4/28/19

Technology for
Differentiation

Session Overview

● What Is Differentiation?

● Differentiation Strategies

● Differentiation with Technology

● Resources

Objectives
Participants will:

● Gain an overview of differentiation and differentiated instruction;

● Be able to learn about differentiation strategies with technology; and

● Be part of a Quizalize live activity(student/teacher view

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Are you a
BOWLER?

Why Differentiate?
● All kids are different.
● One size does not fit all.
● Differentiation provides all students with access to all curriculum.

What we know about

differentiation?

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Differentiation is...
●A teacher’s response to learner needs

● The recognition of students’ varying background

knowledge and preferences

● Instruction that appeals to students’ differences

DI means…….. DI does not mean……….

Flexible, short term groupings that allow students to Labelling students or grouping by ability
work with a variety of peers with the same or different
strengths and interest.

Engaging and interesting tasks for all learning Confining some students to low level, repetitive or
preferences, interest and levels of readiness rote tasks while others engage in higher-order
thinking

A reasonable number of well constructed choices that Different students working on different expectations
address identified needs/strengths of students with varying success criteria (e.g., different rubrics)

Students learning about themselves to help them Teachers assuming responsibility for making all
make effective and informed choices decision regarding student choice

Routines, procedures, and classroom agreements are A chaotic or unstructured classroom environment
in place

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Teachers Can Differentiate

Content Process Product

According to Students’
Learning
Readiness Interest Profile

Adapted from The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners (Tomlinson, 1999). 10

What strategies can you share about

differentiating instruction to
maximize student learning?

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Differentiation Strategies
1. Group students based on knowledge
2. Create pods with student captains
3. Create tiered lessons
4. Create handouts for common questions
5. Include hands-on activities and projects
6. Provide study guides, worksheets, and notes
7. Flip your classroom
8. Leverage your students' strengths
9. Practice flexible grouping
10. Offer more choices for learning
11. Think-pair-share
12. Digital curriculum/Technology

Low Prep & High Prep Strategies

Technology for Differentiation

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Technology Apps I use

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Why ?
● Online platform
● Easy access for students
○ No signing-in
○ Computer, tablets, phones
● Align assessments to curriculum standards
● short-term and long-term data on classroom performance
● Differentiate by automatically assigning follow up
activities based on student performance.

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1. Choose the Assessment

Differentiate
with

2. Assign follow up activities

(immediate differentiation)

Differentiate
with

3. Reflect on the results

Differentiate
with

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Let’s Play

Resources
1. http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108028/chapters/Differentiation@-
An-Overview.aspx

2. https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-resources/examples-of-
differentiated-instruction/

3. https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/differentiated-instruction-strategies-
examples-download/#unique-identifier
4. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/quizalize/Quizalize+Teacher+Guide.pdf
5. https://www.quizalize.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Step-by-Step-
Quizalize-Google-Classroom.pdf