DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, ASSESSING, AND SHARING A MODEL ARTSINEDUCATION PROJECT

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DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, ASSESSING, AND
SHARINGA MODEL ARTS-IN-EDUCATION PROJECT

• Elizabeth D. Kennedy
• May 2006

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Masters Project FocusStorybook
AdventuresWords, Pictures, and Puppets
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ADDIE Instructional Design Model Used

• Analysis
• Design
• Development
• Implementation
• Evaluation

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Storybook AdventuresThird Graders Learn to

• ? Retell and tell stories orally and in lyrics
• ? Write their own stories
• ? Use a computer to type stories
• ? Create and Illustrate a picture book
• ? Make a puppet of the main character
• ? Read their books to younger students
• ? Perform the songs in a school assembly.

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Masters Project In Preparation for Program
Expansion

• Research related successful programs
• Survey participating teachers and students
• Use results to improve program
• Determine additional materials to be added to the
  Arts for Learning Web site so others can
  replicate the program

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Looking at Storybook Adventures

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Student Responses What did you learn how to do?

• I learned a lot of things that I thought I
  could not do.
• I learned how to write a song
• I learned how to indent on a computer.
• I learned how to create my own story.

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Student ResponsesWhat did you learn how to do?

• More than 70 mentioned writing
• making/writing a book (45) and
• songwriting (27).
• About 9 mentioned learning to tell stories
• About 9 mentioned using the computer

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Student ResponsesIs there anything youd like
to change?

• No About 40
• Three things were mentioned at least five times
• Working on the computer (6)
• Too much story writing (5)
• Singing in front of other students (5)

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Student ResponsesHow did it feel to make your
own book?

• I felt really good to make my own book because
  it my story. I can choose my chareters
  characters, setting, problem, and resalson
  resolution.

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Student ResponsesWhat did you like best?

• More than 50 - making the book
• About 10 - songwriting best
• About 25 - performing their songs or reading
  their books to younger students

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Research Findings

• Writing Strategy We Can Incorporate Use drawing
  to help children envision writing

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Research Findings

• Retelling Strategy We Can Use Have children use
  the puppets they made to retell their original
  stories.

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Teacher Responses

• Uniformly positive about benefits
• The entire project, start to finish, engaged
  the children in story listening, story elements,
  story retelling, and story writing.

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Recommendations

• Age Appropriate Storywriting Software
• More parent involvement
• More time
• More information on Website

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Projected Additions to Website

• Two sections to highlight academic and social
  benefits of Storybook Adventures
• Documentation
• Participants Responses

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Projected Additions to Website

• Another three sections will provide teachers
  tips for participating educators
• Lesson Plans
• Teaching Tips
• Materials

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Projected Additions to Website

• Two sections on technology
• Recommended Software
• Levels of Technology
• Working with a limited number of computers
• Working with a computer for each student

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Final Result

• Combining the formal assessment
• we have contracted with WSU to
• do with this project informal assessment and
  research on other successful programs, should
  position Storybook Adventures for
• a successful expansion.