Technology Driven Differentiated Instruction: March 2016

Technology Driven
Differentiated Instruction
Vicki Davis, Teacher
@coolcatteacher
Coolcatteacher.com/literacypromise

TEACHER PAIN POINT:
HOW DO WE REACH
EVERY CHILD?

ANSWER:
WE START BY LEARNINGTO SEETHEWORLD
THROUGHTHEIR EYES

A letter from Rebekah
“Mrs.Vicki,
I cannot put into words how great of a teacher and amazing person you are. I
love your class and the fact that you don’t only do what will suffice, but strive to
make everything that happens at our school phenomenal and the best it can be.
You are honestly the most inspirational person I’ve ever met, and just so you
know, you’re on my dream team.
Thank you for having the patience your job requires and everything you’ve
done to help us all become the best versions of ourselves. I’m blessed that I just
so happen to be born, of all of the places in the world, near Camilla and was
able to meet you and have a beam of your light shine on my life.
You have completely changed my outlook on this world and opened so many
doors of opportunity I previously had no idea existed.
Before I met you, I hadn’t even considered a career in art. But you have
altered my perspective and I now realize that there are endless opportunities
and options for an artistic career.
I appreciate that you are so real and that you are not afraid to say, ‘hey, you’re
not perfect,’ because no one is. And you realize that the beauty of our flaws is
that they accentuate our better features.
I’m not a believer in predestination, but I believe that God does coax us in the
direction of wonderful things, and I believe he urged you to come back to
Camilla to do amazing things; and what amazing things you have done!
I am so grateful for all that you do and I hope you have an amazing summer!;)
Rebekah”

PARENT PAIN POINT:
Do My Child’s
Teachers Care?

STUDENT PAIN POINT:
DOES ANYONE CARE
THAT I AM HERE?

Son, what do
you wish your
teacher knew
about you?

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Classroom Management
Metacognitive Processes
Cognitive Processes
Home Env/ Parental Inv
Stdnt/Tchr Social Intxn
Social/ Behavioral Attributes
Motivational/ Affective Attr
Peer Group
Quantity of Instruction
School Culture
Classroom Climate
Classroom Instruction
Curriculum Design
Stdnt/Tchr Academic Intxn
Classroom Assessment
Community Influences
Psychomotor Skills
Tchr/ Admin Decisionmaking
Curriculum and Instruction
Parental Involvement Policy
Classroom Impl/ Support
Student Demographics
Out of Class Time
Program Demographics
School Demographics
State Level Policies
School Policies
District Demographics
Relative Influences on Learning

Notice this
•Student/Teacher Social
Interactions is #5
•Student/Teacher Academic
Interaction is #14

TEACHER PAIN POINT:
How do I differentiate
without losing my
mind?

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT:
Let’s Look at #1
1. Classroom Management
• teacher uses questioning/ recitation strategies that maintain active
student participation
Wang, Haertel, Walberg, 1997
“What Helps Students Learn?
Spotlight on Student Success”
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED461694.pdf

PRACTICE DOESN’T
MAKE PERFECT… IT
MAKES PERMANENT
Classroom Management

Essential Procedures
• Entering Room
• Exiting Room
• Paperflow
• Being Excused from the Room
• Essential Positions forTeaching and Interacting

Here’s a Big Secret to Differentiating
Have good classroom
management procedures so you
have the time (and energy) to
differentiate!

Transport us
to a better
education

SCHOOL PAIN POINT:
How can we justify
expensive technology?

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Every student
learns
differently!

Technology Driven Differentiation
AClassroom
BAdministration

T h e C l a s s r o o m C a r
The Tools
(Framework)
Learning
Environment
(essential link)
Learning Styles
Interests
Readiness
Level
Content
Process
(engine)
1
2
3
4 5
7
6

The Tools
(Framework)
1
Today we will learn:
1. About the framework I use in my classroom.
2. I challenge you to write down your own framework
3. Give you a model to select tools that are easy use in differentiated instruction
4. Give you practical examples of what differentiation looks like.

