One of the key principals of differentiation is information dissemination to stakeholders including students, parents, colleagues, and others involved in the education community. In preparing for the first day of a new school year, you decide to create either informational literature (like a brochure or double-sided flyer) or a classroom website explaining the foundations of Differentiated Instruction and its implication in your classroom. Whether you choose to create a brochure, flyer, or classroom website, the information must be specific to your current or fictional classroom (e.g., school, grade level, academic content, student population). In this assignment you must: · Define differentiation in your own words including the justification for differentiating in the classroom environment. · Describe how you will create a positive learning environment that is also safe and secure. · Describe how you will meet the social and emotional needs of your students including ways to eliminate student fear of failure. · Discuss your expectations of student work and assignments. · Describe how you will provide students opportunities to succeed. · Discuss how you will assess student work. · Select at least three resources (your text may be used as one source) for education stakeholders on differentiation (e.g.,, books, articles, websites, etc.). These will be different from the sources you use to support your assignment (see below). Be creative! Whatever you choose to create, provide access to your instructor by uploading all the necessary links or text in a document. Use your course text and two scholarly articles in the Ashford University Library or Google Scholar to support your research. Although a typical brochure or flyer is two pages (front and back) there is not a page or length requirement for this assignment, as that will limit your creativity; however, each rubric-based requirement must be fully and thoroughly addressed. If you plan to create a classroom website, you must provide access to the website to your instructor. Be sure to provide proper APA citations at the end of your assignment for the sources that you use (e.g., at the bottom of the brochure or website). Feel free to use these websites as a starting point for creating a brochure or flyer: · Free Newsletter Templates on Google Docs (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - these are free newsletter templates for public use on Google Docs · How to make a business pamphlet. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. · Office templates (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. – Office provides users free templates using excel, Word, Publisher, · Top 10 free online blogging platforms (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - Free blogging platforms Feel free to use these websites as a starting point for creating a classroom website:  · Weebly (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - ...

1. One of the key principals of differentiation is information
dissemination to stakeholders including students, parents,
colleagues, and others involved in the education community.
In preparing for the first day of a new school year, you decide
to create either informational literature (like a brochure or
double-sided flyer) or a classroom website explaining the
foundations of Differentiated Instruction and its implication in
your classroom. Whether you choose to create a brochure, flyer,
or classroom website, the information must be specific to your
current or fictional classroom (e.g., school, grade level,
academic content, student population).
In this assignment you must:
· Define differentiation in your own words including the
justification for differentiating in the classroom environment.
· Describe how you will create a positive learning environment
that is also safe and secure.
· Describe how you will meet the social and emotional needs of
your students including ways to eliminate student fear of
failure.
· Discuss your expectations of student work and assignments.
· Describe how you will provide students opportunities to
succeed.
· Discuss how you will assess student work.

2. · Select at least three resources (your text may be used as one
source) for education stakeholders on differentiation (e.g.,,
books, articles, websites, etc.). These will be different from the
sources you use to support your assignment (see below).
Be creative! Whatever you choose to create, provide access to
your instructor by uploading all the necessary links or text in a
document. Use your course text and two scholarly articles in the
Ashford University Library or Google Scholar to support your
research. Although a typical brochure or flyer is two pages
(front and back) there is not a page or length requirement for
this assignment, as that will limit your creativity; however, each
rubric-based requirement must be fully and thoroughly
addressed. If you plan to create a classroom website, you must
provide access to the website to your instructor. Be sure to
provide proper APA citations at the end of your assignment for
the sources that you use (e.g., at the bottom of the brochure or
website).
Feel free to use these websites as a starting point for creating a
brochure or flyer:
·
Free Newsletter Templates on Google Docs (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
- these are free newsletter templates for public use on Google
Docs
·
How to make a business pamphlet. (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
·
Office templates (Links to an external site.)Links to an external

3. site.
– Office provides users free templates using excel, Word,
Publisher,
·
Top 10 free online blogging platforms (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
- Free blogging platforms
Feel free to use these websites as a starting point for creating a
classroom website:
·
Weebly (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- allows educators to create free class websites
·
SchoolRack (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- free website and educational blog forum
·
WordPress (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- software to create free website or blog
Online Tutorials:
·
Beginners Guide to Weebly (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.
·
SchoolRack Community Documentation (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
·
Getting Started with WordPress (Links to an external site.)Links

4. to an external site.
Instructor Guidance Week 1
Assignment
Differentiated instruction includes the environmental layout and
behavioral expectations that are set on the first day of school.
Keeping in mind the teaching practices in a differentiated
environment, where lessons are taught using multiple means of
instructional delivery, students guide learning, and lessons are
based on real-world examples whenever possible, how should a
physical layout be designed to promote such an environment? A
space should be created where students can work in groups
without disrupting each other; materials should be organized in
such a way that students can access them without interrupting
others; the classroom itself should be inviting and cultural ly
sensitive with pictures, signs, and student work displayed
without being overwhelming; and collaboration should be
evident along with independent learning that cater to student
strengths (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
[SEDL], 1995).
In addition to instruction and the physical classroom layout, a
differentiated learning environment promotes positive behavior
management that promotes self-management, self-
determination, and independence. According to Alfie Kohn, a
well-known author of books on behavior, education, and
parents, “…the more we manage students’ behavior and try to
make them do what we say, the more difficult it is for them to
become morally sophisticated people who think for themselves
and care about others” (Kohn, 1996, p. 62). How does this
translate into your classroom management? What can you do to
teach them to make the right behavioral decisions, think
independently, and take responsibility for their own actions?

5. Watch this video (Cockroft, 2014) for more information:
Required Resources
Required Text
Puckett, K (2013).
Differentiating Instruction: A Practical Guide
[Electronic version]. Retrieved from
https://content.ashford.edu/
Chapter 1: A Conceptual Framework of Differentiation
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations of Differentiation
Multimedia
JCPSEmployee. (2012, September 13).
Seven Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching and
Learning
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
[Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IptefRjN4DY
Websites
For the teachers (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
(http://www.fortheteachers.org/differentiation_framework/)
Screencast-O-Matic. (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
(http://screencast-o-matic.com/home)

6. VoiceThread (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
(http://voicethread.com)
Voki (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(http://www.voki.com)
YouTube (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(http://www.youtube.com
Recommended Resources
Articles
Garden City Public Schools. (n.d.).
Differentiated instruction brochure (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
. Retrieved from
http://www.gardencity.k12.ny.us/cms/lib8/NY01913305/Centric
ity/Domain/29/Differentiated%20Instruction%20Brochure.pdf
Microsoft Office. (n.d.).
Office templates. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-
us/templates/?CTT=97
Swanson, J. (n.d.).
How to make a business pamphlet. (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/how_8536865_make-
business-pamphlet.html
Tomlinson, C. (n.d.).
Strategies for managing a differentiated classroom
. Retrieved from

7. http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/books/tomlinson2001_chapter6_
errata.pdf
Uzayr, S. (2012, March 13).
Top 10 free online blogging platforms. (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
Retrieved from http://sixrevisions.com/tools/top-free-online-
blogging
Websites
GoogleDocs: Template Gallery (Links to an external site.)Links
to an external site.
(https://drive.google.com/templates?q=newsletter&sort=hottest
&view=default#)
SchoolRack (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(http://www.schoolrack.com)
Weebly (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(http://education.weebly.com)
WordPress (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(http://wordpress.org)