This document provides an overview of using technology to differentiate instruction in the classroom. It discusses how teachers can use various technologies like blogs, wikis and podcasts to engage students and allow them to learn at their own level. It provides examples of websites and tools that teachers can use for different subjects and learning styles. It also discusses the role of teachers in using technology and provides resources for professional development, grants and assessing student work with rubrics.

1. Technology in the Century 21st
WEB 2.0 Toolkit
NYSABE
ACHIEVING A LIFETIME OF BILINGUALISM FROM
E A R LY C H I L D H O O D T H R O U G H H I G H E R E D U C AT I O N "
PRESENTED BY
PATRICIA CHRISTIAN
REED MIDDLE SCHOOL – CENTRAL ISLIP
PATRICIALCHRISTIAN@GMAIL.COM
MARCH 9, 2012

2. Transforming Teaching Through Technology
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that all students om/viewVideo.php?video
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succeed in work
and life in this new  http://t4.jordandistrict.or
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global economy.

3. Teacher Roles
Classic Role Distributed Learning
 Sole provider of  Facilitator of learning
information. information from various
sources.
 Teachers relinquish power  Guiding students to
of being all knowing. become researchers and
independent learners who
take responsibility for
their learning.

4. Comparison of old and new ways of working
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
 WEB 1.0  WEB 2.0
 Application based  E Web based
 Isolated  E Collaborative
 Offline  E Online
 Licensed or purchased  E Free
 Single creator  E Multiple collaborators
 Proprietary code  E Open source
 Copyrighted content  E Shared content

5. Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction
 Personalizes learning
 Engages students
 Allows students to create products
 Allows interaction with the real world
 Makes learning fun
 All students are able to engage in the learning process
at their level of understanding and may progress
through hands on interaction.

6. STEPS for Integrating Technology with DI
Respond to students’
needs according to their: Teachers can differentiate
 Readiness  Content
 Interest  Process
 Learning style  Product
 Affect level  Learning Environment

7. KNOW YOUR STUDENTS
 Learning Style Inventories
 Learner Profile @ EverythingDI.net:
http://www.everythingdi.net/di/lp.htm
 Caves of the Code Breakers:
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/
 Paragon Learning Style Inventory:
http://www.oswego.edu/plsi/

8. What are the various technologies?
http://www.commoncraft.com/social-media-pack/
 RSS Really Simple Syndication
 Wikis - Writing  Google
 http://delicious.com/Totally
U
 Blogs - Conversation
 Websites
 Podcasts -Speaking  NING
 PBS – It’s My Life
 Digital Storytelling – any  http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family
/immigration/index.html
subject
 Twitter
 Mash ups
 Social Networking
 https://www.gaggle.net/hom
e/ (safe networking)

9. Where does technology fit into my content area?
 All Subjects:  Math
 http://www.quia.com/  http://villainyinc.thinkport.o
 http://www.classzone.com/c rg/site/default.asp
z/index.htm
 http://www.mathplayground
 English .com/index.html
 www.ReadWriteThink.org
 Soc. Stu. – Presidential Election
 Common Craft
 Science
 http://www.commoncraft.com
 Teacher Tube /election
 http://www.teachertube.com/v
ideoList.php?pg=videonew&cid
=38

10. Instructional Technology Resources
 INTEL Designing Effective Projects
 http://www97.intel.com/ph/ProjectDesign/
 FREE Technology 4 Teachers
 http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/07/3-common-craft-
videos-that-should-be-in.html
 Digital Story Telling
 http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
 JING: Free image and video capturing software that you can share
instantly over the web, IM, email, or even just save to your desktop
 http://blog.simplek12.com/education/how-to-use-jing-in-your-
classroom/

11. Instructional Technology Resources
 VOICETHREAD: Is a grouped conversation that is collected and
shared in one place from anywhere in the world. Voicethread!
 http://voicethread.com/#home.b409.i84880
 MUSEUM BOX: provides you with the tools to showcase descriptions of
an event, person, historical period of time, or anything you can imagine
into a virtual box!
 http://blog.simplek12.com/education/lead-your-students-outside-
of-the-box-with-museum
 T-4 Transforming Teaching Through Technology
 http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/103/35/

12. Tools & Strategies for the “Understanding Style” Learner
 These sites and tools focus on the reasoning/logical
dimension of math:
 HomeschoolMath: Logic & Proof:
 http://tinyurl.com/culdaw
 Hoagie’s Kids & Teens: Brain Teasers:
 http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/brain_teasers.htm
 Sketchcast (draw and record explanations of formulas, etc.):
 http://sketchcast.com/
 PowerPoint or Webbes to explain a concept

13. Literacy Websites
www.delicious.com
Primary Websites
www.starfall.com
www.pbskids.org
www.brainpopjr.com
www.storylineonline.net
www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
www.sesamestreet.org
www.jmeacham.com/
http://auth.grolier.com/login/bookflix/login.php

14. Literacy Websites
Intermediate Websites
www.readwritethink.org
www.readprint.com
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
www.brainpop.com
www.glogster.com
www.fodey.com
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.ht
m

15. Assessment Rubrics
 Technology Project Assessments
 Rubrics for Assessment Online Professional Development -
UW Stout, Wisconsin's Polytechnic University
http://www3.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/instructonline.cfm
Search left panel for information
 Teachnology
 http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

16. Technology Grants
 Grants:
 http://www.technologygrantnews.com/grant-index-by-type/school-grants.html
 Deadline: February Annually
http://www.exploravision.org/
1-800-EXPLOR9
 The ExploraVision program challenges teams of 2-4 students to research scientific
principles and current technologies as the basis for designing innovative technologies
that could exist in 20 years. Students on the four first-place ExploraVision winning teams
will each receive a $10,000 U.S. Series EE Savings Bond valued at maturity. Students on
second-place teams will each receive a $5,000 bond valued at maturity. The eight teams
will also receive an expenses-paid trip with their families, mentor, and coach to
Washington, DC


17. Professional Development
 Simple K-12:
 http://unconference.simplek12.com
 Certification for online learning:
 E-Learning and Online Teaching - UW Stout, Wisconsin's Polytechnic University
 Common Craft
 www.commoncraft.com/
 PD 360 School Improvement Network
 http://www.schoolimprovement.com/pd360-info.cfm
 ASCD - Association of Supervisory Curriculum & Development
 www.ascd.org
 ISTE International Society for Technology in Education
 http://www.iste.org/

18. References
 Differentiating Instruction with Technology in Middle School Classrooms
 TABLE 2:1 & TABLE 2:2 http://www.iste.org/source/orders/excerpts/diff68.pdf
Copyright 2009, ISTE ® (International Society for Technology in Education),
Differentiating Instruction with Technology in Middle School Classrooms, Grace E.
Smith & Stephanie Throne. 1.800.336.5191 or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org,
www.iste.org. All rights reserved. Distribution and copying of this excerpt is allowed for
educational purposes and use with full attribution to ISTE.
 Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET), a project of the
International Society for Technology in Education in partnership with Education Support
Systems and the Sacramento County Office of Education. Copyright 2007, ISTE ®
(International Society for Technology in Education), Differentiating Instruction with
Technology for K–5 Classrooms, Grace E. Smith and Stephanie Throne.
1.800.336.5191 or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org, www.iste.org. All rights reserved.
Distribution and copying of this excerpt is allowed for educational purposes and use with
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