Differentiated Instruction
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Teacher/Classroom Resources
Infinitec
http://ks.myinfinitec.org/MyInfinitec/
“Infinitec” means infinite potential through technology. KSDE, Infinitec Illinois representatives, staff of University of Kansas along with 154 school districts serving 797 schools are developing the Kansas Infinitec Coalition. This coalition is committed to sharing resources to develop state-of-the-art assistive technology: Information, Training, and Equipment services.
(You will need to log into this site. Username is your email address and password is kic)
Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners
http://www.wested.org/tdl
This web site contains links to materials for professional developers to adapt and use when helping teachers integrate technology into the curriculum. These materials complement and support research based strategies that have been used to support differentiated instruction.
Center for Implementing Technology in Education
www.citeducation.org
The goal of the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) is to ensure that teachers integrate effective educational technology practices, so that students with disabilities have access to the general education curriculum and achieve high educational standards.
Resources for teaching mathematics in the elementary and secondary grades are available on the Internet—and for free. These sites allow students to interact with abstract concepts and reinforce the development of skills and understanding.
CAST
www.cast.org
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
UDL is a framework that can help you turn the challenges posed by high standards and increasing learner diversity into opportunities to maximize learning for every student.
Drawing upon new knowledge of how the brain works and new technologies and media now available for teaching and learning, UDL frames a systematic approach to setting goals, choosing or creating flexible materials and media, and assessing students accurately.
The Access Center
www.k8accesscenter.org
The Access Center is a national technical assistance (TA) center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs.
Our mission is to improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities.
We are dedicated to helping students with disabilities learn from the general education curriculum.
Layered Curriculum Lessons
http://help4teachers.com/samples.htm
These layered curriculum lesson plans were created by teachers from around the globe. Feel free to browse, borrow and adapt as needed!!
Intel Education: Designing Effective Projects:
http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/GradeIndex/
Project-based learning is a student-centered, instructional model. It develops content area knowledge and skills through an extended task that promotes student inquiry and authentic demonstrations of learning in products and performances. Project-based curriculum is driven by important Curriculum-Framing Questions that tie content standards and higher-order thinking to real-world contexts.
Project-based units include varied instructional strategies to engage all students regardless of their learning style. Often students collaborate with outside experts and community members to answer questions and gain deeper meaning of the content. Technology is used to support learning. Throughout project work multiple types of assessment are embedded to ensure that students produce high quality work.
Enhance Learning with Technology: Graphic Organizers
http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/graphicorganizers.html
Graphic Organizers can help when planning a project, collecting data, organizing facts, developing comprehension, analyzing and interpreting facts and ideas, brainstorming for creative ideas and presenting information to peers. Visual learning techniques help students: clarify thinking, reinforce understanding, integrate new knowledge and identify misconceptions. This site has 40+ graphic organizers with ideas on how to use them.
Differentiating Reading Instruction in the Language Arts Classroom
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/diff_reading_la.phtml
The World of Math Online
http://www.math.com/
A math site that has sections for practice, tutoring, calculators, tools, games and homework help.
A Different Place . .
http://adifferentplace.org/index.html
A place on the Web where you can find differentiated activities in all content areas.
Good sites for more information about Differentiated Instruction
without having to actually read an entire book.
Finding Manageable Ways to Meet Individual Needs
http://www.ascd.org/ed_topics/cu2000win_willis.html
A journal article further explaining Differentiated Instruction.
Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementation
Http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/udl/DifferentiatedInstructionHTML.asp
A journal article further explaining Differentiated Instruction
Differentiating Instruction For Advanced Learners in the Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/diff_instruction.html
A particular challenge for middle school teachers is being able to differentiate or adapt instruction to respond to the diverse student needs found in inclusive, mixed-ability classrooms. This digest provides an overview of some key principles for differentiating instruction, with an emphasis on the learning needs of academically advanced learners. An article by Carol Ann Tomlinson
Learning Style Profiles
The following are websites through which you will be able to discover your own learning style
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
http://www.accelerated-learning.net/learning_test.html
http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1
http://www.metamath.com/lsweb/dvclearn.htm
http://www.ulc.arizona.edu/assessments.htm
http://www.learning-styles-online.com/
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