differentiated instruction
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Using Differentiated Instruction to Meet the Needs of All LearnersTRANSCRIPT
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
Exit ticket