TEACHER PAIN POINT:
I am so busy, how do I
find time to do new
things with my
students?

THE ANSWER:
Build AToolkit one or
two new tools a year.

My Toolkit
2005 Social
Educational Network
(Ning & Blogging)
2005 Wiki
2006 Student
Productivity Tools
(iGoogle)
2006 Audio File
creation
2006 Video creation
2006 Global
collaboration
2007 Virtual Worlds 2010 Apps / QR Codes
2011 Cloud Storage/
Paperless
2013
Formative Assessment
Pltaforms (Socrative,
Kahoot)
2014 Sophia
2014-15 Haiku
Learning
#inflip Teaching
2014-15 Mobile App
Development with
Crescerance
Merging SIS
(Powerschool) with
LMS (Haiku Learning)
2015-2016
X

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TEACHER PAIN POINT:
Students type in IM
speak and act like they
do on social networks in
academic spaces.

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ANSWER:
1. We are in an
academic, educational
network, not a social
network.
2.You are a professional
student.

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1. Educational Network
(Ning) – PRIVATE!

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TEACHER PAIN POINT:
How can I proof and give
feedback on all this
online work?

ANSWER:
YOU DON’T!
You use tools that will help students empower themselves to be
better writers.

Use Hemingway App w/ Grammarly

TEACHER (AND
STUDENT) PAIN POINT:
I’m a slow typist

Mac Dication
• Press Fn Fn twice on your Mac

TEACHER PAIN POINT:
STUDENTS DON’T
TAKE OWNERSHIP

“If they help build it, they
are already THERE.”
Rule for Networking
Teachers and Others

Student educational
networking platforms
• Ning (costs money)
• Edmodo
• Schoolology
• Google Plus
• Hashtag on Twitter
• Sophia.org (#flipclass tool)
• Moodle

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TEACHER PAIN POINT:
How Do I Make Sure
Students Know How to
Behave Online?
(Real Pain Point: How do
I keep from losing my
job over a kid doing
something dumb?)

See “What Your Students
REALLY need to know
about Digital Citizenship”
by Vicki Davis on Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/bl
og/digital-citizenship-need-
to-know-vicki-davis
Chapter 11 in Reinventing
Writing
1. Pick a digital
citizenship model

2. Let students explore the model by
creating a website and sharing with each
other.

Online
behavior has
Offline
consequences!
3. When something happens, find an offline
equivalent when explaining it to administrators.

TEACHER PAIN POINT:
How CanThe Class Have
A WebsiteThat We All
Maintain?

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2. Wiki-centric Classroom
http://westwood.wikispaces.com – Hour of code lesson plan

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TEACHER & STUDENT
PAIN POINT:
How can students
actually remember what
they need to do?

3. Student Productivity Literacies
• Do students know how to manage their
time?
• Can students capture & retrieve
important info?
• Do students know how to optimize start
screens?
• Do students know how to reduce
distractions?
• Do students know how to plan their day?
• Do students know how to find their files?

Paper
Notes
• Gridded
Notebook
Digital
Notebook
• Evernote
• One Note
Action
• Calendar
Items
• Tasks
Workflow for the Modern Student
Task Clone will take
From Evernote to
Google Cal and
Wunderlist

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How Can I Help My
Students Be
Transliterate In Multiple
Media?

4. Create Audio
5. Create Video
Audacity
Pinnacle Studio
iMoviehttp://j.mp/wonder-pirate

Do they understand visual
grammar?
• Storyboards
• Screen Shots
• Production Schedule
• Editing
• Sound Tracks
• Copyright
• Teleprompter
(Try free ipad Teleprompter apps)
CTI Digital Film Model
http://j.mp/dig-film-curr
AFI Digital Film Curriculum

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can I get students
to CARE about writing
well?

