Differentiated Instruction Utilizing unitedstreaming to Create Multiple Paths to Learning

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Differentiated InstructionUtilizing
unitedstreaming to Create Multiple Paths to
Learning

• Scott C. Kinney
• Discovery Educator Network
• Scott_Kinney_at_discovery.com

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Learning Objective

• Examine the growing diversity of our classrooms.
• Investigate ways technology, specifically
  unitedstreaming, can assist in the diverse
  classroom.

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• A bit of trivia

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• Where do we start?

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Assessing Readiness
When a teacher tries to teach something to the
entire class at the same time, "chances are,
one-third of the kids already know it one-third
will get it and the remaining third won't. So
two thirds of the children are wasting their
time. - Lilian Katz as quoted in Teaching Young
Children (1993)

• unitedstreaming
• Quiz Builder
• www.unitedstreaming.com

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What other questions might we ask?

• Whats your favorite book
• Strongest subject
• Red Sox or Yankees
• What comp programs do you know
• How many people in your family
• What are your interests
• Extra curric

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Learning Profile

• a study conducted by Hanson and Dewing (1990)
  of 2,000 learners shows that most at-risk
  students are unsuccessful not because they lack
  innate learning ability, but because their
  learning style is largely ignored in the
  classroom
• - Silver, Strong, Perini (2000)

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Leveraging Student Interest
If a student has a spark (or better still, a
fire) a curiosity about a topic, learning is more
likely for that student - Carol Ann Tomlinson
(2001)
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Importance of Assessment

• Index of Learning Styles Surveys
• www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
• parentcenter.com/calculators/learningstyle
• library.cuesta.cc.ca.us/distance/lrnstyle.htm
• www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest1.html
• Zoomerang
• Online survey tool
• www.zoomerang.com

We are no longer teaching if what we teach is
more important than who we teach or how we
teach. - Carol Ann Tomlinson (2003)
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Profile of My Classroom

• Upper-middle
• SES, Languages
• Cultures
• Poverty
• Special Ed
• Tactile Learners

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Profile of My Classroom
Name Hall Favorite Sport Basketball My
Notes Halls a great kid. He works hard and is
academically right on target.
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Profile of My Classroom
Name Coni Nervous Habit Bites her nails My
Notes Coni is also working at grade level, but
like many students, feels best supported by
repetition.
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Profile of My Classroom
Name Betsy Favorite Celebrity Lance
Armstrong My Notes Betsy is an active and lively
part of our class. As a result of an accident
several years ago, she has hearing loss in both
ears.
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Profile of My Classroom
Name Joel Favorite Food Ice Cream My Notes Joel
has been battling a illness for the past several
years and as a result, has missed some building
blocks.
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Profile of My Classroom

• Name
• Joel
• Favorite Food
• Ice Cream
• KidsClick!
• Reading level appropriate search engine
• www.kidsclick.org

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Profile of My Classroom
Name Melanie In Her Free Time loves to
travel My Notes Melanie is bright and energetic.
However, she is new to our country and struggles
at times with English.
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Profile of My Classroom

• Name
• Melanie
• In Her Free Time
• loves to travel
• Google
• google.com

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Profile of My Classroom
Name Chris Most Common Excuse I dont feel
well My Notes Chris has been passionate about
volcanoes since he was six. He has actually
visited several.
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Profile of My Classroom
Name Jannita Aspires to become a teacher My
Notes Jannita is a ball of energy. She absorbs
everything she reads. In fact, often prefers the
written word as her source of information.
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Profile of My Classroom
Name Sam Favorite Subject Math My
Notes Independent Self-directed Focused Visual
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Profile of My Classroom
Name Lance Favorite Subject Science My
Notes Lance is creative and extremely
intelligent. However, Lance just doesnt care to
write all of the time. He wants to express
himself in a variety of ways.
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Differentiating by Product
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Discovery Educator Network

• A global community of educators who are excited
  by the power of digital media and want to
  collaborate and share resources with other
  teachers.

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Being a Community Member

• Receive support in providing local demonstrations
  and presentations at both the state and national
  levels.
• Participate in an active online forum and ideas
  exchange at discoveryeducatornetwork.com.
• Connect with people who have similar
  instructional technology interests.

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Being a Community Member

• Download and use training kits, lesson resources,
  and support materials.
• Use the power of Discovery to make your creative
  classroom ideas a reality.
• Be eligible to participate in exclusive Discovery
  Education events and sweepstakes
• Serve as beta testers for future Discovery
  products and sites.

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Contact Information

• Scott C. Kinney
• Director, Discovery Educator Network
• Email Scott_Kinney_at_discovery.com
• Websites
• www.discoveryeducatornetwork.com
• www.unitedstreaming.com
• www.discoveryed.com
• www.discoveryschool.com