DIPD


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Objectives:

 * Learn various strategies to provide differentiated instruction with technology.
 * Explore a variety of tools that can be used to meet the learning needs of your students.

What is Differentiated Instruction?

 * Enhances instruction and learning
 * Matches student characteristics and interests to instruction and assessments
 * Provides more student engagement based on interests and ways to provide proof of synthesis

Focus Points of Differentiated Instruction

 * Content
 * Process
 * Products

Meeting the Needs of Learners

 * To meet the needs of learners, take into consideration:
 * Readiness: knowledge, understanding and skills
 * Interests: making connections with what is intriguing
 * Learning Profile: multiple intelligences and learning style

Questions to Ponder

 * What is the make up of your classroom?
 * What skills and content are you teaching?
 * How can you adjust the content, process or product to meet your students needs?

Classroom Considerations

 * Time
 * Resources
 * Platform
 * # of Computers, Applications: Web 2.0 and standard
 * Mandated curriculum
 * Classroom Assistance

Getting Started

 * Use diagnostic assessments to determine student readiness and interest levels
 * KWL Charts (ActivStudio/Inspiration)
 * Pretests
 * Learning Contracts
 * Interest Inventories
 * Surveys (Created in Zoho or with Google)

English:
[|Exploring Poetry.pdf]

Math:
The Pythagorean Theorem Theory http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.2813

Social Studies:
[|AmerRevolution.pdf]

Science:
Cells Voicethread and Wiki http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/Cells

Webquests
[|Webquests About Webquests] [|The Great Plant Escape] [|Filamentality]

Digital Story Telling
[|Digital Story Telling Ideas]
 * Provides Many Creative Outlets
 * Research
 * Writing
 * Drawing
 * Speaking
 * Video
 * Photography
 * Self Exploration
 * Presentation
 * Digital Story Telling Projects
 * All about me
 * Life Cycles
 * Famous people
 * Class Poems
 * How to project
 * History Project
 * Teach a math lesson
 * Digital Story Telling Tools
 * Software
 * Garage Band
 * [|Audacity]
 * Photo Booth
 * iPhoto
 * Kids Pix
 * iMovie
 * Web 2.0
 * [|Easybib.com]
 * [|Voice Thread]
 * [|Bubble Share]
 * [|Photo Story]
 * [|Sumo Paint]
 * [|Gcast]

Digital Story Telling Tools
[|Voicethread] Garage Band Photobooth iMovie [|Photo Story] [|Movie Maker]

Drawing Tools
Kids Pix [|Tuxpaint] [|Sumopaint] [|Scratch] [|Flashpaint] Touchpaint - PC only

Presentation Tools
ActivStudio Smart Keynote Powerpoint [|Google Presentation]

Visual Literacy
Kidspiration/Inspiration [|Mind 42] [|My Webspiration] [|Comic Life] [|Wordle] [|Glogster]

Projects
Follow Me Project Morpheus Fortuna Project Lemonade Math Connections