Differentiation

and Web 2.0 Tools

Presented by Bianca BeckerSummer 2014

What methods do you currently use to deliver and differentiate instruction, and assess student learning?

What digital tools could you use to accomplish these tasks?

iDifferentiate

Tools for lesson differentiation, content creation and presentation

What is ?

ThingLink offers a web platform and iOS mobile app for creating and sharing interactive images. This allows teachers or students to add content inside any image- including photos, videos and audio players, web links and more- that appear in the image when shared and viewed.

You can also install a simple piece of code to a blog or webpage in order to display the image.

Create Interactive Reports and

Book Talks Ask students to locate and download

an image that best illustrates the general topic of the report.

Then add information as appropriate: Short audio clips Primary source documents Podcasts or speeches Videos about the topic Google Docs or presentations Link a map or slideshow of

captioned pictures

Photograph a book cover

Students add links to of their recorded book talk

Students can add video or audio trailer for the book

Differentiated Instruction

or Lesson Tutorials

Educreations & Explain Everything

Both Educreations and Explain Everything allow you to use an iPad as a recordable whiteboard that captures audio and annotations.

Students can use these apps to create videos that showcase their work and explain their thinking. The videos can then be shared onto different web platforms.

Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is a presentation tool similar to PowerPoint. You are able to create a slideshow that can be shared online and embedded in several sites.

Students can create presentations that highlight important facts and details about a topic.

Popplet and Padlet

Popplet is a mind mapping tool that can be used by students to generate and organize ideas, or explain a topic.

Padlet can be an independent or collaborative workspace that allows students to upload images, audio, and video. Students can also make annotations on the wall they create.

Museum Box Museum Box provides

users with the tools to build up an argument or description of an event, person, or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. Users can display anything from a text file to a movie. They can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

Students can place items to describe the life of a book character, historical figure, or current event.

Blendspace

Blendspace allows you to create a learning pathway for students. You can collect web resources in one place and share the link with your students.

Teachers can measure student understanding with built-in quizzes, monitor progress, and adapt instruction to meet student needs in real-time.

Writing & StorytellingTools for developing writing and creating

stories digitally

Boomwriter Process:

Teacher creates an account and signs up students.

Select a story start and have students create and submit the next chapter.

Students vote on which chapter wins and are able to edit the chapter as needed.

Continue for as many chapters as you want and when you are ready you can publish.

Stories can be bound and available for purchase.

Storybird

“Takes the writing process and reverses it by starting with the image and “unlocking” the story inside.” -storybird.com

Easily manage and even grade stories in app

Easy to share and embed stories on blogs or wikis

Unlimited PDF downloads

Not just for picture books but chapter books, essays, poetry and longform books

Free for up to 35 students- small cost for more students

Digital Storytelling Tools & Apps

iMovie

MovieMaker

LegoMovieMaker

Toontastic

Animoto

ePortfoliosTools for creating digital portfolios that

highlight student work

There are 3 types of portfolios

Google Apps for Education

• Start Small:• Gather everything

you can into Google Drive

• Then make a goal to do 1 project per grading period

• Have students reflect using Google forms

• Have students publish using Google sites and save their data on their Google Drives

Blogs in the classroom

Blogging gives students an authentic audience. “Research has long shown

that students write more, write in greater detail, and take greater care with spelling, grammar and punctuation, when they are writing to an authentic audience over the internet.”

- Lorrie Jackson, Education World

Blog entries can be read and responded to by classmates, teachers, and parents (collaboration & feedback).

Benefits of Blogging

Students develop technological literacy

Students learn to be ethical digital citizens

Students develop writing skills and voice

Students are engaged

Students can make global connections

Students practice typing skills.

Promotes creative thinking and self-expression

“Blogs provide a communication space that teachers can utilize with students whenever there is a curriculum need to develop writing, share ideas and reflect on work being undertaken in the classroom.” -Blogs in Education

Image from:

http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/12/25/creating-an-outline-for-blogging-unit-plan/

How can I use blogging in my classroom?

Journaling

Writer’s Workshop

Writing Genres

Sharing writing and other works

Peer Revising/Editing

Projects- all subject areas

iPad or digital creations

Reading discussions

Book Reviews

e-Portfolios

Goal Setting

Document Growth

Self Evaluation

Blogging Tips

Establish Rules/Procedures for posting and commenting to posts What is your learning goal? Create your account Become familiar with your blog service Create student accounts Review what blogging is with parents

and students Set and share guidelines for parents

and students

Model how to write a blog post or show students examples of student blogs

Model how to comment on posts

Make blogging a part of your regular schedule (rotations, centers, morning work).

Resources

Free Technology for Teachers- “ 65+ Ways to Use ThingLink in Your Classroom

What ThingLink Can do for Education ThingLink How to Video How to Create a ThingLink ABCya Animate

Kidblog Resources

& Examples How to set up a class

on Kidblog

Commenting Guidelines 1

Commenting Guidelines 2

Sample Blog Rubric 1

Sample Blog Rubric 2

Sample Blog Rubric 3

Blogging in the Classroom

Assessment 2.0 Way Tutorials Examples Rubrics

Videos- Lea

rn KidBlog in 5 minutes or less

Kidblog

How to Write a Quality Comment

Examples

Kidblog- 2nd Grade

Kidblog- 4th Grade

Google Apps for Education Resources

• Intro to Google Apps for Education

• Google Forms in the ELA Classroom

• Google Docs for Learning

• Grade and Annotate Students Work from Google Drive

• Using Google Docs in the Classroom

• Differentiation with Google Forms

• 80 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms in Your Classroom

• Chrome Store Crash Course

• Google Drive: Organizing Student Folders

• How to Manage Digital Portfolios Using Page-level Permissions in Google Sites

• Google Forms: How to create a quiz that automatically grades itself on Google Docs

• Google Docs Tips for Teachers