My Cyber Classroom for Differentiation and the 21st Century

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My Cyber Classroom for Differentiation and the
21st Century

• Tanya Windham
• Adams Middle School
• North Platte, Nebraska
• tlwindham_at_gmail.com

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WHY DIFFERENTIATE?

• Dont know about you, but my students are all
  very different.

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DIFFERENTIATE WHAT

• Content
• Process
• Product
• Learning Environment

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CONTENT

• Guiding Question(s) What do you really want all
  of your students to learn
• Integrating Differentiated Instruction
  Understanding by Design by Carol Ann Tomlison
  and Jay McTighe
• Human Body Systems - Webquest

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PROCESS

• What are the different ways they can develop the
  skills and knowledge necessary to answer the
  guiding question (s)
• Differentiated Instruction Using Technology A
  Guide for Middle and High School Teachers by Amy
  Benjamin
• Human Body Systems-Layers

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Product

• Is there more than one way to show what you
  learned?
• Videos/Podcast
• Songs
• Web Pages
• Wikis (http//pbworks.com/)
• Written
• Oral
• Books/eBooks (http//www.lulu.com/)
• Human Body Systems-WebQuest

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Learning Environment

• Different things for different students.
• Cooperative Groups
• Centers
• Choices (Circulatory System)
• Resources

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Tools Resources

• Brain Pop
• United Streaming
• Text Books (old new)
• Quia
• Jing
• Teacher Web
• PBWorks