to Engage Learners and Differentiate Instruction

Andrew Halter

Instructional Technology Coach

Hampton Twp School District

Tech Based Strategies

www.cffresources.wikispaces.com

Click on the

Differentiation with Tech link

on the left

How do you relate?

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1. I am the tech leery monk

2. I am the tech savvy monk

3. I am somewhere in between

We are "moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age." Schools must prepare students for a different workplace--one that values innovation, imagination, creativity, communication, and emotional intelligence.

~ Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind 2005

Student Needs—The BIG picture:

“Admit that the waters around you have grown…”

~Bob Dylan

Anderson, L. W., & Krathwohl, D. R.. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. 2001. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.

Today’s students demand…"Engage me or enrage me."

~Mark Prensky

Student Needs—The Reality

i.e. the “digital natives” are restless (or resting)!

Content--by giving teachers and students instant access to information in practically infinite and ever growing forms.

Process--by providing tools to vary instructional practice , engage learners, and provide opportunities for collaboration and authentic audience.

Product --by providing tools to CREATE dynamic, authentic products t0 show understanding and find relevance.

Technology Engages

Click on the Wallwisher Activity link on the wiki

Click anywhere on the “wall” and share a differentiation strategy you have already used with technology (or without).

“I have used ____________ to ________________.”

Your Turn…

Rate your tech savvy

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1. Is this in English?2. I recognize/have used a few of

these3. I’ve used many of these tools4. I could be running this session

Learning style and MI surveysSurvey and quiz creatorsResponse devicesChatrooms/discussion boardsOther Web 2.0 applications

Formative Assessment(assessment FOR learning)

Click on the Tech Check Survey link on the wiki and check all

boxes that apply.

Your Turn (again)

Classroom WebsitesDiscussion PlatformIndividual Web PortfolioFlexible GroupingWebquestsProject Based Learning

Ways to Wiki

http://hmsvalentine.wikispaces.com/http://hmsdvanmaele.wikispaces.com/

http://millersmathclass8.wikispaces.com/

http://mrsruscetti-englishclass.wikispaces.com/

http://rossienglish.wikispaces.com/

http://mrsdolan.wikispaces.com/

http://mrsboltonenglish.wikispaces.com/

http://hmslagnese.wikispaces.com/

http://cffresources.wikispaces.com/Wikis+and+Blogs

http://emmettenglish.wikispaces.com/

http://rakersmath.wikispaces.com/

Independent Reading Reflections

Reader Response JournalRelevance and Connections Creative Voice BlogsKWL logs

Blogs

http://bonaparte01.edublogs.org/http://mrsthomsonenglish11.edublogs.or

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http://emmett1.edublogs.org/

Blog Examples

Jing—record screencasts of lessonsGoogle Docs—comment on student writing, share

web-based power point type presentationsEtherpad-Create a collaborative document in real

timeChatzy-set up an instant chatroomCover it Live—Chatroom hosting that can be

embedded on a wiki and closely moderatedWallwisher-A visually engaging collaborative

bulletin boardScriblink—Online, collaborative whiteboards

More Teacher Tools

Geogebra—Create and manipulate geometric objects

Google Sketch Up—Create 3-D Drawings and objects

Google Earth-Take students on a virtual field trip anywhere in the world.

Delicious and Diigo-Social bookmarking tools that allow you to tag, organize and share web resources. Browse my resources at: http://delicious.com/AHalter

Open Culture—one of the most comprehensive educational media sites on the web.

More Teacher Tools

Photostory--create narrated slideshowsAnimoto--create engaging videosAudacity--create podcastsGlogster--create digital multi-media postersWix andWeebly--create flash-based websitesToonDoo--create comic strips and graphic novelsGliffy/Webspiration--create collaborative

concept maps and graphic organizersInspiration--Multimedia graphic organizersOpenzine—Create and publish online magazines

and newsletters

More Tools

Jog the Web-Create an annotated tour of websites

Quizlet –create flashcards an online quizzesSurvey Monkey-Create quizzes, surveys and

collect and analyze dataToon Doo—Create comics and graphic novelsTimeglider/Dipity/Xtimeline—create a

web hosted multimedia timeline.Glogster—Create digital posters

More Tools

Scroll to the bottom of the wiki to the EXIT SLIP

Share a sentence or two about what you would like to take back to your classroom from today’s session.

Your Turn

Find one tool and run with itYOU don’t have to be the

expertShare student workMonitor and adjustShare the wealth with

colleagues

Tips For Trying