Audience is Important
• “Technology creates opportunities for
students to do meaningful work that has value
outside school, receive feedback on their
work, and experience the rewards of
publication or exhibition.”
Peck & Dorricott, 1994
http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=evi
dence&answerID=9&words=audience

ISTE Nets™ Standards
 4. Technology communications tools
 Students use telecommunications to
collaborate, publish, and interact with peers,
experts, and other audiences.
 Students use a variety of media and formats to
communicate information and ideas effectively
to multiple audiences.
6. Collaborate Globally

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can I get teach
students to collaborate
with and understand
kids in other places?

Phase one - Intra-connection
(within your own class)
Phase two - Inter-connection
(within school/ district)
Phase three - Managed global
connection
Phase four - Student to Student
(With Teacher Management)
Phase five - Student to Student
(with Student Management)
Flattening
your
classroom
6. Collaborate
Globally
www.flatclassroombook.com

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can I engage all of
my students (even some
of my gamers who don’t
seem to like anything?)

7th! Virtual Worlds
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My virtual world “toolkit”
3D
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Second Life
(2007-2010)
Open Sim
(2011-2012)
Google
Sketchup
(2013)
Minecraft.edu
(2014-2016)

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can I easily send
links or info to student
mobile phones or
tablets?

#8 Apps / QR Codes
http://j.mp/class-qr

#8 Apps / QR Codes
QR Code Implementation Guide –
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/qr-code-classroom-implementation-guide/
Tip: Shorten the code using bit.ly first

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can we easily share
files, movies, and other
things as a class?

#9 Cloud Storage/ As
Paperless as Possible
Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Gmail
• Google Docs
• Google Sites

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can I teach
computer coding
without it being so
hard?

#10 Video
Game
programming
See:
http://j.mp/15-code
Gamestar mechanic
http://gamestarmechanic.com/
Gamemaker
https://www.yoyogames.com/studio
iPad:
Kodable (age 5 and up)
Hopscotch (4th and up)
http://j.mp/hopscotch-ebook
by Wes Fryer
http://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=hoc

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can I help learners
develop empathy for
others in difficult
situations?

#11 Simulation Environments
http://aic.conflix.org
University of Michigan

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How can I know what
learners know before
they have to take a test?

#12 Formative Assessment
Socrative
ROCKS
www.socrative.com!
Tip: Play quizzes as races for
review. Use open ended questions

TEACHER PAINPOINTS:
* How can every student
learn at their own pace?
* How can I teach
complex software
without having to
repeat myself?

HOW CAN I CLONE MYSELF?
www.youtube.com/coolcatteacher

#13 In-flipping the Classroom
Now known as Blended Learning

TEACHER PAINPOINTS:
How can I easily make
videos for students?
How can I quickly
remake a video if just
one small thing has
changed on a slide?

MY FAVORITE SCREENCASTING
TOOL: OFFICE MIX

STUDENT PAINPOINT:
What Am I SupposedTo
Be Doing InThe Online
Classroom?

CONSISTENT LAYOUT OF SCREEN
Essential
Questions
Video with
Custom
Thumbnail
Assignments

STUDENT &TEACHER
PAINPOINT:
Where am I supposed to
turn in my work?

A NOTE ON ASSIGNMENTS – SPELL
OUTTHE LOCATION FORTURNING
WORK IN
My Locations:
• (HAIKU)
• (FOLDER)

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How CanWe Make
Mobile Apps As Easily As
Possible?

#14 CRESCERANCE: MOBILE APP
DEVELOPMENT
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encouraging to others! iCare offers loads of fun, creative ways
for you to be a kinder, happier person by caring for others.
Don’t have time to make a homemade cake or a crafty DIY
project? Don’t know the right words to encourage that friend
who’s having a hard time? With iCare, you can find loads of great
ways to do nice, creative stuff for your friends, family or even the
guy at work. With all the nice, fun ideas iCare offers, you don’t
even have to have a big imagination to be kind!
With iCare, you can find quick, simple ways to be kind to those
around you and encourage your peers and yourself through
iCare’s many sources of positive input.
Our features include:
Inspirational videos
A daily feed of heartening quotes and blog posts
Links to motivating books and other resources
The five love languages and the ways to be kind using them
Inspiring photos and quotes
A motivational playlist from Spotify
Sometimes life can get so hectic, it seems that you don’t have
the time or energy to think of those around you, but it doesn’t
take much to be kind. iCare will help remind you to take time to
be kind and be happy!

