Technology Integration Matrix

Colorado Academic
Standards

ISTE
Standards
for
Teachers

ISTE
Standards
for Students

Blooms
Taxonomy

Constructivism

Gamification

Flipped
Classroom

Mathematics
1. Number Sense,
Properties, and
Operations
2. Patterns, Functions,
and Algebraic
Structures

Teacher uses a
Storybird with
pictures that all
follow the same
geometric
pattern.
#1, #2

Analyze Identify the

different patters and
explain how they are
different from each
other

Students identify the

patterns from the
Storybird on their own
and classify them based
on geometric shape.

3. Analysis, Statistics,
and Probability
4. Shape, Dimension,
and Geometric
Relationships
Reading, Writing, and Communicating
1. Oral Expression and
Listening

Students can upload

a recording of their
voices into a
Storybird to
demonstrate
fluency.
#6, #1

Remember Recall
important details from
a story and
summarize the story
using Storybird.

Students read a
story at home, and
use Storybird to
record themselves
summarizing the
story.

2. Reading for All

Purposes
3. Writing and
Composition
4. Research and
Reasoning
Social Studies
1. History
2. Geography

Students use
previous knowledge

Each student can

create a Storybird

Students can read

about different

about different
geographical
regions to represent
one area in a
Storybird.
#3

for a different area,

other students
guess on what area
they are
representing. A
student earns a
point for every
correct answer.

geographical areas
(climate, culture,
etc.) at home, then
create a Storybird in
the classroom based
on what they
learned.

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

Teacher can
demonstrate the
different seasons
using a Storybird.
#3

Knowledge Describe
what you see in the
pictures and what you
see outside in the
summer, fall, spring,
and winter.

Students can take what

they see in the pictures
and relate it to what
they see in their own
environment when the
seasons begin to
change.

Differentiation
Learning Disabilities EEOs
Physical Disabilities
Gifted/ Talented

Apply Use
techniques of building
a Storybird learned in
the classroom to build
an independent
Storybird on a topic of
choice.

Students who need

an extra challenge
can create a
Storybird at home,
then present it to
the class.

Other
Reflection:
Once I understood how to use Storybird, I thought it was a great tool to use in the classroom. I liked that it expanded my thinking
beyond words. I had to think harder about how to express my ideas as pictures. The only thing I wish I could have done was
upload my own pictures from the Internet. Sometimes I had an exact image in my head that I wanted to incorporate in my
project, but I could only choose from the pictures Storybird provided.
However, I could see my self utilizing this tool in my classroom. This is a great tool for visual learners. It is beneficial for them to
be able to see more pictures and read less words. I also like that they can be created by both students and teachers. It is a tool
that can be used as an informal assessment to check where students understanding is on a certain content area.