Differentiating Instruction Using Web 2.0 Tools

Differentiating Instruction Using Web 2.0 Tools

Why is it important?

• Our Classrooms are full of diversity!
• There are fundamental elements that all learners need to succeed!
• To feel positive about themselves!
• You can achieve this my teaching them about HOW they learn!
• "Give someone a fish and you feed them for a day: Teach someone to fish and you feed them for a lifetime."
• Link to Learning Style Quiz

Musical Rhythmic

• Sing it--http://www.ujam.com/
• Rap it or create a beat--create the beat at http://soundation.com/learn
• Make a cheer and actions
• Create a jingle--http://www.ujam.com/
• Identify sounds
• Listen to sounds--http://www.skitch.com/--Screen casts with sounds
• Connect to music--rewrite words of a song
• Write a poem--Inspired Picture Writing

Verbal Linguistic

• Read it/Lecture--http://joliprint.com/--
• Spell it/Write it--http://jeopardylabs.com/
• Listen to it--record lectures
• Tell it or Recall it--http://quizlet.com/
• Use "you" words--http://www.wordle.net/
• Apply it--http://www.screenr.com/
• Chunk Info--http://www.tagxedo.com/
• Say it/Discuss it--http://www.podbean.com/
• Use Mnemonics

Logical Mathematical

• Make a pattern-Scrumblr--Online Cork Board
• Chart it--Excel or Numbers
• Sequence it/Analyze it--Braineos
• Create a mnemonic--Online White board-- http://www.scribblar.com/ IBEA Room
• Think abstractly/Think Critically--Intel Tools-- http://www.intel.com/about/corporateresponsibility/education/k12/index.htm
• Use numbers to Prove it--Problem Solving Graphic Organizer
• Interpret the data/Use the statistics

Body Kinesthetic

• Role Play-- http://goanimate4schools.com/public_index
• Walkabout--Lg sheets of paper student walk around and complete
• Dance--record their dance
• Lip Sync--record them lip syncing
• Skits/chardes/mine--http://www.voki.com
• Construction--Have them build a model
• Manipulatives--http://quizlet.com/
• Games--Create their own http://sharendipity.com/
• Activity Centers--http://www.toolsforeducators.com/

Interpersonal

• Think-Pair-Share--Edistorm--online brainstorming and Planning
• Jigsaw--Create a wiki
• Cooperative grouping--http://www.snacktools.com/en/
• Drama--Create a Marvel Comic Book
• Debates--Co Mind Mapping
• Role Play-- http://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic/
• Tutors/buddies--https://join.me/
• Giving feedback--http://answergarden.ch/create/
• Meeting of minds--Create a wiki

Intrapersonal

• Metacongnition--cause and effect--Mind Mapping
• Use self-talk--http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
• Work independently--Cube Generator
• Solve it your own way--Newspaper article Genterator
• Understand self--SideVibe--note taking
• Journal it--Online journal--https://penzu.com/
• Rehearse it--Fake Text Generator
• Use Prior knowledge--Evernote-keeps track of their learning
• Connect it--Add word bubbles to Pictures
• Have ownership--http://www.qwiki.com/

Naturalist

• Label it--free timelines
• Categorize it--Timelines by categories
• Identify it--https://cramberry.net/
• Form a hypothesis--Graphic Organizer
• Do an experiment--Experiment Graphic Organizer
• Adapt--Mind Mapping
• Construct it--Depends on the subject
• Classify it--Graphic Organizers
• Investigate it--Web search

Sources and Great Reads

• Gregory, Gayle H., and Carolyn Chapman. Differentiated Instructional Strategies, One Size Doesn't Fit All. Corwin Press: Thousand Oaks, 2002.
• Tilton, Linda. The Teacher's Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction: 700 Strategies, Tips, Tools and Techniques. Shorewood, MN: Covington Cove Publications, 2003.
• Billlmeyer, Rachel, and Robert J. Garmston. Strategies to Engage the Mind of the Learner: Building Strategic Learners; Volume 2. Omaha, NE: Dayspring Printing, 2003.

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