Technology tools to differentiate instruction

Free Technology Tools support Research-Based Practices to Differentiate Instruction Council for Learning Disabilities Conference Presentation October, 2007 Dr. Cheryl Wissick, [email_address] Dr. Jim Gardner, [email_address] Web Toolboxes http://www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolbox.html

Research & Models

Curriculum Models
Pre-planning of the curriculum to evaluate need to provide multiple access points to reduce barriers or confusion.
What models are research-based?
DI UDL UDB di S = Students E = Environment T = Task T = Tools

Big Ideas
Concepts & Strategies that facilitate efficient acquisition of knowledge
Multiple means of engagement by relating ideas to life long learning
What is essential for all students?
See: http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_explicit.html

Conspicuous Strategies
Approximation of steps to solve complex problems.
Employers want workers who can problem solve.
Use technology tools to allow for multiple means of expression and elaborate on strategies
Example Web math:
http://www.webmath.com

Primed Background Knowledge
Necessary background knowledge must be taught.
Use technology tools to
provide background knowledge,
activate inert knowledge, and
develop fluency for facts.

CBM and other online tools
Review of background information
CBM: progress monitoring

Mediated Scaffolding
Guidance, assistance and support a teacher provides to assist the learning to complete the task.
Consider “naked independence” (Edyburn). What I know or what I can do without a tool
Performance Enhanced (Edyburn).
What can I do much better with a tool
Building a sandcastle: with a shovel or without?

Windows on the Universe

Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu

Judicious Review
Review should be
sufficient for initial learning to occur,
distributed over time,
varied for generalizability, and
cumulative. 
How much failure data do we need to know that a student cannot do something a particular way (Edyburn).

Web for review & practice

Strategic integration
Prior learning is integrated into more complex concepts:
curriculum design that offers the learner an opportunity to successfully integrate several big ideas,
content learned must be applicable to multiple contexts, and
potentially confusing concepts and facts should be integrated once mastered

Collaborative tools
Wiki, blogs, Google docs, Mindmeister

READING

Scaffold the reading process
Read any pasted text
Download & Install FREE version on all lab computers for any student to use.
Multiple means of expression
Increase access to all visual information.
READPLEASE http://www.readplease.com

E-Text Reader
From: Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.readingmadeez.com/EtextReader.php
Download is FREE; but to order CD is 49.95
The E-Text Reader is a full functioning text reader.

Supports for Reading
Reading books online providing multiple means of presentation:
Children’s Digital Library
Project Gutenberg
Bibliomania
Readprint
Bartleby

Bibliomania Screen Shot

Reading Fluency & Comprehension
Repeated and monitored oral reading improves reading fluency and overall reading achievement.
44% of a representative sample of the nation's fourth graders were low in fluency.
OKAPI: Use Digital text to create reading fluency prompts
http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapi.php
Source: http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1fluency.html

Paste text from web page and then create reading probe.

Teacher

Student

Convert Text to Audio Files
Convert whole book to audio for mp3 player
Save highlights from a book or text so student can study main points.
Natural Voice Reader for Windows
http://www.naturalreaders.com/
Multiple means of presentation

Create your own Books
BookBuilder http://bookbuilder.cast.org

PowerPoint Interactive Books
Creative Writing
Interactive Books
Coloring Books

Vocabulary Support
1-Click http://www.answers.com
Download 1-Click Answers TM 2.0 for Windows and then Alt-Click on any word in any program on your screen for an instant, pop-up AnswerTip that won't interrupt your work.
Multiple means of presentation & expression.
Example: undemonstrative
Mac: Command+Option+G.

WordWeb
http://wordweb.info/free/
Definitions and synonyms
Proper nouns
Related words
Pronunciations
150 000 root words
120 000 synonym sets
Look up words in almost any program

Written Expression

Concept Mapping Tools
Cmap tools http://cmap.ihmc.us/
FreeMind http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Expression: Writing Support
Click n Type
Free onscreen keyboard
Word prediction
ReadPlease can also support creative writing with auditory feedback

Expression: Read, Write, Think
Student Materials
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Read Write Think
Lessons Activity
Lesson Plans By Grade Tool

Expression: Writing Support
Writing Sample Analyzer
http://obsidian.sktyler.com/tools/writer/sample.php
Copy and paste up to 5000 words.
Provides students with alternative support for their writing
Have students graph their progress.
Provides 3 types analysis.

