There are many different ways that technology can help with Differentiation within the classroom. Take content for instance. There are websites available that provide the same content at differing levels. One of my favorites is http://bensguide.gpo.gov/. If you are doing research projects on the US government or symbols, you can customize the level of information your students receive. For example, if I wanted 3rd graders to find out information on The Statue of Liberty, I would set up a Word document with hyperlinks that would send struggling readers to the K-2 section while those on grade level or above could go to the 3-5 section. Same questions, just different hyperlinks.
Another free site is http://42explore.com/. On this site, you can select a topic and see different resources and activities that go along with the topic for varying ability levels. Much of the work has been done for you!
Finally, there is the site http://www.readinga-z.com/. This is a subscription site so there is a yearly cost. It has different books on different levels. You can do a search by topic, say Martin Luther King Jr., and books for various levels will display. Again, all students are studying the same topic, just at their own level. There are also books available for projection on the whiteboards, Readers Theater scripts, as well as assessments like electronic running records.
For those of you who have taken my Differentiated Instruction Class: How Technology Can Help, look for Part II coming this Fall!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)