Colorado

Academic
Standards

NETS T

NETS S

Blooms
Taxonomy

Constructi
vism

Student
Use

Direct
Instructio
n

Mathematics
1. Number
Sense,
Properties,
and
Operations

2. Patterns,
Functions,
and
Algebraic
Structures

Student create
a digital story
using pictures
that depicts a
number story.
They will then
present this to
their peers
and have
them solve it.
2.a.

Analyze and
Create
students will
create a digital
story about
number stories,
analyze the
information
from their peers
and solve the
particular story.
Students make a
Story bird
showing their
understanding of
patterns. This will
be used as an
assessment.

3. Analysis,
Statistics,
and
Probability

Students use
their lunch
choices to put
in a story and
include the
fractions and
probability of
the lunch
choices.

4. Shape,
Dimension,
and
Geometric
Relationship
s

Students use
their
surroundings
to create a I
spy story
bird. This will
include
different
shapes.

Reading, Writing, and Communicating

Flipped
Classroo
m

Instruction Behaviori
ism
sm

1. Oral
Expression
and
Listening
2. Reading
for All
Purposes
3. Writing
and
Composition

Students will
write their
personal
narrative and
present it
through a
storybird 2.c.

Create
students create
a personal
narrative and
share it through
a Storybird

Students will
write a
persuasive story
on why their
mom is the best
in the world for
Mothers Day.
They must
include personal
stories and
experiences.

Students use
Story bird to
write an
expository
story on how
to make a
peanut butter
and jelly
sandwich in
detail.

4. Research
and
Reasoning
Social Studies
1. History

2.
Geography

Students will
research and
report to the
class the
history of a
assigned
holiday
celebrated in
the United
States. They
will report this
by a Storybird.
2.b.

Create,
Understand
Students do
research and
understand new
information to
create a
Storybird about
their assigned
holiday.

Students are
shown how to
use story bird
and use what
is being
taught to
them to make
a basic story
bird in class.

3.
Economics

4. Civics

Students create
a story bird
based on the
demands they
learned their
community has
and invent a
business in the
story that helps
the community
demand needs.
Teacher will
assign
students
create a
storybird the
ten
amendments
, including an
example for
each.
3.d.

Create and
Analyze
Students will
analyze the ten
amendments of
the United
States and
create a
Storybird that
demonstrates
their knowledge
of each
amendment.

Science
1. Physical
Science

2. Life
Science

Teacher will
make a
Storybird of
real-life
situations of
different
types of
forces. This
will
supplement
the lecture
notes that
students are
learning in
class. 1.b.

Understand As
students read
about the
simulations,
they will gain a
greater
understanding
on each type of
force that they
are learning by
lecture in class.

Students read
informational
texts about
states of
matter than
come to class
and create a
story bird in
groups about
the different
states of
matter they
observe
everyday.

3. Earth
Systems
Science

Students will
research
different types
of weather.
Then show
what they
have
researched by
collecting
pictures their
assigned type
of weather
pattern and
the type of
weather and
use these in
their Storybird.
They create
and put them
into a a story
of their choice
but including
the weather.
They will share
their story
with their
peers. 2.b.

Analyze and
Create
Students will
analyze and
research the
assigned type
of weather.
Then create a
story to
demonstrate
their
knowledge.

Differentiation
Learning
Disabilities EEOs

Teacher can
assist
students in
making a
story bird,
then modify
the
assignment
for ease of
the student
completing
it. This shows
how digital
storytelling is
accessible to
all students.

Students make
a story bird
with a partner.
Both of them
write a story
first then
make a story
bird together.

Gifted/
Talented

Students can
create a story
for the end of
the year party.
About the
different
things the
class did
throughout the
year. This
shows
students can
be challenged
and can be
given
opportunities
to show their
independence
and be
responsible for
certain jobs.

Create and
analyzeStudents create
a story bird and
write a
reflection on
their
own,analyzing
what they could
do better.

Students use
science
vocabulary to
create a story
including that
word. Such as
the process of
photosynthesi
s.

Other

Technology Integration Matrix

Reflection:
This matrix helped me realize how many assignment can incorporate digital story. I appreciated that we had to make our own
first to gain the experience of it. When assigning students to create these, it allows them to be creative with still using lessons
learned in class. This tool can be used as an assessment as well while still being fun. Teachers must be creative in their
assignments but the outcome can give students a lot of freedom to be creative. Especially with technology be more prevelent in
the classroom, videos or digital storytelling are something I would use for students to express themselves and show their
learning.