WEB 2.0 AND DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION NCTM 2009 Washington DC
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Differentiating Instruction Ways to define it‌
Differentiating Instruction Ways to define it… Change instruction to stay inside their Zone of Proximal Development to capture students’ voice to capitalize on their interests to use talents they already have Based on knowledge of the students’ background & abilities
Mark Messier 1990 Edmonton Oilers
Guy Carbonneau 1993 MontrĂŠal Canadiens
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Differentiating
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Content
State/provincial standards All
students need to learn them Make choices based on your professional judgment Computer Algebra/Graphing calculators may assist you
Process
Different … lesson order conversation
participants homework difficulty
Product
Not everything needs to be: worksheet exercises written
project
Focus on interest & mode of expression
Adaptable rubric based on student readiness and student product
Transition
Computers have not been math friendly Only text based math expressions
http://www.sitmo.com/latex/
Web 2.0 
What is it?
Communication
Messaging
Back channels Twitter
ex. NCTM TinyChat http://tinychat.com/ Chatzy http://www.chatzy.com/
MSN/GMail/Skype text/video/audio
Surveying
Not including Clickers/text polls
Use a Google Form http://tinyurl.com/d3asm7 Open
survey “Mostly private” Saves results in to Google Spreadsheet
Wikis
Student Wikis
Some hints‌
Blogs
Collaborative
Sharing
http://tinyurl.com/NCTMSat1
Ubiquitous
~300$
~150$
~202$
Merging the two…
Using all the aspects of Web 2.0 and other technologies to differentiate the students’ experiences
Process
Your teaching You. Your
decisions. Nothing to do with technology. Organization Formative assessment Goal setting
http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/books/stricklandAT2009_differentiation_bingo.pdf
Your teaching asynchronously Jing
(www.jingproject.com/)or Smartboard Recorder Link distributed to students http://screencast.com/t/TEvnh8YRI download
Can
to portable devices
view anytime, anywhere
Someone else’s teaching Don’t
assume students will look Create “Best of” resources on your wiki YouTube Blocked?
Student can view at home, download to device or teacher can download at home & put in Powerpoint
TeacherTube
- filtered Fliggo (your own YouTube) – use a FlipVideo (~200$)
Themselves 
Blogs
Themselves
Online Mind Maps www.mindmeister.com Collaborative https://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/16469134
Email/Twitter
out
feed for changes
Themselves Google
Docs
Word
documents Spreadsheets Presentations Share Collaborate Create
a table in GoogleDoc with a different student name and question in each cell. Students fill in with answers as they go.
Remember this…
Computers have not been math friendly Only text based math expressions
http://www.sitmo.com/latex/
Their Tools On computer or handheld: Graphing calculators Computer algebra systems Dynamic geometry
From NCSM session “Two Brains are better than one” by David Manaud: (it was videotaped) "My
familiarity with various software program is part of my intelligence if I have access to those tools" David Perkins
Product
What suits their interests? What matches their abilities? Don’t be afraid to challenge them Evaluate mathematics separately from product
Voicethread
Collaborative “online presentation” with its own backchannel Peer assessment Individual assessment
http://voicethread.com/share/461750/
Pixton (www.pixton.com)
Xtranormal Typically, animation takes forever (stop motion, flash) Animation involving only typing
Convincing Them…
That it’s fair That it’s math Communication
of ideas is crucial Expand their interest “Real life” involves presentation Creativity is vital
Creativity through Constraint
Disrupting Class