robin hawley-brillante
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Differentiating Assessment
for Advanced Learners
Using Technology
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Robin Hawley-Brillante
Resource Teacher
Office of Gifted and Talented Education
Baltimore County Public Schools
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
www.wallwisher.com/wall/flyinginthecloud
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