Differentiated Instruction
Differentiated Instruction Allows Students to Succeed
"Designed differentiation is the deliberate act of modifying instruction or an assignment in order to customize the effect to match the particular developmental level and skills of a student or group of students. The ideal is to provide equivalent learning activities that cater to the students' strengths but bring all of the students to the same learning objective."
"Designed differentiation is the deliberate act of modifying instruction or an assignment in order to customize the effect to match the particular developmental level and skills of a student or group of students. The ideal is to provide equivalent learning activities that cater to the students' strengths but bring all of the students to the same learning objective."
Brain Imagery Supports the Idea of Diverse Intelligences
"Recent brain research shows that the complex abilities apparent in individual kids are reflected on the inside, as well as the outside. Parts of the brain involved in reading, math, music, and personal relationships are different -- larger or smaller, more or less active -- in every child. These circuits are independent, so even if a child struggles in one domain, like reading, he may have a neurological advantage in others. And perhaps most surprising, scientists have established that learning and practicing certain skills can cause the corresponding brain areas to morph and grow. In other words, by helping a child hone her abilities, you can actually change her brain."
Internet 4 Classroom
"Virtual Field Trip Collection is a wonderful way to teach and learn about the outside world. You can travel to museums, exotic islands, and even outer space."
Google Art Project
"Explore 17 different museums from all around the world. Whether you’re interested in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Palace of Versailles in France or the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, you’ll find it here."
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
"The museum's virtual tours are 3D panoramas of the rooms of the museum. As you go through each room you can click on small camera icons to get a closer look at various museum artifacts."
Project Explorer
"Bring the world into the classroom with free multimedia content and lesson plans that improve students’ global awareness and cross cultural understanding. ProjectExplorer.org’s multi-award winning online video series, photos, educational blogs, and lesson plans are provided free-of-charge. ProjectExplorer.org’s programs cover multiple subject areas that foster cross-cultural understanding."
20 Ways to Use Comics in Your Classroom
Author Richard Byrne offers 21 strategies for using comic strip making in the classroom. These strategies can engage students in learning in all content areas. He also offers on-line comic-making sites. Byrne's slide show presents ideas such as: making an instruction manual, creating a comic based on an interview, and writing/illustrating a story using characters, setting and dialogue.
SuperActionComicMaker
This fun, interactive site gives students the opportunity to design animated super hero comic strips. They select characters, settings, and create their own text in a 6 frame format.
"This is a site that allows you to search Wikipedia, have articles summarized by key points, and provides lists of articles that are related to your original search. Here's how it works; let's say I enter the search term "Mount Everest," when I do that Wiki Summarizer provides a list of key points about Mount Everest. I can also get a list of related search terms and related articles through Wiki Summarizer. Wiki Summarizer could help students who have a very broad research topic narrow down their searches."
I plan to use this site with cross-curricular lesson planning!