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Differentiation Quick Tip: Mrs. McCabe’s Differentiated Review Process

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Greece Athena

Here are the documents Mrs. McCabe referenced in her Differentiation Quick Tip presentation at our Focus Meeting today.  Both files are in available in MS Word so you can modify them to your course if you click on the images … Continue reading →

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Byrdseed: A Great Online Tool for Brainstorming Differentiated Instruction

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Greece Athena

Checkout this interesting resource for generating learning objectives and activities from a wide range of Blooms Taxonomy. Click on the image below to visiting the website. This can bemused for brainstorming differentiation ideas.

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Differentiation Strategy – Cubing

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Greece Athena

Here is a linke to a wiki that is devoted to a differentiation strategy called cubing.  Cubing is basically an instructional strategy that asks students to consider a concept from a variety of different perspectives. Here are the basics of … Continue reading →

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Busting the Myths about Differentiated Instruction

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Greece Athena

This is a list of 10 commonly held myths about differentiated instruction.  These myths are from an incredible article by Rick Wormeli from a recent edition of the Principal Leadership Magazine.  Rick is a teacher and an author based out … Continue reading →

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Carousel Activities: A Collaborative Approach to Stations

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Greece Athena

This video presents an fresh and interesting take on the “stations” approach to learning. Rather than having the students move between stations, the stations move between different groups of students.  Students in each group have different tasks and are working … Continue reading →

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Differentiating Instruction with Tiered Exit Cards

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Greece Athena

Here is a “Do Now” strategy for differentiating your instruction for the next lesson.  Essentially, in this video you will discover how one teacher differentiates her ticket out the door based on the level of mastery students achieve during the … Continue reading →

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Carol Tomlinson Videos on Differentiation

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Greece Athena

On Differentiation: Seizing Opportunities   On Differentiation: Responsive Teaching   On Differentiation: Proactive Instruction   On Differentiation: Connecting Kids and Content   On Differentiation: A Sample M.S. Ed. Class

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Implementing Differentiated Instruction: A Self Assessment Update

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Greece Athena

As we continue to focus on increasing our ability to effectively differentiate our instruction to meet the diverse needs of our learners it is important to periodically check in on how we are doing. The chart on the left compares … Continue reading →

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Differentiated Instruction Resources

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Greece Athena

Here is a list of resources that has been gathered by the Differentiation Committee that you might find helpful as we continue on the journey… Enhancing Learning with Technology – This site focuses on integrating technology, but has some good ideas for … Continue reading →

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Differentiating Across the Levels of Bloom (by Mr. Bruner)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Greece Athena

Check out this incredible resource on differentiation put together by Mr. Bruner.  In this PowerPoint you will find 10-15 different activities and strategies to differentiate your instruction at each level of Blooms Taxonomy. That’s over 80 different ideas for how … Continue reading →

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