Differentiated Instruction With Technology

Eagle Hill and Wellwood Teachers

What do we know About Differentiated Instruction?Carol Ann Tomlinson

• What is Differentiated Instruction?A philosophy - a set of principles - a way of thinking about teaching and learning.

An ongoing process of trial, reflection, and adjustment.• What Does Differentiated Instruction Require?

Differentiate Elements of Instruction Content – emphasize me Process Product Learning Environment

Positive learning environmentHigh-quality curriculumAssessment to inform teacher decision makingFlexible classroom management

Differentiate based on… Student Traits

Readiness Interest Affect Learning Profile

Technology and Differentiated Instruction Digital Age Literacy Inventive Thinking Effective Communication High Productivity

Technology Helps Us To Personalize instruction Enhance learning with multimedia

components Motivate students with their work Facilitate students constructing new

knowledge Provide choice

Tools Social bookmarking E-books Blog Wiki E-Portfolios Online Flashcards (quizlet.com,

studestack.com, knowtes.com, flashcardexchatne.com)

Podcasts (LOTE, Special Areas)

Stations

FM website Curriculum/Instruction tab Professional Development Computer K-12 Differentiated Instruction

Path to Website

Understanding/ Knowing your Students Online Surveys or Forms

Online Quizzes/ Inventories

Web Quests Allow students to move from sites, links,

tasks in a non-linear way. All reading levels can be supported with

links to definitions or vocabulary meanings.

Motivating/ Affect – Provide world-wide problems to engage.

Types of Web Quests Mesopotamia Eradicating Malaria US Government Water in Africa

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

More Math Virtual Manipulatives www.algebasics.com http://illuminations.nctm.org

iPods Use your web site links and quizzes to

bookmark. Fur.ly In class research Classroom response system – Google

Docs (Create a form)

Google LitTrips My Brother Sam is Dead Google Lit Trips Directions http://

ecoo2010-mindsonmedia.wikispaces.com/file/view/How%2Bto%2Bdo%2Ba%2BGoogle%2BLit%2BTrip.pdf

Google Tourso Manlius Walking Touro Earth Galleryo KMZ Tours

Global Connections Across the Grades Using Skype and Video:

Cross Grade Level Teaching (Portraits in Art)

Poetry Lessons across the grades – Poetry Cafe

Reading Buddies

Video Drop Boxes

Classroom Netbook Management Rotating Students – Assign a different group each day of the week. Example: If you are having students solve math problems the first 10 minutes of class a day, assign students to laptops each day to solve them using SMARTNotebook instead of on paper. Or charge that group to solve using wolfram Alpha, or other web 2.0 tool.

Group work – one student in the group will be the researcher and use the netbook

Station approach – Use for projects. One part of the project might be to plan out the research using Inspiration.

http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=53323

Check Your Library

Curriculum Maps Differentiated Instruction Lessons and

Ideas are good examples to include in your curriculum maps.

Choose a Station To Work1. Online Forms and Quizzes 2. Web Quests – Browse from the choices3. iPod – Create links on your site or a

Fur.ly4. Virtual Manipulatives – Browse the

lessons and choose three levels for your student.

5. Create a management schedule for use of the classroom netbooks.

6. Google Lit through Google Earth7. Global Connections/Video Conferencing