Differentiated Instruction with Technology

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Differentiated Instructionwith Technology

• LACUE, 2006
• Mary Moore
• Terri Carpenter

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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.

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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

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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

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Key Classroom Elements Systemic approach to
planning and instruction
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Accomodation
for teaching
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Gardners Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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Challenge
for teaching
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The Revised Taxonomy

• Blooms Original Taxonomy
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

• Andersons Revised Taxonomy
• Remembering
• Understanding
• Applying
• Analyzing
• Evaluating
• Creating

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Technology
for teaching
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Why Technology?

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

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Differentiated Instruction and Technology
(Perfect Together)

• Accommodation of Learning Styles using
  Gardners Theory of Multiple Intelligences
• Challenge - assuring that students use higher
  order thinking skills (Blooms Taxonomy)

Technology enhancing the learning environment
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The Matrix
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Activities
Bonus
Whole
Individual
Group
Great Websites
Technology Lesson Plans
Software Ideas
Completion
Individual Teacher
Grade Level
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Lets Look at Samples
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Putting it all together
On your own!!!
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Strategies for Managing Differentiating
Instruction

• Anchor activity
• Behavior management
• Grouping

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Questions and Concerns
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Terri Carpenter carpentert_at_rapides.k12.la.us Mary
Moore moorema_at_rapides.k12.la.us