The document discusses strategies for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners. It provides examples of how various technologies can help students with different abilities, such as a student with ADHD using software to organize research or a blind student using screen reading software. The document also introduces several free online tools for collaboration, multimedia creation, and more that can be used to foster 21st century learning skills through differentiated instruction.

1. Salisbury Township School District Allentown, Pennsylvania Jennifer L. Aponick, Supervisor of Special Education Jennifer Brinson, Instructional Coach + One Size Does Not Fit All: Fostering 21 st Century Learning

2. Change in Philosophy From teaching content to teaching students Inquiry-based Collaboration Authentic learning and assessment Realization about what’s important Essential questions Big ideas Overarching ideas +

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4. Differentiated Instruction Flexible approach to teaching with varied approaches to content , process , and product in anticipation and response to student differences in readiness, interests, and learning needs (Tomlinson, 1995) Technology Integration serves as an excellent vehicle to help educators achieve the goal of differentiating instruction +

5. www.challengeyourstudents.org +

6. Differentiated Instruction Principles Acceptance and respect of differences Materials and tasks at varied level of difficulty Motivates students to work to their highest potential Meaningful learning that emphasizes essential questions Teachers who serve as facilitators of learning and use an array of strategies that connect instruction to student needs Instruction is guided by on-going assessments Integrating technology can meet these differentiated instruction strategies +

7. + What does DIFFERENTIATION look like?

8. How can this benefit my students? Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Opportunities to work with appropriate concepts and technology tools and in groups of peers with a range of backgrounds and abilities Develop strengths and apply creativity to material and products that interest them +

9. ADD/ADHD A student with attention deficit disorder applies strategies for coping with the syndrome by gathering and organizing information during the research process. +

10. Blind A blind student uses screen reading and voice recognition software to research and write a narrative essay from the point of view of a blind hurricane survivor +

11. Dyslexic A dyslexic student who has never liked school becomes the class’s foremost expert on desktop publishing and looks forward to a career in graphic design. +

12. Math Disability A student who dislikes math because of computation difficulties uses a spreadsheet application to conduct a sophisticated analysis of survey data and creates charts that illustrate relationships among the data. +

13. Cerebral Palsy An augmentative communication device allows a student with cerebral palsy to lead a group of students in the design and production of a newsletter on career opportunities for people with disabilities. +

14. Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 Web 2.0 is the term used to describe the use of web technology to create , share , and collaborate with others . Web 2.0 applications allow users to do more than just retrieve information. Web 2.0 allows users to participate and interact. + Web 1.0 vs. 2.0 Comparison Chart Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Reading Writing Companies Communities Client-server Peer-to-peer Home pages/Personal websites Blogs Portals RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Wires Wireless Owning Sharing Netscape Google Dial-up Broadband Hardware costs Bandwidth costs Britannica Online Wikipedia Content management systems Wikis Directories (taxonomy) Tagging (“folksonomy”) Read only Read/write/collaborate Individual intelligence Collective intelligence Static Dynamic Commercial/Proprietary Open source/shared

15. Web 2.0 is Here!

16. Web 2.0 Wikispaces blogger.com edublogs.org RSS Feeds skype.com Google docs + twitter.com surveymonkey.com ustream.com delicious.com ning.com Diigo.com

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18. Discovery Education Video library 80,000 video clips Tied to state and national standards Teacher Center Calendar Lesson Plan Library Classroom Tools Assignment Builder Quiz Builder Writing Prompt Builder Professional Development Discovery Education Webinar Series + www.discoveryeducation.com Passcode: 0f84 – 7f6a SHS Registration Annual site license: K-8: $1570 9-12: $2095

19. Discovery Educator Network Educator Resources Browse by subject or grade Blogs National State Forums Special Events & Promos + 100,000 educators Sharing and networking community.discoveryeducation.com/ ------------------------------------------- Interested in becoming a member? It’s free! Click here for information about the application process -------------------------------------------

20. Google Docs Edit anytime, from anywhere Choose who can access your docs Share changes in real time + www.docs.google.com Free Collaborative Creation, Accessibility, & Peer Review

21. BrainPop Educational website with short Flash-based movies for students in grades K-12 All closed captioned Multi-modal Interactive Motivational + BrainPop Jr. (K-3) BrainPop (3-1 2) Brain Pop Educators Username: case Pas sword: guest Active until November 7 Free Trial Classroom Subscription: $195

22. Animoto Create 30 second videos from still photos with music Really easy for students Animoto Example 10 th grade student + Animoto.com Free

23. Create your own social network Can join other nings that interest you + Ning.com Free

24. Schedule an event Schedule a meeting Determine the best time/date for all participants Create a poll + Doodle.com Free No registration required

25. Concept mapping and interior design tool Flowcharts, diagrams, floorplans, and technical drawings + www.gliffy.com Free for 5 maps Registration is required

26. Create-a-Graph Create a graph to represent information visually Bar Pie Line Area XY + Create A Graph Free

27. Inquiry-based Learning Critical Information Literacy Protocol RADCAB -Online Information Evaluation Relevancy Appropriateness Detail Currency Authority Bias +

28. Questions ? Jennifer Aponick [email_address] Skype: jenniferaponick Lynn Fuini-Hetten [email_address] Skype: lynnfuinihetten Nora Perron-Jones [email_address] Skype: noraperronjones +