Key+Teacher+Day+Four

“Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together” Covey

Day Four is all about creating the best experience for **all** the children in your class.

Prayer: Prayer for Technology

= Introduction Activity = Create an Avatar of yourself - see this link for details of sites

also try Build my wild self

Add a page onto this wiki (call it your name and four), embed or copy your avatar and use a word cloud generator like Tagxedo or one from this site to add to your page with details of your thoughts on this year. = =

= Using ICT to Differentiate = This session is based on a book called 'Differentiation for Real Classrooms" by Kathleen Kryza, Alicia Duncan and S Joy Stephens. Kathleen's Website Differentiated Resources Website

Why? (Chunk)

Choose one of the five videos below on Differentiation by leading authors and experts on how to differentiate in your classroom. choose 3 main ideas from the video to share with the group.

Video One media type="youtube" key="PNfshXciwUA?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

Video Two

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Video Three (a bit longer than the others but worth it) media type="youtube" key="KLi-vJSNP6U?fs=1" height="423" width="528"

Video Four media type="youtube" key="TcJwWR-X_dc?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

Video Five (i found the pause button useful in this video it moves very fast!) media type="youtube" key="XC7rPRl664M?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

Sharing Time (Chew)

Form a group with a variety of people who watched different videos. Discuss and compile a list of main ideas that were shown or communicated in the videos.

Output Time (Check) Use one of the tools in the Web 2.0 Digital Tools Wiki to create a way to present your main ideas about differentiation in the classroom.If possible create a wiki page and imbed your summary into your page.

Glogster is the online poster creator that Lisa showed us.

Learning Styles
What are learning styles? (Chunk)

Online Learning Styles Quiz

Implications for the classroom (chew) Discuss with the people around you the differences and similarities. Try to list the kids in your class and classify them according to the way they learn.

(Chunk) Units of work that demonstrate Chunk Chew Check as well as Whole Class, Choice and Tiering. Dr Kathie Nunley's site

(Chew) Discuss - can this work for us?

(Check) Have a go at creating a unit of work - use the page you make in the introduction.

Collaborative Time
In the afternoon you will be working with one of the Learning Support people. Could you please choose a number of tools and show them the tools. together write up a bit of a description about how to use them to create great curriculum for your students.