This document discusses using technology tools to engage learners and differentiate instruction. It notes that schools must prepare students for a workplace that values creativity, communication and emotional intelligence. Various Web 2.0 tools are presented that can be used for formative assessment, dynamic classroom resources, digital storytelling and more. Specific tools are highlighted for using technology to vary instructional content, processes and products. The goal is to inspire educators to integrate one tool at a time into their teaching.

1. to Engage Learners and Differentiate Instruction
Andrew Halter
Instructional Technology Coach
Hampton Twp School District

2. www.cffresources.wikispaces.com
Click on the
Differentiation with Tech
link
on the left

4. 1. I am the tech leery monk
2. I am the tech savvy monk
3. I am somewhere in between

5. We are "moving from the Information Age
to the Conceptual Age."
Schools must prepare students for a different
workplace--one that values
innovation, imagination, creativity,
communication, and emotional
intelligence.
~ Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind 2005

6. Today’s students demand…
"Engage me or enrage me."
~Mark Prensky
Educational software designer/author

7. i.e. the “digital natives”
are restless (or resting)!

8.  Formative Assessment
 Dynamic Classroom Resources with
Wikis and Blogs
 Digital Storytelling Tools
 Many other web 2.0 tools along the
way

9. Bag
O’
Tricks

10.  Content--by giving teachers and students instant,
anywhere anytime access to present and consume
information in practically infinite, ever expanding forms.
 Process--by providing tools to vary instructional
practice , engage learners, and provide opportunities for
collaboration and authentic audience.
 Product --by providing tools to CREATE dynamic,
authentic products t0 show understanding and explore
relevance.

11.  Click on the TASK #1 link and share a
successful experience you have had with
students and technology.
“I have used ____________ to ________________.”

12. Click on the Tech Check
Survey link on the wiki and
check all boxes that apply.

14. Response devices

15. Survey and quiz
creation tools
ex 2
ex 2

16. Chatrooms
and
Discussion Boards

17. Class
Website
Online Learning
Centers

18. Classroom Resource Center
Discussion Platform
Individual Web Portfolio
Flexible Grouping
Webquests
Project Based Learning

19.  http://rakersmath.wikispaces.com/
 http://foleybio.wikispaces.com/
 http://rossienglish.wikispaces.com/
 http://mrsboltonenglish.wikispaces.com/

20.  http://explorersreadingclass.wikispaces.com/
 http://isearchenglish10-6.wikispaces.com/
 http://ruggerienglish09-10.wikispaces.com
 http://thomsonenglish.wikispaces.com/
 http://emmettenglish.wikispaces.com/
 http://aesstudyskills.wikispaces.com/

21.  http://wsp1.wikispaces.com/
 http://evolutionintheclassroom09.wikispaces.com/
 http://mrceccarelli.wikispaces.com/

22.  http://hmsvalentine.wikispaces.com/
 http://grammarstuff.wikispaces.com/
 http://hmslagnese.wikispaces.com/
 http://mrceccarelli.wikispaces.com/Modern+Materials
+Application+Assignment
 http://shakesbook.wikispaces.com/
 http://msdrenaissance.wikispaces.com/

23.  http://webler.wikispaces.com/Heart+of+Darkness
 http://millersmathclass8.wikispaces.com/

24. Independent Reading Reflections
Reader Response Journal
Relevance and Connections
Creative Voice Blogs
KWL logs

25.  http://bonaparte01.edublogs.org/
 http://mrsthomsonenglish11.edublogs.org/
 http://emmett1.edublogs.org/

26.  Animoto
 http://ruggerienglish09-10.wikispaces.com/ANIMOTO_4
 http://mrsdolan.wikispaces.com/Brandon+C
 Photo Story
 http://kennelly2.wikispaces.com/
 http://mrsdietz.wikispaces.com/
 Duck Project
 Movie Maker
 http://rakersmath.wikispaces.com/Vodcast
 http://www.teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=uservideoli
st&user_id=512370

27.  http://ruggerienglish09-
10.wikispaces.com/Period+4+Podcast+Page
 http://thomsonenglish.wikispaces.com/
 Cultural Geography Example

28. Powerpoint
Create a Powerpoint that
includes text and images to
illustrate the key points of your
research
Poster
Create a poster with text and
images to illustrate the key points
of your research
Brochure
Create a tour brochure that uses
text and images to highlight the
key points of your research
Video
Create an original video about
your research using
MovieMaker or other editing
software.
Photostory
Create a narrated slideshow of
images about your research using
Photostory.
Animoto
Create commercial that uses
music, text and images about
your research with Animoto.
Website
Design a website that promotes
your research using
Wikispaces or other web
design tool.
Podcast
Create a radio style
report/commercial that highlights
details about your research using
Audacity.
Digital
Poster
Use Glogster to create a web-
based poster that integrates
graphics, text, and other
multimedia to showcase your

30. CONTENT-Audio and video support , presentation
tools, class web resources, web based games,
simulations and interactives, etc.
PROCESS –Formative assessment tools, flexible
grouping and collaboration, discussion boards,
webquests, etc.
PRODUCT – alternative assessments, project based
learning, authentic audience, collaborative projects,
presentation tools, etc.

31.  Jing—record screencasts of lessons (also can be done on
SMART or Promethean board)
 http://www.teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=uservideolist&user_id=
51807
 Gliffy/Webspiration--create collaborative concept maps and
graphic organizers
 Example
 Inspiration/kidspiration--Multimedia graphic organizer
software
 Example 1 Example 2
 Delicious and Diigo-Social bookmarking tools that allow you
to tag, organize and share web resources. Browse my resources
at: http://delicious.com/AHalter

32.  Wix--create flash-based websites
 Scriblink—Online, collaborative whiteboards
 Read the Words –will instantly read back any text
that can be copied and pasted.
 Jog the Web-Create an annotated tour of websites
 http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/z1O1GPxm4bCR/Web-2.0-
Tools-for-Kids
 Quizlet –create flashcards and online quizzes

33.  Toon Doo—Create comics and graphic novels
 Timeglider/Dipity/Xtimeline—create a web hosted
multimedia timeline.
 Glogster—Create digital posters
 Geogebra—Create and manipulate geometric objects
 Google Sketch Up—Create 3-D Drawings and objects
 Google Earth-Take students on a virtual field trip
anywhere in the world or have them create their own.
 Open Culture—one of the most comprehensive
educational media sites on the web.

34.  We covered:
 Formative Assessment
 Dynamic Classroom Resources with Wikis and Blogs
 Digital Storytelling Tools
 Many other web 2.0 tools along the way
My Goal…
to inspire you, not overwhelm you!

35.  Find one tool and run with it
 YOU don’t have to be the expert
 Share student work
 Monitor and adjust
 Share the wealth with colleagues

36.  Design a lesson that integrates one of the tools
mentioned in today’s workshop.
 Begin a class resource wiki or a project wiki--start
simple and expand throughout the year
 Plan a lesson that offers a technology based
assessment option (Animoto, Photostory,
Glogster, Toon Doo, Wix, Wiki design, etc.)