Week 7 Assignment

[Sarah Smith]

Almost done!

Here's what we have to do this week:

Differentiation Station Assignment

This week, take this final opportunity to review the Differentiation
Station social network your group developed. Think about how you will
use the resources, strategies, tools, and ideas in your classroom.

In your group's Differentiation Station Wiki, post a summary of how
you will use the resources in the Differentiation Station social
network to help you implement the principles of Universal Design for
Learning and Differentiated Instruction. Describe three ways you will
use technology to provide your students with instruction that meets
their diverse learning needs based on your learning as you developed
the Differentiation Station.

Suggested assignment length: 2-3 paragraphs

[Sarah Smith]

Sharing resources in this manner has been a terrific experience for
me. I am having a harder time understanding the strength of people's
objections to social networking at school in light of how I have
experienced its use here. There are a number of resources I plan to
use to help my students that would never have been brought to my
attention without this network!

The first resources I plan to use were recommended by Mary (http://
www.nhcs.net/technology/resources/differentiation/ and
http://www.foridahoteachers.org/differentiation_framework.htm). Both
of these sites will serve as a starting point for me as I design
lessons that are differentiated and use technology to assist in that
differentiation. What I most like about those sites is that they will
remind me of some of the great stuff I have learned in this course so
that I follow through on adjusting my curriculum to meet the diverse
needs of my learners.

In addition to using those resources to help design and plan my
lessons, I will also use technology to help me provide multiple
representations to students as recommended for UDL. Noreen helped me
learn about augmented reality technology (http://www.getty.edu/art/
exhibitions/north_pavilion/ar/index.html) and it seems to have promise
for my history students. With this technology I can bring historical
artifacts to life in the classroom without actually having any
historical artifacts. I also hope to use blogs to differentiate the
product in my classroom as Francesca wrote. It could be also be a
great way to change the discussion and reflection component of my
classroom as it will encourage learners who do not process quickly or
who have a hard time verbalizing to share their thoughts later in
written form. With just these few resources I already have a great
start to my quest for more differentiated learning. As Tomlinson
suggests, I will take it slow and implement these resources first.
When those are successful, I can try for more!

[Noreen]

Sarah,
So happy to see that I brought you a usful tool that you can
incorporate into your classroom. I have one other that you may like as
well. I love the idea of using the Art to teach History. The
Smithsonian American Art Museum has a great program that is brought
right to you via video conferencing. This distance learning program,
called Artful Connections, uses real-time video conferencing in which
museum docents teach lessons about U.S. history and culture using the
museums’ extensive holdings of American art. So – it’s basically a
Smithsonian-led tour of Smithsonian artwork taking place right in YOUR
classroom! And best of all – it’s FREE!
Noreen

On Jun 18, 10:29 pm, Sarah Smith <mssmith...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sharing resources in this manner has been a terrific experience for
> me. I am having a harder time understanding the strength of people's
> objections to social networking at school in light of how I have
> experienced its use here. There are a number of resources I plan to
> use to help my students that would never have been brought to my
> attention without this network!
>

> The first resources I plan to use were recommended by Mary (http://www.nhcs.net/technology/resources/differentiation/andhttp://www.foridahoteachers.org/differentiation_framework.htm). Both

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[Sarah Smith]

Noreen,
I really appreciate that resource! I have Skyped with a local history
expert before but never tried video conferencing. Is is pretty much
the same thing? If so, then I will definitely be pursuing this
connection with the Smithsonian.
Thank you again for your participation in the group and your great
ideas,
sarah

On Jun 19, 7:12 am, Noreen <noreen.vanhou...@waldenu.edu> wrote:
> Sarah,
> So happy to see that I brought you a usful tool that you can
> incorporate into your classroom. I have one other that you may like as
> well. I love the idea of using the Art to teach History. The
> Smithsonian American Art Museum has a great program that is brought
> right to you via video conferencing. This distance learning program,
> called Artful Connections, uses real-time video conferencing in which
> museum docents teach lessons about U.S. history and culture using the
> museums’ extensive holdings of American art. So – it’s basically a
> Smithsonian-led tour of Smithsonian artwork taking place right in YOUR
> classroom! And best of all – it’s FREE!
> Noreen
>
> On Jun 18, 10:29 pm, Sarah Smith <mssmith...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Sharing resources in this manner has been a terrific experience for
> > me. I am having a harder time understanding the strength of people's
> > objections to social networking at school in light of how I have
> > experienced its use here. There are a number of resources I plan to
> > use to help my students that would never have been brought to my
> > attention without this network!
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> > The first resources I plan to use were recommended by Mary (http://www.nhcs.net/technology/resources/differentiation/andhttp://ww...). Both