to Engage Learners and Differentiate Instruction

Andrew Halter

Tech Integrator

Hampton Twp School District

Web Based Strategies

“Admit that the waters around you have grown…” ~Bob Dylan

We are "moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age." Schools must prepare students for a different workplace--one that values innovation, imagination, creativity, communication, and emotional intelligence.

~ Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind 2005

Student Needs—The BIG picture:

Anderson, L. W., & Krathwohl, D. R.. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. 2001. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.

Today’s students demand…"Engage me or enrage me,"

~Mark Prensky

Student Needs—The Reality

Technology Construction

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Coaching

Rigor and relevance Framework of William Daggett

Content--by giving teachers and students access to information in practically infinite and ever growing forms

Process--by providing tools to vary instructional practice and opportunities for flexible grouping and collaboration

Product --by providing tools to CREATE and show understanding to make relevant connections

Web Tools "Engage" Learners

Informal discussionPre-assessment of knowledgeFormative assessment (check for

understanding)Skill grouping

Web ResourcesChatzy.com –set up chat rooms instantlyCover It Live—embeddable chat window (

example)

Chat Rooms

Classroom Websites to post resources, links, and supplemental materials

Discussion PlatformA window into understanding and a chance for

enrichment

Individual Web PortfolioStudents can publish, share and evaluate work

Project Based LearningA dynamic tool to showcase understanding

Resources Wikispaces.com Ways to Wiki.wikispaces.com

Wikis

“The tools allowed us to design a project that was consistent with the current curriculum and engaged students in a real-world application of the concepts involved.  Students projects were creative, informative and demonstrated a deep understanding of the their topics.”

~Chuck Ceccarelli (HS Chemistry)

Teacher Feedback

Independent Reading ReflectionsReader Response JournalRelevance and Connections Creative Voice BlogsKWL logs

ResourcesEdublogsBlogger from Google

Blogs

“From my students’ own mouths came the comments that blogging was much preferred to a regular writing assignment.  One student added a video as a connection to the book she read – the book reminded her of a song.  Because a blog is highly personal and opinionated, students wrote items such as a top ten list of events in the book, a letter to mothers, and even a letter from one character to another.  They enjoyed individualizing their blogs.  …a sizable number reported that the book read for fourth quarter independent reading was the best book they read during the year.”

~Candi Thomson

Jing—record screencasts of lessonsGoogle Docs—comment on student writing, share web-

based power point type presentationsChatzy-set up an instant chatroomCover it Live—Chatroom hosting that can be embedded

on a wiki and closely moderatedWallwisher-A visually engaging collaborative bulletin

boardExploreatree—Tons of graphic organizer templatesScriblink—Online, collaborative whiteboardsZoho—Extensive free tools for online collaboration,

research, document creation, online quizzes, etc.

More Teacher Tools

Geogebra—Create and manipulate geometric objectsGoogle Sketch Up—Create 3-D Drawings and objectsGoogle Earth-Take students on a virtual field trip

anywhere in the world.Delicious and Diigo-Social bookmarking tools that

allow you to tag, organize and share web resources. Browse my resources at: http://delicious.com/AHalter

Open Culture—one of the most comprehensive educational media sites on the web.

My Resource Page—a growing list of 21st century resources

More Teacher Tools

Photostory--create narrated slideshowsAnimoto--create engaging videosAudacity--create podcastsGlogster--create digital multi-media postersWix andWeebly--create flash-based websitesToonDoo--create comic strips and graphic novelsGliffy/Drawanywhere--create collaborative

concept maps and graphic organizersInspiration--Multimedia graphic organizersOpenzine—Create and publish online magazines

and newsletters

More Tools

Inspiration--Multimedia graphic organizersOpenzine—Create and publish online

magazines and newslettersGoogle Earth-Create virtual lit-trips and

map mathematical applicationsJog the Web-Create an annotated tour of

websitesQuizlet –create flashcards an online quizzesSurvey Monkey-Create quizzes, surveys and

collect and analyze data

More Tools

“I received great feedback from the students. 

They enjoyed using Animoto, making their own commercials, and making commercials that looked professional.  It was a great way to make a difficult topic like rhetoric – fun and productive.”

~Kelly Emmett (10th Grade English Teacher)

Teacher Feedback