Stop thinking "lecture" and startthinking "multiple means of representation"

Scaffolding the Presentation of Content

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Scaffolding Presentation of Content

Use a Variety of Media

ProvideCognitiveSupports

Highlight Critical Features

Use Interactive

DisplayTools

Embed Supports

Ensure Perceptual

Access

Use a variety of media and Presenters

Have visual and text backup for auditory information

Discovery Education Streaming

SIRS Discoverer Search Engine

Digital ImagesImages can enhance attention, understanding and retention

Character Types

Instructional Video

Brain PopUsing Brain Pop with Interactive Whiteboards

Video makes connections to today’s world

How Stuff Works is a great place to find connections to peak kids’ interest about science and history

Provide Cognitive Support for your Presentations

Declare your Learning Intentions“Watch this video to find out if this fish has a symbiotic or parasitic relationship with the tongue biter”

Provide Multiple ExamplesSHOW your students what you want them to do by the end of your unit

SHOW your students that there are several ways to accomplish the task – they shouldn’t make an exact COPY of the example

Teach in Small StepsWriting a research paper has many steps

Activating interest in a topicResearchingOrganizing informationWritingRevising

Are you teaching ALL of these parts?

Are you providing enough practice with each step or are you just focused on the end result?

Highlight Critical Features

Teach, don’t just say or even showHow do you debrief with the class after watching a video or having them read some text?

If by question and short answer – are you providing digital options for reading and writing?

Are you ensuring comprehension?

Make Structure and Relationships Clear

Show relationship in graphic organizers

Have students interact with the conceptual relationshipsusing Inspiration

Another ExampleAdd background information and video!

BIOLOGY • ECOLOGY • © 2003 MCPS SCIENCE

Use Interactive Display Tools

Highlighter PensUse in PowerPoint or ActivStudio

Use for demonstration or interactively with students

Spotlight Tool

Reveal Tool

Hide and Reveal

Embed Supports

Supports in PresentationsNon-linear presentation

Extra examples in case they are needed

Link out to pictures, videos, demonstrations

What examples of embedded supports have you seen me use in this presentation?

Embed Supports into materials students will use independently

Dictionary or picture dictionary

Thinking questions

Background information

Kurzweil Example

Ensure Perceptual Access

Font of PresentationsSan Serif Fonts are easier to read on screen

Not too much text on a page

Large enough font size (about 36 pt)

Colors and Contrast

Better Worse

Scaffolding Presentation of Content

Use a Variety of Media

ProvideCognitiveSupports

Highlight Critical Features

Use Interactive

DisplayTools

Embed Supports

Ensure Perceptual

Access