TEACHER & STUDENT
PAINPOINT:
How can we feel all this
work is worth it?

YOU FIND REASONSTO
CELEBRATE…

YOUR PEERS HELPYOU LEVEL UP
(PEER REVIEW)

YOU LEARN NEWTHINGS
TOGETHER…

YOUTAKE LOTS OF PICS AND
SHAREWITH PARENTS?
I use Bloomz to share with parents…

Assembling My Class Framework
2005 Social
Educational Network
(Ning & Blogging)
2005 Wiki
2006 Student
Productivity Tools
(iGoogle)
2006 Audio File
creation
2006 Video creation
2006 Global
collaboration
2007 Virtual Worlds 2010 Apps / QR Codes
2011 Cloud Storage/
Paperless
2013
Formative Assessment
Pltaforms (Socrative,
Kahoot)
2014 Sophia
2014-15 Haiku
Learning
#inflip Teaching
2014-15 Mobile App
Development with
Crescerance
X

This framework holds
everything else I do!

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How Do I EvaluateTools
To Reach As Many
Learners As Possible?

The Tools
(Framework)
Learning Styles
1
2

Learning
Styles
Logical
Mathematical
Linguistic
Spatial
Pictures
Bodily
Kinesthetic
Musical
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalist

Take a Vote!
Which tool should we investigate as it
relates to learning styles?
1. Educational Networking
2. Wikis
3. Digital Storytelling

Social Network
(Ning) •Blogging
•Forums
•Administration
•Organizing Site
•Linking sharer
•Acting
•Presenting
•(Get on film)
•Photography
•Camera Op
•VoiceThread
•Animoto
•Record audio files
•Audacity editor
•VoiceThread
•Animoto
•Photography
•Outdoor video
•Gcast remotely
•“Roving” reporter
•Google Earth
•Forums
•Cell phone enabled
Blogging or pics
•Discussion facilitators
•Reflections
•Reading &
opinion
•Debates

Wikis •Wiki Composition
•Writing
•Research
•Programming
•Organizing
•Widget finding
•Mentoring
•Acting
•Presenting
•(Get on film)
•Camera
•Photography
•Graphic Design
•“looks”
•Record audio files
•Audacity editor
•VoiceThread
•Animoto
•Outdoor dig storytlng
or photography
•Maps
•Environmental
research
•Discussion mgt
•Cell phone enabled
Blogging or pics, twitter
•Live streaming
•Reflecting
•Opinion
•Reporting on
group issues

Digital
Storytelling •Script Writer
•Call Sheets
•Production
Schedule
•Asst Director
•Acting
•Presenting
•Lighting
•Flow &
movement
•Camera
•Editing
•Lighting
•Storyboarding
•Audio Editing
•Music Selection
•Sound Capture
•Scene Scout
•Scene set up
•Storyboarding
•Acting
•Directing
•Movie Ideas
•Vision Casting
•Reflecting
•Status Reporting
•Journal
process
•Ideas

Use Multiple Intelligences as a
Planning Tool
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Step 5: Choice
PLACES: Creating a physical environment conducive for learning p 171-173
SPACES: Designing Electronic Spaces for Choice p 173- 186

Voice Thread
quick project •Write comment
•Uploading
photos
•Organizing
presentation
•Posing •Photography
•Audio
•Music
•Nature/map
related photos
•Opinions on such
topics
•Social aspects
•AUDIENCE!
•Reflections

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How do I interest
learners in what we’re
doing?

