10image
Wrangelltag
Vocabularywords

Park10video

Audio
Music/SFX
Video
Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park10Wrangell
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds
MediaScript:

volcanoes
Vulkane

VideoNarration:
Number10.WrangellSt.
EliasNationalPark&
Preserve,Alaska.The13.2
millionacreareaisaccessible
byonlytworoads.
Theopportunitytoseenineof
NorthAmerica'stallest
mountainsandMount
Wrangell,oneoftheworld's
largestactivevolcanoes,make
itwellworththetrip.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

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Slide#4
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image

Beigegradientfill
Park9image
Park9tag
vocabulary

Park9

Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park9Channel
Islands
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds

respite
dieAtempause

denselypopulated
dichtbevlkert

coastline
dieKste

VideoNarration:
Number9.ChannelIslands
NationalPark,California.
Fewerthan300,000peoplein
2012tookadvantageofthis
respitefromdensely
populatedanddeveloped
SouthernCalifornia.Along
the5island's175milesof
coastline,sightingsofharbor
sealsandsealionsarethe
norm.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

MediaScript:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

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Slide#5
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image

Beigegradientfill
Park8image
Park8tag
vocabulary

Park8

Audio
Music/SFX
Video
Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park8North
Cascades
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds

Glaciers
dieGletscher

VideoNarration:
Number8.NorthCascades
NationalPark,Washington.If
you'reinsearchofglaciers,
looknofurther.Thisparkhas
over300ofthem,makingit
hometooverhalfofallthose
locatedinthelower48states.
Italsoboastsmanyofthe
nation'stallestwaterfalls.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

MediaScript:

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Slide#6
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image
Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Beigegradientfill

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park7Great
Basin
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds

Aplethora
(dieUnmenge)

VideoNarration:
Number7.GreatBasin
NationalPark,Nevada.A
plethoraofroundtheclock
activitiescanbefoundinthis
77thousandacrerecreation
spot.Viewingitsmarble
cavernsandlimestonearches
arehighlyrecommended
daytimediversions.Asit'sone
ofthedarkestplacesintheUS
comenightfall,theevenings
areallaboutstargazing.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

MediaScript:

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Slide#7
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image
Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Beigegradientfill

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park6Capitol
Reef
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds

Prehistoric
(prhistorisch)

VideoNarration:
Number6.CapitolReef
NationalPark,Utah.Whether
yourinterestslieinthe
prehistoricdaysorthosemore
recentlypassed,thisparkhas
muchtooffer.Awrinklein
theearth'ssurfacehasmadeit
possibletogazeupon270
millionyearsofsedimentary
history.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

MediaScript:

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Slide#8

MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image
Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Beigegradientfill

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park5Theodore
Roosevelt

ScreenText:

Time:3seconds

namesake
(derNamensvetter)

VideoNarration:
Number5.Theodore
RooseveltNationalPark,
NorthDakota.Experiencethe
badlandsjustlikenamesake
TeddyRooseveltdid,roaming
buffalo,wildhorsesandall.
Thelandscapeissimilartothe
oneatBadlandsNationalPark
inSouthDakota,butwithalot
lessvisitors.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

MediaScript:

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Slide#9
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image
Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Beigegradientfill

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park4Black
Canyon
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds

steep
(steil)

VideoNarration:
Number4.BlackCanyonof
theGunnisonNationalPark,
Colorado.Thisisaboutastall
andsteepascanyonwallsget.
AnEmpireStateBuilding
stackedontopofaWillis
Towerstillwouldcomeup
shortincomparison.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

MediaScript:

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Slide#
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image
Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Beigegradientfill
Park3

Park3

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:10Park3Isle
Royale
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds

remote
(entfernt)

VideoNarration:
Number3.IsleRoyale
NationalPark,Michigan.
LocatedintheUpper
Peninsulaandsurroundedby
LakeSuperior,thisremote
naturalwonderlandisoneof
theleastvisitedparksinthe
country.Itssecludedlocation
hasaffordedittheabilityto
preservemanyecosystemsin
theirpre1800sstates.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

MediaScript:

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Slide#11
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image
Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Beigegradientfill

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park2Congaree
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds
MediaScript:

Forests
(derWald)

VideoNarration:
Number2.CongareeNational
Park,SouthCarolina.
Establishedasameansof
preservingthelargestUS
concentrationofoldgrowth
bottomlandhardwood,this
parkhasoneofthecountry's
mostseriousforests.Ithas
globalbraggingrightstoo,as
itsnaturalcanopyisamong
theworld'stallest.

