Define Differentiated InstructionReflect on the diversity of our

classroomsReview strategies to differentiate

instructionReview ways digital technology can

help meet the needs of various learners

A review of what you already do

A reminder of things you have learned by do not use (incorporate best practices)

A totally new way of thinking for your consideration and incorporation

Select a class you taught last year List as many students as you can

remember from that class Write an adjective to describe each

child as a learner

Teaching with student variance in mind

Start with (consideration of) where the kids are instead of assuming our one approach is best for all kids (one-size fits all approach)

Differentiation is Differentiation is not

•Creating a climate for learning•Knowing the learner•Assessing the learner•Adjusting, compacting, grouping•Multiple paths to learning•Instructional strategies for student success

•Hard vs. Easy(dumbing down the curriculum)•One Size Fits All•Students responsibility to connect to the lesson

http://www.cast.org CAST© 2003

Task is too difficult for learner

ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT

Task is too easy for learner

ReadinessInterestLearning Style

Element Explanation ExamplesCONTENT

Whatwhat the student needs to learn or how the student will get access to the information

Reading materials on different levels, presenting material visually and auditory, meeting with small groups to reteach

PROCESSHow

activities in which the student engages in order to make sense of or master the content

Tiered assignments: different levels of support, challenge, or complexity, interest centers, manipulatives hands on materials,

PRODUCTEvaluation

culminating projects that ask the student to rehearse, apply, and extend what he or she has learned in a unit

options of how to express required learning, allowing students to work alone or in small groups on their products, create their own product assignments

LEARNING ENVIRONM

ENT

the way the classroom works and feels.

Places for quiet work, places to collaborate, routines when teacher is providing one on one help

http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-2/elementary.html

Challenged Average Gifted

CONTENTWhat

Three crucial points

All aspects of the topic

In-depth study

PROCESSHow

Direct instruction of each step in the research process

ModelingIndependent workReview and practice

Minimal instruction with probing questions for independent study

PRODUCTEvaluation

Group paper of one page

Five page paper Powerpoint presentation with computer generated graphics and tables

Intelligence Inventory: Option 140 Questions, results on bar graphhttp://tiny.cc/intelligenceinventory

Intelligence Inventory: Option 280 Questions, results on graphic organizerhttp://tiny.cc/intelligenceinventory2

Intelligence Inventory: Option 3Paper pencil inventory & Classroom

Strategieshttp://tiny.cc/intelligenceinventory3

Role of the WriterAudienceFormatTopic

A fresh way to approach writing

Elementary Schoolhttp://www.somers.k12.ny.us/

intranet/reading/desertassign.html

Middle School & High School(see bottom of the page for links)http://web.grps.k12.mi.us/academics/

5E/raft.html

http://www.derry.k12.nh.us/dvs/staff/cmccallum/differentiation/tictactoe.pdf

Notes from:Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age:

Universal Design for Learning

SpeechTextImages

Advantages Natural sounding Expressive Vary: pace,

volume, pitch to emphasize points

Physical cues: facial expression, gestures, posture

Respond to audience

Limitations Listener’s must

remember Easy to

overload on info

Can’t pause it live

Advantages Reduces

memory demands

Revisit any time

Distributed to mass audience

Limitations Lacks

expressiveness Must understand

different formats: novel, newspaper, poems, reference

Conventions can be tough to understand

Advantages Communicate

everything at once

Easily present emotion, feeling, mood, relationships, comparisons

No decoding

Limitations Not ideal for:

philosophical, abstract

Cannot communicate anything below the surface

The Power of Soundhttp://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/

tes/chapter3.cfm

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Right now we will all dissect a frog. Do you believe me?

Are you ready?

http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/frog.html

“Digital media becomes flexible in the way the content is stored and transmitted.”

“What was once permanent can be altered, removed at will, or restored-multiple times.”

VersatileTransformableCan be markedCan be networked

TextStill imageSoundMoving imageAny combination of the above

(Now compare this to print)

Change the appearanceAdjust the soundTurn on/off graphicsChanges within and across media (p.65)

Link one piece of digitally stored content to another

Embed hyperlinksNavigate between

words/definitionsLink to supplementary contentConnect to continually updated

material

Can be shown or hiddenAmendedExpandedDeleted

Explore the possibilities with the SMART Board!

Dave Meyer shares how his use of technology has evolved

http://www.vimeo.com/1228744?pg=embed&sec=1228744

Annotated Math Glossaryhttp://www.hbschool.com/glossary/

math2/index_temp.html

The Periodic Table of Videoshttp://www.periodicvideos.com/

The Virtual Bodyhttp://www.medtropolis.com/vbody.aspx

Online Graphical Dictionary and Thesaurushttp://www.visuwords.com/?word=massive

Interactive Tour of Ellis Islandhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/

immigration/tour/index.htm

Picture Books Read by Actorshttp://www.storylineonline.net/

Multimedia Games and Activitieshttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

Folk Tales with audio, text, imagehttp://www.knowitall.org/gullahtales/

index.html

Cartoon Creationhttp://www.readwritethink.org/

materials/comic/

Four corners Differentiate for

Readiness Think-Tac-Toe RAFT Teaching to

different Learning Styles

Flexible Digital Media

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