Objectives:
• Learn to use technology to facilitate differentiation in the classroom
• Increase the use of your classroom computers

Differentiation instruction:
• is proactive
• is more qualitative than quantitative
• provides multiple approaches to content, process, and product.
• is student centered.
• matches Illinois Professional Teacher Standards
• addresses ISTE Student Standards
  

Ways to differentiate:
• Content - knowledge, skills and attitudes we want children to learn - continual assessment
• Product - varying the complexity of the product that students create to demonstrate mastery of the concepts.
• Process - varying learning activities or strategies to provide appropriate methods for students to explore the concepts.
• Learning Environment - addressing the variety of learning styles, multiple intelligences

All differentiation of learning begins with student assessment.

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The Visual Learner Resource Collection

• Using Technology to Differentiate Web Quest

• Web Quest - Bernie Dodge

• Web Quest Search Engine

• Cyber Guides

Teacher Tools

• RubiStar - RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.

• PBL Checklists - This site offers checklists for written reports, science projects, multimedia projects, and oral presentations. It also offer all these same checklists in Spanish, should your students require this.

• TrackStar - helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons. The resource list remains visible allowing the user to easily stay on track.

• QUIA - With this web-based utility, you will be able to create a custom quiz that others can take online! You can also do surveys to check on learning styles, etc.

• EasyBib - NoodleBib is a free service that simplifies the process of creating and editing MLA-style bibliographies.

• Tapping into Multiple Intelligences - A quick look at multiple intelligence.

• Puzzle Maker - Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.

• 1001 Uses for a Digital Camera

• 4Teachers - This site contains many of the above links and more!

• Read Please - A free text-to-speech program.

• American Memory - Primary sources in various media.

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• Inspiration - Make a KWL chart - Add to it as learning takes place
• TimeLiner - Keep track of day to day events
• Word - Photo collection, journal, peer editing, questioning.
• PowerPoint - Presentation of items of interest, Jeopardy Game for review
• Database - Categorize, sort, analyze!
• Internet - Start a web page with TrackStar!
• Publisher - Brochures, Posters, Flyers, Postcards, Advertisements, Menus
• Digital Camera - Take photos of story starters, elements, compare