EDU 610 Module 8 Project by Maureen Cooper 8/15/11 Differentiating Instruction and Multiple Intelligences

My husband Bruce and I worked together on updating our school webpages. Last year we were taught how to add a picture and a little information. We thought it would be great to let other teachers/parents know more about Differentiating Instruction and Multiple Intelligences while learning to add to the webpage. Our district has control over font size and layout of webpage. We are only able to add information to the center and right columns. Before this class I did not seek out more technology to be added in my first grade classroom. *I purchased 5 mp3 players and put 30 picture book stories on all of them. The students will be able to use them for Listening to Reading in the Daily 5. *I wrote up a letter to a company that likes to donate to schools asking if he would want to purchase a Smartboard, projector and document camera for my classroom so that I could add more technology into the classroom. I have not heard back from him yet but I will follow up this week with a phone call. If for some reason I dont get a smartboard I have access to one every morning. I have downloaded several first grade lessons from www.smarttech.com What a great site for interactive lessons. * I sent an email to the local college about adding FitBalls into my first grade classroom to get the students to increase their physical activity without interrupting learning time. The local college said they would love to help out by purchasing them.

References Chapman, C. & King, R. (2005). Differentiated assessment strategies: One tool doesnt fit all. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc. Tomlinson, C.A. (2001). How to differentiate instruction in mixed-ability classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Here is the link to my site: http://www.augustaschools.org/schools/gilbert_elementary_school/ maureen_cooper-grade_1.php

Multiple Intelligences
Here is a cool song and video that helps to explain MI. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmW_3ZhQZpc&feature= related What are Multiple Intelligences? This next site describes each of the intelligences in plain terms. http://literacyworks.org/mi/intro/index.html How will I use Multiple Intelligences in the classroom? Here we see how it can be applied to your daily teaching. This link contains several other links that allow you to get a more in depth understanding. http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index_sub2. html Meet Howard Gardner via video: Mr. Gardner is the founding father of Multiple Intelligences and is still continuing his research. http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-howardgardner-video What is your learning style? Want to know your learning style? Take the quiz. There are 24 questions, and it will take less than five minutes to complete. http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-stylesquiz Find out your childs learning style http://www.casacanada.com/howcan.html

Dare to Differentiate
Now it is time to try differentiation in your classroom. Below are several sites that contain multiple links to lessons and ideas that you can use. They are for a variety of grade levels and subjects. Have fun exploring and trying new things. Your students will have fun learning along with you. Good chance for you to model as a life long learner.(Tomlinson, 2001)

Dare to Differentiate http://www.learnerslink.com/curriculum.htm http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_ meeting.phtml

Kathy Shrocks site:

If you could only go to one site to work on differentiation, this is the one. Full of great ideas and lessons along with rubrics and assessments. A great one stop shop.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

Differentiating ideas: http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/ Livebinders on Differentiating http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=62508

One Tool Doesnt Fit All: Tear Into Your Intelligences from Chapman and King

Chapman & King

Assessments and Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Strategies for Differentiating Instruction
We as teachers need to look at differentiating instruction as a simple 3 step process. Pre-assessment, On-going Assessment, and Final Assessment. At each step,
adjustments will be made to adapt to the students needs. (Tomlinson, 2001) The following links give examples of each type of assessments along with rubrics.

http://boe.ming.k12.wv.us/teachers/di/di_rubrics/i ntroduction%20to%20DI%20assessment.htm http://www.sdesa6.org/content/docs/StrategiesTha tDifferentiateInstructionK_4-080808.pdf Choice Boards

A choice board is used to give students a sense of ownership and responsibility in their learning. It is a set of assessment activities placed in grids in which the students decide which ones to complete. The design of the grid will vary according to the number of assessments. A typical choice board is set up like a tic-tac-toe outline with nine choices.(Chapman and King, 2005) A great site for examples and ideas of choice boards is the Dare to Differentiate site below.

http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Choice%20 Boards Technology

The use of technology in a differentiated classroom is essential to its success. Some examples of the use of technology can be seen through-out the various sites being presented. Scholastic is a great place to start.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id= 3747918

Ways that I Differentiate in my 1st grade classroom

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/ihaveadream.htm http://www.learnerslink.com/curriculum.htm Daily 5 program for Literacy http://www.the2sisters.com/the_daily_5.html Debbie Diller Math Stations for Math www.debbiediller.com I am adding mp3 players for Listening to Reading in the Daily 5 http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=85791 &title=Differentiating_with_an_MP3 Computer use in the classroom http://www.nhcs.net/technology/resources/differentiation/ http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Links for 1st grade http://ethemes.missouri.edu/grades?locale=en#1 My own Portal for 1st grade http://my.portaportal.com/ Smartboard in the classroom: http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=&subject=All% 20subjects&grade=Grade%201&region=en_US
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