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain
Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
NextParkbutton
Quizbutton

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Slide#12
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Image
Audio
Music/SFX
Video

Beigegradientfill
Park1image

Park1video

Interaction:
Playvideo
Pinlocationonmap
Rolloverofvocabularygives
audio
Branching:

Title:Park1Biscayne
ScreenText:

Time:3seconds
MediaScript:

wrecked

ships
(derSchiffbruch)

VideoNarration:
Number1.BiscayneNational
Park,Florida.Packyour
snorkelinggear,because95
percentofthisparkis
underwater.Sightstobeseen
includeoneoftheworld's
largestcoralreefs,manatees,
andover70wreckedships.
Watchoutforthebarracudas
andthe500poundgroupers,
though.

Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain

Quiz:

Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:

Quizbutton

RolloverNarration:
Vocabularywordsin
English/German

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Slide#13QuizQuestions110
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Beigegradientfill
Template
Image
USAmap
ParkTags
Audio
Texttospeech
Music/SFX

Video
none
Interaction:
DragandDropofthetagstothe
statesonaUSmap
Branching:
Hints:rollingoverthestatescan
triggerahintoftheparkthat
belongsthere.

Title:
ScreenText:
Success:
GreatJob!Youreready
totravel!

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain.

Time:3seconds
MediaScript:
DragtheParktagtothe
correctstate.

Canyoumatchall10?

Quiz:
Iftheymatch7ormore,
theypass.
Advance:
Pauseuntillearner
advances:
Buttontosubmitanswer
Buttonstojumpbackto
eachparkslide
Buttontojumptonext
question.

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Title:VocabularyQuiz
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ENGLISH
GERMAN
lion'sshare
derGrossteil
underrated
unterbewertet
volcanoes
Vulkane
respite
dieAtempause
denselypopulated
dichtbevlkert
coastline
dieKste
glaciers
dieGletscher
aplethora
dieUnmenge
prehistoric
prhistorisch
namesake
derNamensvetter
steep
steil
remote
entfernt
Forests
derWald
wreckedships
dasSchriffswrack,
dieSchiffswracke
(eachwordshouldbeinitsowntextboxto
allowdrag/dropmatchingfeature)
Success:

Time:3seconds
MediaScript:
MatchtheEnglish
wordtothesame
wordinGerman.

Success:
Welldone!YourEnglishiswonderful.

Failure:
Almost!Tryagain.

Interaction:
Draganddropthewords
together.
Branching:

Quiz:
Matching10pairsormoreisapassing
score.
Advance:
Pauseuntilthelearneradvances
Buttontosubmitanswer
Buttontojumptonextquestion

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Slide#15
MediaNotes:

Media:
Background
Template
Images

Beigegradientfill
Volcano,glacier,
coastline,forest,
shipwreck

Audio
Music/SFX
Video
Interaction:
Draganddroptomatchthewords
tothecorrectimage.
Branching:

Title:
ScreenText:
Volcano
Glacier
Coastline
Forest
Shipwreck

Success:
WellDone!
Failure:
TryAgain!

Time:
MediaScript:
MatchtheEnglishwordand
image.

Quiz:
Matchall5wordsand
imagesforapassing
score.
Advance:
Pauseuntilthelearner
advances
Buttontosubmitanswer
Seequizresults

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Slide#15
MediaNotes:

Media:
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Interaction:

Branching:

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Title:QuizResults
ScreenText:
Scoregiven

Time:
MediaScript:
Welldone!

Quiz:

Advance:
Exit
JumptoIntroVideo

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