3. Introduction
 Here you will find an organization of
strategies, methods, practices and various ways of
teaching that accommodate student needs.
 It is meant to be a resource while lesson planning in
that you are able to browse through and select
appropriate manners of conveying information.
 The following slides in this digital storyboard, a
method that will be elaborated on later in this
presentation, will show the organization of each
approach mentioned on this page.

4. Vision of Strategies, Methods, Practices
 The vision of this page is to become an extensive, not
exhaustive list of ways to reach our students. This page
will undergo many changes, foreseen changes will
most likely include subpages that list by material by
subject matter and by age group.

5. Updates
 This page is updated monthly with new manners of
teaching added to the “Newly Added” list that
precedes the alphabetized list of
strategies, methods, devices, tools, environment, etc.
You will also see “Newly Added” entries at the end of
this slide presentation.

6. Why it Matters
 “Research shows clearly that a person must be engaged
to learn. People learn by actively participating in
observing, speaking, writing, listening, thinking, drawi
ng, and doing.”
 Information Provided By:
Teaching strategies. (n.d.). SERC. Retrieved April 19, 2012, from
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign/tutorial/strategies.html

7. Strategies
 “The old adage “if all you have is a hammer, everything
looks like a nail” is equally true of teaching strategies.
If the only classroom teaching’ strategy you know is
traditional lecturing, that’s the teaching tool that
you’re likely to use for all classroom situations. If, on
the other hand, you have more tools in your
toolbox, you will have the opportunity to choose the
most appropriate tool for that task at hand.”
 Information Provided By:
Teaching strategies. (n.d.). SERC. Retrieved April 19, 2012, from
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign/tutorial/strategies.html

8. Layout
 Name: (Title or name of approach)
 Tagline Description: (Brief description, 1-2 sentences that
describe the strength of this approach)
 Age Appropriate: (Lower elementary, upper
elementary, middle school, high school)
 Subject Appropriate: (Math, science, literacy, social
studies, language arts)
 Resources needed: (props)
 Description: (This is a description that elaborates on the
approach and how to implement it)
 Why to use it: (the pros or benefits)
 Why not to use it: (The cons or negative)
 Media used by task: (Ways of presenting the material be
it through video, sound bite, pictures/images)

9. Layout Example
 Name: Digital Storyboard
 Tagline Description: A way of utilizing media and other
computer based technology to present a story like presentation.
 Age Appropriate: All age groups
 Subject Appropriate: All subject areas
 Resources needed: Computer
 Description: Digital Storyboards are a way of presenting
information centered around a topic by using media, be it in
graphics, sound, text, audio, video, etc.
 Why to use it: Captures and engages student attention. Digital
Storyboards can be recycled.
 Why not to use it: Time for production, and material being
presented may utilize another method more effectively.
 Media used by task: Graphics, sound, text, audio, video, etc.
 Resources: http://50ways.wikispaces.com/50Dominoes

10.  Let’s make sure we add perspectives to our teaching
that engage our students’ higher level thinking, that
encourages academic excellence in the present as well
as the future.