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Successful Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom, by Carolyn Coil, focuses on specific practical strategies that you can use to differentiate the curriculum, instruction, and assessments in your classroom. Via Virginia (Pavlovich 
Maybe “design” can help in understanding the importance of cultural diversity and interdisciplinarity.
Why? Because, “to design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit; it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade and even perhaps to amuse.”-Paul Rand
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Each Pecha Kucha speaker presents with a deck of 20 slides (or images) each. Each of these slides progresses automatically to the next one, after being visible onscreen for 20 seconds. This is the reason why Pecha Kucha is often called 20x20... Via Baiba Svenca 
Clipgenerator – create your personal music video with well-known pop music for free... ... Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, of the children who use the Internet, 80% use it at least once a week and five out of five who enter chat rooms will encounter a sexual predator or inappropriate information. This is one of the reasons for Harleys Kids Club to provide the resources online for children to learn about Internet and technology safety at an early age, so they can avoid being harmed by inappropriate web information in the future. Via Anna Karidi Pirounaki 
These talks offer insights, concerns, and inspiration while discussing today's educational practices and shortcomings, from a variety of perspectives. ... Via Ana Cristina Pratas, juandoming 
Customizing your teaching to suit each child makes eminent sense. Kids are different, they learn differently, so we should teach them differently, right? 
Using Google's Online Apps to Enhance a Class and Accommodate StudentsTechnoratiTeachers have little time left outside of overall class instruction to truly differentiate for each student. 
Excellent post on formative #assessment: Instructional Practices with Huge Impact http://t.co/cdYFtbxd #edchat #elemchat #data #k12... Via Fulton Schools Professional Learning 
RT @TeachHub: Easy Differentiation for Classroom Teachers: http://t.co/BYgBPLt7 via @theOCBlog #DifferentiatedInstruction #DI #teachertuesday... 
Here's a chart that explains the differences between personalization, differentiation, and individualization. 
LiveBinders are a free, virtual 3-ring binder, a place to collect and store (using cloud technology) documents, links, PowerPoint presentations, images, videos, etc. One nice feature of LiveBinders is you can view the external ... |
Awesome ideas for differentiation in the classroom. Choice boards based on Bloom and Gardner, UbD resources, etc. Great resource! 
In media studies we often look at the creation of print and digital advertisements. Traditionally, students learn many of the foundational principles for creating a layout through a lecture or text book reading, and then eventually create their own. What if we started with creativity rather than principles? Via JackieGerstein Ed.D., Pippa Davies @PippaDavies What is differentiated instruction? Are you already doing it? How can technology support and enhance differentiation?
Successful Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom, by Carolyn Coil, focuses on specific practical strategies that you can use to differentiate the curriculum, instruction, and assessments in your classroom. 
Let your fingers do the walking over to Education.com to view a neat history activity that is appropriate for students of all ages. This lesson provides opportunities for movement, choice, and creativity. 
This video playlist of three case studies of teachers integrating gaming into their classroom is worth a look if you are still wondering about the benefits of video game design. One teacher talks about using Minecraft; another, about how her traditional use of board games and design naturally shifted to video gaming when her school began to get computers and technology; and the other works at the Quest to Learn school that has a philosophical base built on gaming. Via Nik Peachey 
Co.CreateA Fun, Google-Powered Way For English Language Students To Improve PronunciationCo.CreateThe issue with so many language-learning tools is that they are dry, but this game has a sense of humor. Via KiwiBelma, Petra Pollum 
Effective and progressive educators understand and attempt to implement PBL strategies and practices within their learning settings. What is PBL? Project-Based Learning? Passion-Based Learning?... Via Lisa Durff
Customizing your teaching to suit each child makes eminent sense. Kids are different, they learn differently, so we should teach them differently, right? 
In reviewing the current curriculum, it was apparent that a backwards design approach would be the most effective method for this instructional design project. In Understanding by Design, Wiggins and McTighe (2005) identify ... 
Who says that learning has to be lame? Take the boring out of those old Social Studies books add in cool stories, links, and videos, and you get Go Social Studies Go. Currently there are 6 sections: Global Religions, History (ancient, medieval, 19th & 20th century, colonial, American), World Geography, Choose Your Own Adventure (The Underground Railroad and Immigration with more to be added), History Legal Files (the Trial of Marie Antoinette with Brown vs Topeka Board of Ed. to be added soon), Cool Sites (a Scoop.it site by Go Social Studies Go), and Teacher Resources (a wikispaces site). It appears that additional information will be added. If you teach social studies check this site out, and share it with others! Via Beth Dichter 
Quick 2 minute videos on differentiated instruction and classroom grouping methods. Dr. Beverly Epps of the University of Mary Washington College of Graduate and Professional Studies discusses the "understanding by design" model. |
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