You can differentiate and connect with students. We must learn how to connect. Differentiation in the classroom is important and you can do it with technology. We must teach to all students and help them learn in the way that they can remember and retain what we're teaching. Education technology must have a purpose.

1. Technology Driven
Differentiated Instruction
Vicki Davis, Teacher
@coolcatteacher

2. WETEACH KIDS WE SEETHE
WORLD DIFFERENTLY

3. 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”

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

5. I wish she
knew
my name.

7. 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

8. 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

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

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

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

13. The
problem with
technology

15. Transport us
to a better
education

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Every student
learns
differently!

17. Deliver using dual
encoding.

18. Technology Driven Differentiation
AClassroom
BAdministration

19. 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

20. T h e C l a s s r o o m C a r
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.

22. The power of Three!

23. 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
Merging SIS
(Powerschool) with
LMS (Haiku Learning)
2015-2016
T h e C l a s s r o o m C a r
X

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1. Educational Network
(Ning) – PRIVATE!

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

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

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

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34. 3. Student Productivity Tools
• 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?

35. 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

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

37. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 7th! Virtual Worlds
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43. My virtual world “toolkit”
3D
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Second Life
(2007-2010)
Open Sim
(2011-2012)
Google
Sketchup
(2013)
Minecraft.edu
(2014-2016)

44. #8 Apps / QR Codes
http://j.mp/class-qr

45. #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

46. #9 Cloud Storage/ As
Paperless as Possible
Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Gmail
• Google Docs
• Google Sites

47. #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

48. #11 Simulation Environments
http://aic.conflix.org
University of Michigan

49. #12 Formative Assessment
Socrative
ROCKS
www.socrative.com!
Tip: Play quizzes as races for
review. Use open ended questions

50. #13 “flipped” techniques to F2F

51. MY FAVORITE SCREENCASTING
TOOL: OFFICE MIX

52. CONSISTENT LAYOUT OF SCREEN
Essential
Questions
Video with
Custom
Thumbnail
Assignments

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

54. #14 CRESCERANCE: MOBILE APP
DEVELOPMENT
Want to be a happier person? The secret to being a truly happy
person may lie in the most unlikely of places: being kind and
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!

55. BUT WE DO SO MUCH MORE…

56. AND MORE…

57. AND MORE…

58. AND MORE…

59. 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
T h e C l a s s r o o m C a r
X

60. This framework holds
everything else I do!

61. 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

62. Online
behavior has
Offline
consequences!

63. T h e C l a s s r o o m C a r
The Tools
(Framework)
Learning Styles
1
2

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

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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. T h e C l a s s r o o m C a r
The Tools
(Framework)
Learning Styles
Interests
1
2
3

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

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

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

76. 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”

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

78. Content
Facts / Dates / Timelines/ Events / Definitions
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
Details /
Significant Individual
Wiki Group Projects
Link sharing (Diigo)
Fake Facebook (www.myfakewall.com) Twistr at Classtools.net (like Twitter)
Livebinders
Events
Opinion Question Blog Posts
Role Playing
Video search and embedding
Interviews of people who experienced it. (Video)

80. Twister on Classtools.net

81. 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
1
2
3
4 5
6

82. “I never
teach my
pupils,
I only
provide the
conditions in
which they
can learn"
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83. Two essential aspects
• Formative Assessment
– Kahoot
– Socrative
– Plickers
– “Ticket to Leave”
– Twitter Wall
• Self Assessment
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84. The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9
Wikis
Collaborative
Writing Apps
Blogs
Social
Bookmarking
Graphic
Organizers
Collaborative
Notebooks
ePaper
Cartooning
Cloud
Syncing

85. Collaboration
with
individual
contribution

86. Accountability:
Every student
has their own ID!

87. Students need a “home base”

88. 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

89. 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

90. 1Tools
2Learning Styles
3Interests
4Readiness
5Content
6Environment
7Process
A Classroom Car

91. AClassroom
BAdministration

92. 1 “Pit Crew”
2 Car Designers
A Administrators

93. 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

94. Why I fight this fight

95. Technology is our
vehicle!
But not the ONLY
vehicle!

96. Secret of Driving Educational
Excellence

97. You’re teaching
students to drive their
own learning!

98. Then…

99. You’re
worth
the
price!

100. QUESTIONS?
Vicki
Davis
@coolcatteacher