Digital Storytelling Matrix

Colorado
Academic
Standards

NETS T

NETS S

Blooms
Taxonom
y

Constructi
vism

Student
Use

Mathematics
1. Number
Sense,
Properties,
and
Operations
2. Patterns,
Functions,
and
Algebraic
Structures
3. Analysis,
Statistics,
and
Probability
4. Shape,
Dimension,
and
Geometric
Relationshi
ps

Create a
video that
shows
shapes
with faces
and show
the
relationsh
ips
between
the
different
kinds of
shapes
and how
two or
more
shapes
can come
together

Summariz
eThis
video
summarize
s what the
student
previously
learned in
class.
Recall
Students
can use
this
resource
while
studying
to recall
previously
learned
informatio

Direct
Instructi
on

Flipped
Classroo
m

Instructio
nism

Behavior
ism

as friends
to make a
new
shape.
1. Oral
Expression
and
Listening

2. Reading
for All
Purposes
3. Writing
and
Compositio
n
4. Research
and

n.

The
student
writes a
creative
story then
creates a
video of
the story
with an
audio
recording
of the
student
reading the
story.

Reading, Writing, and Communicating

Create
Students
create a
story then
learn how
to use a
program to
create a
video.
Design
Students
design a
blueprint
on how
they want
their video
to look
like.
Assemble
Students
assemble
different
plot points
to create a
story.

Reasoning
Social Studies
1. History
2.
Geography

Create a
video that
shows the
history of
the
people
living in a
specific
geographi
cal area.
Show how
the place
and the
people
living
there
have
changed
over time.

Predict
Students
can predict
how a
geographic
al area will
look in the
future by
using
informatio
n about
the past.
Recognize
Students
recognize
the
differences
in culture
over time
and in a
specific
place.

3.
Economics
4. Civics
Science
1. Physical
Science
2. Life
Science
3. Earth
Systems
Science

The
students
creates a
video on
the planet
of their

Summariz
e
Students
summarize
what they
have

choosing. It
can be
live
action or
animated.
Include
information
on the
planet, how
it was
discovered,
and why it
could/could
nt sustain
life.

learned
from their
research.
Create
Students
create a
video on
the planet
of their
choosing.
Determine
Students
determine
what data
about their
planet
means life
is or is not
possible
on that
planet.

Give the
students a
template to
write their
story where
they add
adjectives,
nouns, and
verbs
where its
indicated.
The
students
can either
take a
video of
them

Select
Students
select
what
words fit
best in a
sentence
to create
the next
line of a
story.

Differentiation
Learning
Disabilities
- EEOs

Gifted/
Talented

writing or
drawing
out the
story or
choose to
have audio
of them
reading the
story out
loud.
The
students
create a
D.I.Y. video
on how to
solve a
math
problem.
The
students
then show
it to the
rest of the
class while
the class
follows
along,
working out
the math
problem.

Judge
Students
judge how
clear their
instruction
s are on
the video
by how
well the
class can
follow the
directions.
List
Students
list the
steps in
solving a
math
problem.

Other
Reflection: Videos are a fun, entertaining way to get students interested in learning. Videos are engaging to watch to learn about
a topic. Students enjoy creating something and being able to see the final project. Many students see videos and have no idea
how to create them themselves so these projects give them a chance to learn how to use programs such a Movie Maker. Working
in groups is a great idea because students have different talents. Some can draw, some love finding music and sound effects,
others rather not record their own voice so someone else can have that role. This also gives them a chance to work together and
someone can be the director and take the lead.