This document discusses concerns about differentiating instruction and provides online tools and resources to help save time and manage a differentiated classroom. The top 8 concerns about differentiation are preparation time, class size, meeting student needs, management strategies, lack of resources, independence, implementation, and time. Websites like Portaportal, SurveyMonkey, Rubistar, and SpellingCity are recommended for bookmarking pages, creating surveys, rubrics, and spelling tests online. Other differentiation resources include virtual manipulatives, timers, dice, charts, and timelines. Ohio's Treasure Chest and links from Hoagies Gifted are also mentioned.

2. Why Differentiate?

3. What are YOU afraid of?Top 8 concerns about differentiation.

4. 8. Unsure of how to implement it7. Lack of student independence6. Lack of resources and materials5. Unsure of management strategies4. Class size3. Range of students’ needs2. Amount of Preparation 1. TIME

5. Survey Says…

6. Technology can be used to save time and help manage a differentiated classroom!

9. www.portaportal.comBookmark pages online for your students to use.To differentiate for student needs, provide opportunities for different levels of reading or practice on the same topic, guide some students to more in-depth study using Webquests.Use certain websites as anchoring activities for students when they have finished with their work.Creating an account is free and easy!

10. www.surveymonkey.comCreate online surveys that can be analyzed online for you.Use this site to create differentiated assessments for your students.Use this site for pre and post testing.Creating an account is free and easy!

11. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/Use Rubistar to create rubrics for assessing student work.To differentiate for students, create a generic rubric that can be used for multiple projects, or create separate rubrics for each type of student product choice.Registration is free and easy!

12. www.spellingcity.comUse Spelling City to post spelling lists for your students to practice and take tests online.Differentiate by posting separate lists.Students can print the results of their tests or a certificate to show completion.Registration is free and easy!

13. www.thatquiz.orgCreate multiple choice quizzes online for your students to complete.Differentiate for students by using this site for pre and post testing.Search for quizzes posted by other teachers.Thatquiz will score the quizzes and give students and teacher instant feedback.Registration is free and easy!

14. http://edhd.bgsu.edu/ode/Register to view information from the experts on gifted education.Resources include videos, Power Point presentations, and articles.This site provides resources for differentiation.In order to use this site, you will need to let us know so that we can register you with the program.

15. My Portaportal Account Guest access: RenegarView lots of great content related links for your classroom.I update these regularly as I find new ones.If you have a topic you would like links for, please feel free to contact me and I will add them in.Many of the links are interactive tutorials or games for various age groups.

16. Other Tools Virtual manipulativeswww.urlant.com//yvwjls

17. Virtual timer www.timeme.com

18. URL ant www.urlant.com

19. Virtual Dice www.urlant.com//yvwjlq

20. Interactive 100s chart www.urlant.com//yvwjlt

21. Timeline generator www.urlant.com//yvwjlu

22. Poster creator www.smartart.com

23. Printable rulers, graph paper, protractors in the math tools section on my portaportalOhio Treasure Chest www.ohiotreasurechest.org Math Links from Hoagies Gifted http://www.hoagiesgifted.com/math.htmInternet4Classrooms on Differentiation http://www.internet4classrooms.com/di.htmUsing technology to support diverse learners http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/download/lib/2527/FindingeText1006.pdf?x-r=pcfile_dTech tips http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/download/lib/2591/utsdlhandouts.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d

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