Goals and Ideas to Explore:
1. How do we serve students at all levels of comprehension, without detracting from our advanced learners and how do we use technology to further this?
2. How do we differentiate for students that have obtained basic skills and have them move on to problem-solving and application utilizing available technology?
Programs like ALEKS or Rosetta Stone provide a great review, repetition for students who need more practice. Steph played around with using technology to collect "pre-test" data to determine groupings, but keeps coming back to the fact that paper/pencil is the best way to communicate in math. Some of my advanced problem solving groups did choose to communicate their process and ideas digitally-Educreations or movies.
3. How to provide choices and options for students with differing learning styles and preferences with appropriate technology?
Odile had great success in using a verbal testing situation with a student who had previously struggled with a written language assessment. It has been hugely motivating for this student-he found success in class and is working hard. Lucas talked about how this is affirming of our current philosophical emphasis...but we always struggle with the practicality of this at larger levels.
How do we communicate different learning adaptations that were successful forward to next teachers? How about College? What does this mean for career?
4. Discover new technology tools to enhance differentiation in our classrooms across different platforms and skills.
5. How do we let our students use technology on their own terms to work most efficiently in class and on projects?
6. How do we use technology to be as inclusive as possible for every student?
We found technology most useful in gathering resources and sharing ideas to help us learn about differentiation or affirm our choices, more so than specific tools for differentiation.
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