This document discusses ways to differentiate instruction and assessment using Web 2.0 tools. It outlines universal design principles that provide flexibility and meet diverse learner needs. It also describes multiple intelligences and strategies for each, along with technology tools to support different learning styles, including verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musical-rhythmic, intrapersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, and naturalist intelligences. Specific Web 2.0 tools are suggested for differentiating instruction across content, process and product.

1. Web 2.0 Tools
Instruction, Assessment and Differentiation
2012 Summer Teaching Innovations Academy
California State University, Fresno

2. Let’s Recap!

3. Universal Design Principles
1. Provide multiple representation of
information.
2. Provide multiple means of
expression.
3. Provide multiple means of
engagement.
UDL principles provide flexibility and
meet the needs of all learners.

4. Learning Styles
 words (linguistic intelligence)
 numbers or logic (logical-mathematical
intelligence)
 pictures (spatial intelligence)
 music (musical intelligence)
 self-reflection (intrapersonal intelligence)
 a physical experience (bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence)
 a social experience (interpersonal
intelligence), and/or
 an experience in the natural world. (naturalist
intelligence)

5. How Can you Differentiate
Instruction and Assessment?
 Ask yourself, “What do I want my
students to know, understand, or do?”
◦ Content – what do students learn – how
can they access
◦ Process – how do students learn – how
do students make sense of the learning
◦ Product – the way in which students
demonstrate knowledge, how students will
show what they learned

6. Tying it all together with Web
2.0
 eDifferentiation – using technology to
meet the diverse needs of students
◦ Use a variety of instructional approaches
to modify content, process, and/or
produces in response to learning
readiness, interest, and learning profile of
academically diverse students
 Consider allowing students to make
choices about how they want to
demonstrate knowledge - Create

7. Bloom’s Interactive Pyramid

8. Verbal Linguistic
 Capacity to use language, think in words
 Strategies:
Discussion, Storytelling, Writing, Listenin
g, Word Games
 Technologies: Word
Clouds/Wordle, Discussions/VoiceThrea
d, Digital
Storytelling/Fotobabble, Presentations/Pr
ezi, Wiki/wikispaces, Mindmaps/Creately,
Comics/Toondoo, Bitstrips, eBook or
Digital
Magazine/Yudu, Podcasts/Podbean, Sou

9. Logical Mathematics
 Capacity to use numbers, think by
reasoning
 Strategies: Calculate, Collect
Data, Organize
Data, Sequencing, Classifying, Experime
nts, Solving Problems
 Technologies:
Surveys/SurveyMonkey, Mindmapping, V
irtual Manipulatives/National Library of
Virtual
Manipulatives, Spreadsheets/Editgrid, C
harts and Graphs/Chart and Graph
Generators, Timelines/Xtimeline, Dipity,
Virtual Whiteboard/Skrbl, Organized
Series of Experiences/Mightybell

10. Visual Spatial
 Capacity to visualize, think in images
and pictures
 Strategies: Draw, visualize, design,
visual stories, metaphors, illustrations,
mind mapping, storyboards, maps
 Technologies: Online
Sketches/Sketchcast, Virtual Trips,
Posters/Glogster, Visual
Glossaries/Tagul, Animated
Stories/GoAnimate, Maps/Google Lit
Trips, Virtual Pin Board/Pinterest

11. Musical Rhythmic
 Capacity to use music, think via rhythm
and melody
 Strategies: Listening, create
songs, sounds, inductive/deductive
reasoning, poetry/multimedia creations
 Technologies: Live
Shows/Ustream, Video
Production/Masher, Cartoons and
Music/Creaza, Audio
Clips/Vocaroo, Animations/Animoto, Mini
cast/Podomatic, Video Clips/Educational
Video Sites, Online Radio
Station/Spreaker, Online Multimedia
Channel/Splashcast

12. Intrapersonal
 Self smart, capacity to understand
themselves, think in relation to
needs, feelings and goals
 Strategies: Goal setting, reflective
writing, diagramming, recording
ideas, independent activities
 Technologies: Concept
Maps, Blogs, Digital
Portfolios/Wix.com, Virtual Box/Museum
Box, Surveys, Inventories/Google
Forms, Independent Research, One on
One Conferencing/Skype, Note
Taking/Notetaker, Wallwisher

13. Bodily Kinesthetic
 Capacity to use your body to solve
problems
 Strategies: Hands
on, constructing, manipulative, role
plays, simulations, virtual field
trips, demonstrations
 Technologies:
Definitions/Wordle, Recording
Audio, Movies/Xtranormal, Create 3-D
Models/Google Sketch-Up, Virtual
Tours/Mapwing, Interactive
Activities/Interactives, Interactive

14. Interpersonal
 Social smart, capacity to understand
others, think by sharing ideas with others
 Strategies: Group projects, discussions ,
group presentation, peer tutoring,
games, mentoring,
 Technologies: Group writing/Google
Docs, Interactive Magazines/ Openzine,
Global Connections/ePals, Group Video/
Livestream, Create a Demo/5Minute
Examples , Create a Tutorial/Jing, Group
Word Walls/Wallwisher, Games/Games
for Change, Sharendipity

15. Naturalist
 Nature smart, capacity to understand the
natural world, think through nature.
 Strategies: investigation, classification, field
trips, field
works, observations, documentaries.
 Technologies: Virtual Field Trips/Community
Walk, Virtual Experiments, Research/Open
Library, Virtual
Exploration/GoogleEarth, Virtual Labs and
Simulations, Categorizing & Organizing/Many
Eyes, Field Log/Opentopia Free Live
Webcams, Tours On Your Own
Map/Vistazoo, Documentaries/Top
Documentary Films

16. SoundCloud
 What: an online audio distribution
platform allowing collaboration,
promotion and distribution of audio
recordings
 How: join, make recording using your
laptop mic, upload and embed in
course
 It’s Easy! Monica’s SoundCloud

17. Pinterest
 What: a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows
you to organize and share all the useful
things you find on the web. You can
browse pinboards and get inspiration
from others.
 How: request an invite, create a
pinboard, pin images from either your
photo collection or the Internet
 Education Use:
http://pinterest.com/pin/13137851410000
2666/