1. Differentiated Instruction With Technology Eagle Hill and Wellwood Teachers

2. 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?

3. Differentiate Elements of Instruction  Content – emphasize me  Process  Product  Learning Environment Positive learning environment High-quality curriculum Assessment to inform teacher decision making Flexible classroom management

4. Differentiate based on…  Student Traits  Readiness  Interest  Affect  Learning Profile

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

6. Technology Helps Us To  Personalize instruction  Enhance learning with multimedia components  Motivate students with their work  Facilitate students constructing new knowledge  Provide choice

7. Tools  Social bookmarking  E-books  Blog  Wiki  E-Portfolios  Online Flashcards (quizlet.com, studestack.com, knowtes.com, flashcardexchatne.com)  Podcasts (LOTE, Special Areas)

8. Stations  FM website  Curriculum/Instruction tab  Professional Development  Computer K-12  Differentiated Instruction Path to Website

9. Understanding/ Knowing your Students  Online Surveys or Forms

10. Online Quizzes/ Inventories

11. 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.

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

13. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

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

15. iPods  Use your web site links and quizzes to bookmark.  Fur.ly  In class research  Classroom response system – Google Docs (Create a form)

16. Google LitTrips  My Brother Sam is Dead My Brother Sam is Dead  Google Lit TripsGoogle Lit Trips  Directions Directions  http://ecoo2010- mindsonmedia.wikispaces.com/file/view/ How%2Bto%2Bdo%2Ba%2BGoogle%2BLit% 2BTrip.pdf http://ecoo2010- mindsonmedia.wikispaces.com/file/view/ How%2Bto%2Bdo%2Ba%2BGoogle%2BLit% 2BTrip.pdf Google Tours o Manlius Walking Tour o Earth Gallery o KMZ Tours

17. 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

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

19. Check Your Library

20. Curriculum Maps  Differentiated Instruction Lessons and Ideas are good examples to include in your curriculum maps.

21. Choose a Station To Work 1. Online Forms and Quizzes 2. Web Quests – Browse from the choices 3. iPod – Create links on your site or a Fur.ly 4. 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 Earth 7. Global Connections/Video Conferencing