3. What are YOU afraid of?
Top 8 concerns about differentiation.
4. 8. Unsure of how to implement it
7. Lack of student independence
6. Lack of resources and materials
5. Unsure of management strategies
4. Class size
3. Range of students needs
2. Amount of Preparation
1. TIME
5. Survey Says
6. Technology can be used to save time and help manage a
differentiated classroom!
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9. www.portaportal.com
Bookmark pages online for your students to use.
To differentiate for student needs, provide opportunities for
different levels of reading or practice on the same topic, guide
some students to more in-depth study using Webquests.
Use certain websites as anchoring activities for students when they
have finished with their work.
Creating an account is free and easy!
10. www.surveymonkey.com
Create online surveys that can be analyzed online for you.
Use this site to create differentiated assessments for your
students.
Use this site for pre and post testing.
Creating an account is free and easy!
11. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Use Rubistar to create rubrics for assessing student work.
To differentiate for students, create a generic rubric that can be
used for multiple projects, or create separate rubrics for each
type of student product choice.
Registration is free and easy!
12. www.spellingcity.com
Use Spelling City to post spelling lists for your students to
practice and take tests online.
Differentiate by posting separate lists.
Students can print the results of their tests or a certificate to
show completion.
Registration is free and easy!
13. www.thatquiz.org
Create multiple choice quizzes online for your students to
complete.
Differentiate for students by using this site for pre and post
testing.
Search for quizzes posted by other teachers.
Thatquiz will score the quizzes and give students and teacher
instant feedback.
Registration is free and easy!
14. http://edhd.bgsu.edu/ode/
Register to view information from the experts on gifted
education.
Resources include videos, Power Point presentations, and
articles.
This site provides resources for differentiation.
In order to use this site, you will need to let us know so that we
can register you with the program.
15. My Portaportal Account Guest access: Renegar
View lots of great content related links for your classroom.
I update these regularly as I find new ones.
If you have a topic you would like links for, please feel free to
contact me and I will add them in.
Many of the links are interactive tutorials or games for various
age groups.
16. Other Tools
Virtual manipulativeswww.urlant.com//yvwjls
17. Virtual timerwww.timeme.com
18. URL ant www.urlant.com
19. Virtual Dice www.urlant.com//yvwjlq
20. Interactive 100s chart www.urlant.com//yvwjlt
21. Timeline generator www.urlant.com//yvwjlu
22. Poster creator www.smartart.com
23. Printable rulers, graph paper, protractors in the math
tools section on my portaportal