Obsidian Studios

Idea Generator

Blogs in the Classroom
Secure sites to create an environment for students to read, analyze, and post comments related to instructional goals.
Imbee
TIGed
Haiku

Project Poster http://poster.4teachers.org Students create their own web page on their research. Each page can display one pictures, body text and then links with additional information. All the posters could also be linked together from one Web Worksheet . Multiple Means of Expression

Scaffolds using Word
Autosummarize
Tool in MS word

Scaffolds in Writing ACTIVITY 1: Eating lunch Use cut and paste to sequence the sentences: We went back home. We went to Subway. We ordered one big sub. We picked our topping. ACTIVITY 2: Matching

Activities can reinforce facts.
Objective: To redo the group of two sentences to create one sentence use copy, cut and paste.
The kidneys filter out waste.
The kidneys filter our blood .
7th grade science

Activities can reinforce facts.
Possible sentences:
The kidneys filter out waste in our blood.
The kidneys filter out waste as they filter our blood.
The kidneys filter our blood and get our waste .
7th grade science

Practice one skill at a time
Use the word processor to insert the correct punctuation for this paragraph.
it was a dark and stormy night the wind was blowing very hard the rain started to come through the windows and through the cracks in the roof we put pans under the drops we sat in the center of the room to keep warm we could not keep a fire going that night

Review & practice a new skill
Change this paragraph from a gloomy mood to a happy mood by using opposites for certain words.
It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was blowing very hard . The rain started to come through the windows and through the cracks in the roof. We put pans under the drops . We sat in the center of the room to keep warm . We could not keep a fire going that night .
For some students have certain words underlined.

On the Job: Facts In what job do you sometimes work outside and have to be careful in stormy weather? You can wear special gloves. You work with wires. You can crawl under houses or up tall poles. You use special cutting tools. PowerPoint Template for report writing

Additional Narrative goes here. what an electrician does and what training they have. This job is called an electrician. On the Job: Facts

Mathematics

Tools for Mathematics
Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.htm
Shodor Interactivate http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
Webmath - tutorials http://www.webmath.com/
Allmath - flash cards http://www.allmath.com
Math.com http://www.math.com

Talking Calculator
From: Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.readingmadeez.com/TalkingCalculator.php
Full functioning talking calculator

Virtual Math Manipulatives

Strategies & Organization

i-Lighter
http://www.i-lighter.com/

Engagement: Kidtools & Kidskills
KidTools are planning and monitoring tools to help children gain control over personal behaviors.
KidSkills are planning and organizational tools to help children use learning strategies for success
http://kidtools.missouri.edu/

KidSkills

Teaching Core Concepts
Introduction
Discrimination
TIP: Have students create shows for other student groups. Power Up with PowerPoint The boy is ON the path. Which one shows the boys ON the bench?

Teacher Tools

4teachers.org
Tools for Student expression
Project Poster
Notestar
Persuade Star
Tools for Productivity & management
Trackstar
Quizstar
Rubistar
Web Worksheet Wizard

Web Worksheet Wizard

Organize Websites for student research with Trackstar http: //trackstar .4teachers.org TrackStar

RubiStar http: //rubistar .4teachers.org

PBL Checklists http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

Trailfire
Marking a trail of websites
Easy creation of a list of sites to make on the fly!!

Forms & Tests
Drop Down Boxes
Egypt drop down
Watermark Matching
Fill in the blank
Resources
http: //iteslj .org/Articles/Tuzi-Tests/
http://www.rcps.org/creativeways/index.htm

Teacher Tools
UDL Lesson Builder
http://lessonbuilder.cast.org

Multiple means of engagement
Offer Choices of content, tools and engagement
Provide adjustable levels of challenge
Offer a choice of rewards
Offer a choice of learning context
Choose realistic topics of interest to embed the learning material Allow student to choose tools or technology to explore topic- software, web, video Select Software or Web sites that offer same content at different levels of challenge Build awareness of accomplishment and progress within technology programs UDL

Multiple means of presentation
Provide Multiple Examples
Highlight Critical Features
Provide Multiple Media & Formats
Support Background Knowledge
Variety of web sites to demonstrate, links to support information Pictures from CD-Roms & web Word processors to highlight critical words Presentation tools to animate concepts Books on tape; Digital text Charts, graphs, images to support text UDL

Provide Flexible Models of skilled performance
Provide opportunities to practice with supports
Provide ongoing, relevant feedback
Offer flexible opportunities of demonstrating a skill
Examples and not-examples with images, video, live or taped demonstrations Scaffold learning with text-to-speech, word prediction, layered Web sites Text-to-speech to listen to own writing Videotape of skill performance Online feedback from peers or mentor Create web pages, poster, presentation UDL

Technology Toolboxes
Toolbox: Quickstarts to the Web
http://www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolbox.html
PowerPoint
http://www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolboxppt.html
Wissick’s Photo toolbox
http://www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolboxphoto.html

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