Differentiating+instruction

=Differentiating Instruction=


 * Premise: A textbook is not the best tool for differentiating instruction.**

Most textbooks are:
 * not motivating or exciting to most students
 * one size fits all
 * not accessible to most students
 * information and graphics overloaded
 * not divided into appropriate "chunks" of information

The following are **pedagogical features** that lead to effective differentiating:
 * Student choice for process and product
 * Multiple resources for different needs
 * Information chunks
 * Language support
 * Linked glossaries
 * Different levels of text
 * Visuals
 * Graphic organizers
 * Multiple practice opportunities
 * Multimedia = Engagement


 * Mobile technology** works for differentiation because:
 * It supports the pedagogical features described above.
 * It provides a way to bridge the gap between 30+ of them and one of you!
 * It is motivating for students.
 * It is inexpensive enough to be done 1:1.
 * It can facilitate tutorials, practice activities, mini-lessons, and projects.
 * It provides students with a private environment for their learning.
 * It can be used by students at home, bringing equity.

**TO LEARN MORE**
[|CAST - Differentiated Instruction]

[|ASCD - Differentiating Instruction]

Benjamin, Amy. //[|Differentiated Instruction Using Technology: A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers]//. Larchmon, NY: Eye on Education, 2005.

Rose, David, Anne Meyer, and Chuck Hitchcock, ed. //[|The Universally Designed Classroom: Accessible Curriculum and Digital Technologies]//. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2005.

Tomlinson, Carol Ann. [|How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms]. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2001.