The document discusses leveling the playing field for different types of learners in the classroom. It notes there are many types of learners, including those with different disabilities or learning needs. It advocates not labeling students and using strategies like differentiated instruction, response to intervention, and individualized education programs to meet all students' needs. Finally, it provides examples of how to level the playing field in different subjects like language arts, social studies, science, and math through techniques such as collaborative projects, interactive websites, and adaptive software.

1. Leveling the Playing Field Lisa Parisi Christine Southard

2. The Students That Make Up Our Classroom General Education ELL Gifted Speech and Language Learning Disabled ADD ADHD Emotionally Disturbed Spectrum Children Children with Physical Disabilities

3. They’re auditory learners! They’re kinesthetic learners! They’re visual learners! They’re social learners! They’re kids who need to move, talk, listen, interact, collaborate, socialize! Our Learners – Are NOT LABELED! How do WE deal with all of these LEARNERS?

4. DI UDL RTI What does leveling the playing field mean? PBL NCLB IDEA IEP

6. What does this look like in a classroom? Language arts class? Social studies class? Science class? Math class?

7. Language Arts NYS ELA Standards Reading – Reading blogs – Wikis - Websites Writing – Collaborative Writing Projects – Google Doc & Blogs Speaking - Podcasting Listening - VoiceThreads Don’t forget test prep

15. History – Wagon’s West - Google Earth Geography – Artix – Wiki Civics/Citizenship/Government – Oovoo Debate & Cover it Live Economics – Excel Spreadsheets Did we forget the test? Social Studies

16. Google Earth

17. Wikispaces

18. Oovoo and Cover it Live

19. Analysis, Inquiry and Design – Scratch Science, Physical Setting – Comparing Hemispheres Wiki Living Environment – Room w/ a View Interconnectedness – Time Zone Wiki Problem Solving – Interactives Test, what test? Science

20. Scratch Students can design and analyze their own creations in Scratch.

21. Wikispaces

22. P.B. Wiki

23. Wikispaces

24. Interactives Smart Notebook Interactives Discovery Science Interactives

25. Analysis, Inquiry and Design – Scratch & Google Sketchup Problem Solving – Voicethread Mathcasts Number and Numeration – How-to podcasts Operations – Screencasts Modeling/Multiple Representation – Phys. Ed. Classroom Connection Screencasts Measurement – Data Collection – Survey Monkey Uncertainty – Online Stock Market Game Patterns and Functions – Interactive Math Sites

26. Analysis, Inquiry and Design – Scratch & Google SketchUp

27. Problem Solving – Voicethread Mathcasts

28. Numbers and Numeration - Podcasts Operations – Screencasts

29. Modeling/ Multiple Representation – Phys. Ed. Classroom Connection Screencasts Scratch Google SketchUp

30. Measurement – Data Collection – Survey Monkey

31. Uncertainty – Online Stock Market Game

32. Patterns and Functions – Interactive Math Sites

33. Questions? ? [email_address] Lisa Parisi Christine Southard