Differentiating Assessment

for Advanced Learners

Using Technology

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Content • What is taught and when it is taught

Process or Instructional Strategies• How content is taught

Products• Opportunities

Using differentiation in the classroom

means designing and implementing

curriculum, teaching strategies, and

assessments to meet the needs, interests,

and abilities of all students.

Kirchner & Inman, 2005

Play – The capacity to experiment with

one’s surroundings as a form of problem-

solving

Performance — The ability to adopt

alternative identities for the purpose of

improvisation and discovery

Simulation — The ability to interpret and

construct dynamic models of real-world

processes1Digital Media and Learning by Henry Jenkins et al from MIT, “Confronting the

Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century”

Appropriation — the ability to

meaningfully sample and remix media

content

Collective Intelligence — the ability to

pool knowledge and compare notes with

others toward a common goal

Judgment — the ability to evaluate the

reliability and credibility of different

information sources

1. Identify the core concept• What is the core concept, skill, or idea that you want to teach?

2. Develop learning goal(s)• What do you want your learners to understand by completing this

activity?

3. Research• Conduct brainstorms, discussions, and online searches to generate

ideas about how to communicate the concept to your learners.

• Challenges are multimedia and interactive, featuring not only text but media elements (images, video, audio web links to online tools and games).

4. Create or find media elements that will:• Demonstrate the concept

• Engage your learners

• Connect well to your learners’ lifestyles and experiences

Using your research, put your challenge together.

• Four main challenge components (use all, in any order): Concept Concept in context Your Turn Share it

• Other challenge components (use as needed, in any order): What about You? Reflect Further Resources

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