Differentiated Instruction with Technology

1. Differentiated Instructionwith Technology LACUE, 2006 Mary Moore Terri Carpenter

2. Differentiated Instruction As defined by Carol Ann Tomlinson , Differentiated Instruction is … “…attending to the needs of a particular student or group of students rather than the more typical pattern of teaching the class as though all individuals in it were basically alike.”

3. Differentiated Instruction What it is not? • “Individualized Instruction” • Chaotic • Another way to provide homogenous grouping • “Tailoring the same set of clothes” Tomlinson, C. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, ASCD, 1995

4. Differentiated Instruction What it is? • Pro-active • More qualitative than quantitative • Multiple approaches • Student centered • Whole-class, group, and individual instruction • Organic Tomlinson, C. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, ASCD, 1995

5. Pre-Assessment Content Evaluation Student Process Product Curriculum Key Classroom Elements Systemic approach to planning and instruction

6. T Accomodation for teaching

7. VISUAL/ SPATIAL LOGICAL/ MATHEMATICAL VERBAL/ LINGUISTIC MUSICAL BODILY/ KINESTHETIC NATURALIST INTERPERSONAL INTRAPERSONAL Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

8. T Challenge for teaching

9. The Revised Taxonomy Bloom’s Original Taxonomy • Knowledge • Comprehension • Application • Analysis • Synthesis • Evaluation Anderson’s Revised Taxonomy • Remembering • Understanding • Applying • Analyzing • Evaluating • Creating

10. T Technology for teaching

11. Why Technology? • Dynamic vs. Static Environment • Level Playing Field • Assistive Technology • Web Resources

12. Differentiated Instruction and Technology (Perfect Together) Accommodation of Learning Styles – using Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Challenge - assuring that students use higher order thinking skills (Bloom’s Taxonomy) +Technology – enhancing the learning environment

13. The Matrix

14. The Matrix Activities Bonus Whole Individual Group Great Websites Technology Lesson Plans Software Ideas Completion Individual Teacher Grade Level

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16. Putting it all together… On your own!!!

17. Strategies for Managing Differentiating Instruction • Anchor activity • Behavior management • Grouping

18. Questions and Concerns

19. Terri Carpenter carpentert@rapides.k12.la.us Mary Moore moorema@rapides.k12.la.us