The Tools
(Framework)
Learning Styles
Interests
1
2
3

Interests
3
•Hobbies
•Music
•Theater
•Sports
•Poetry
•Arts
•Public Speaking
•Reading
•Academics
•Themes!
•“Causes”

Personal Interest Projects
“Invention”
projects
Dramatic
Projects
Opinion
“voice”
opportunities
Oral Debates
w/ follow up
Backchannels
Deep Research
projects
(proposed by
student)

You can make the whole class a
game! (I use classcraft)

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
What do I do when
students are at different
readiness levels?

The Tools
(Framework)
Learning Styles
Interests
Readiness
Level
1
2
3
4

Readiness Level in Subject
During projects
spend 1:1 time
daily w/ student
Sit beside
Check off rubric
items with student
Not
quite
Ready
Specific Rubrics
Self Track Rubrics
Over the Shoulder
and Verbal
Reporting to
Teacher Daily
Ready
Mentors for others
Awards
(Hall of Fame)
Competitions w/
other classrooms
Make them “cool”
by teaching cool
stuff
More
than
Ready
More ways to
excel past
the “100”

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How do I teach different
kinds of content?

The Tools
(Framework)
Learning Styles
Interests
Readiness
Level
Content
1
2
3
4 5

Content
•Classtools.net, dipity.com
•Flashcard Exchange, Quizlet, Brainscape
•Group document creation on Google Docs, Office 365,
One Note Backchannels
CRAM App, Flashcard apps on mobile devices, Mobl21
Facts / Dates /
Timelines/ Events /
Definitions
•Wiki Group Projects
•Link sharing (Diigo)
•Fake Facebook (www.myfakewall.com) Twistr at
Classtools.net (like Twitter)
•Livebinders
Details /
Significant
Individual
•Opinion Question Blog Posts
•Role Playing
•Video search and embedding
•Interviews of people who experienced it. (Video)
Events

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How do I get help and
know which app to pick?

Get your staff to make an
app keychain
Each person
brings 5 cards
Describe what
it does.
Put your name
on the back as
someone who
can help others
with it.

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
How do I bring this all
together and make it
simple?

The Tools
(Framework)
Learning
Environment
(essential link)
Learning Styles
Interests
Readiness
Level
Content
1
2
3
4 5
6

“I never
teach my
pupils,
I only
provide the
conditions in
which they
can learn"
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Students need a “home base”

Home Base Option 1:
Learning Management System

Home Base Option 2:
An Awesome Start Up Page

Accountability:
Every student
has their own ID!

Cooperative Groups
•Student Leadership Opportunities
•Project Manager, Assistant Project
Manager
•Student Led with Accountability
•Quick ways to divide in group
Digital Resources
•Equipped workstation
(webcam, audio, headsets)
•Specialty centers
(scanner, digital film, tripod, 3D
printer, vinyl cutter, greenscreen)
Student Choice
•Genius Hour / 20% Time
•Passion projects
•Topical Choice
•Presentation Choice
Class Rules
• 9 Key P’s of Proactive Knowledge
• Student Contribution
• Safety (Screenshots)
• Administrative Support for Rule
Breaking
Materials/ Supplies/
Resources
• Functional Equipment
• Textbook
• Consistent ACCESS
• Knowledgeable Teacher
Learning Environment
Pit Crew
Pit Crew
Pit Crew
Pit Crew
Pit Crew
Pit Crew

1Tools
2Learning Styles
3Interests
4Readiness
5Content
6Environment
7Process
A Classroom Car

TEACHER PAINPOINT:
What do I do if
technology isn’t
working?

1 “Pit Crew”
2 Car Designers
A Administrators

Technology is our
vehicle!
But not the ONLY
vehicle!

Secret of Driving Educational
Excellence

You’re teaching
students to drive their
own learning!

Thank you!
Vicki
Davis
@coolcatteacher

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