Differentiating Instruction in the World of a Screenager

1. Differentiating Instruction in the World of a Screenager Taking simple steps to success!

2. The Greatest ProfessionA Fortunate Life (The Personal)

3. Partner Talk • Talk with a partner you do not know well • Be prepared to get to know them and describe one priceless moment that they experienced from the advantages of teaching. http://www.fieryideas.com/flash/timer.swf Digital_Clock[2].ppt

4. The Warrior Way • Helping kids • Getting Families assistance • Giving kids lunch money • Giving kids a ride home • Helping our community when in crisis

5. We are not here for summer • We make a difference ! • We touch each other with care, empathy ,and our commitment to our content. • But the world around us has changed…. • Before we discuss that, what has remained the same in schools?

6. Discuss at your tables • What are some things that have been done in schools. The same way as long as we remember! http://www.fieryideas.com/flash/timer.swf Digital_Clock[2].ppt

7. Who Moved My Cheese? “It is easier to change the location of a cemetery, than to change the school curriculum.” Woodrow T. Wilson (American 28th President of the United States 1856-1924

8. The End Product FirstSummative Assessment • http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8715d5e00a638a427890

9. The Strength of the way • Honor our past and reminisce in its beauty. • Acknowledge the present ……It is what it is! • Work for the future! It is there that success can be found

10. TTWHADI T hat’s T he W ay We H ave A lways D one I t

11. Video Games Have Changed the world • New Studies show that intelligence can increase. • We were trained to be linear learners. • Our students are trained to multi task and jump around.

12. What is new! The day of the…. SCREENAGER

13. Their eyes are trained differently!

14. Visual Tracking ___________________________ ______________US_____________________ ___________________________________ F

15. How they read are different • We love black text! • The primary reading color of this generation is red, pink, and green.

16. The battle in the ring DFL VS. DSL

17. Today’s Learners have a different language! D igital F irst L earners

18. We are…. D igital S econd L earners

21. In this conflict…here is the problem Of s national survey of high school seniors • 39% believe their school work helps prepare for a career. • 28% believe that school work is meaningful • 21% believe it was interesting and invigorating.

22. We look for an answer… We want it to happen …. But We Just Can’t See!

24. Death by Teaching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-S54bbX6eA

25. If you continue to be a life long learner • Our students will soar and fly like underdog

27. SUCCESSFUL TEACHING POINTS • Catch Up • Play a video game • Teacher Tube

28. 2. TEACH TO THE WHOLE MIND • Colors and Projects that they have a choice. • You use an overhead when they have an IPHONE!

29. 3. LITERACY IS NOT ENOUGH • Prosumers not Consumers • Media Fluency • Writing in other medians

30. 4. SHIFT THE INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH • Discovery learning • The movie and you know the ending. • Let them create it is more meaningful and memorable

32. 5. LET THEM ACCESS INFORMATION NATIVELY A) Digital devices exceeding TV

33. 6. LET STUDENTS COLLABORATE • What do they do in business? • Wright Patterson AF Base

34. 7) CREATE REAL TIME PRODUCTS • Magazine • Advertising brochure

35. 8)RE-EVALUATE EVALUATION A) Summative vs. formative

36. Web Sites • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffworks/54-how-money-is-made-video.htm • http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html • http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/bodyparts.htm • http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/eyindx.htm • readplease.com • K-12music.org • http://efieldtrips.org/support/whatIs.cfm

37. Differentiation • Differentiation is a teaching concept in which the classroom teacher PROACTIVELY plans for the diverse needs of students.

38. Six Facets of True Understanding Explanation Interpretation Application Perspective Empathy Self-Knowledge

39. Grading • We grade against standards, not the routes students take or techniques teachers use to achieve those standards.

40. HW • If a student does none of the homework yet earns an A or a Bon every formal assessment, what does he or she earn on the report card? • If a student does all the homework, yet bombs every assessment isn’t that a red flag that something is amiss?

41. Equalizer • Equalize the influence of the F

42. Practical Strategies http://www.internet4classrooms.com/di.htm

43. The Greatest Teacher • A six minute positive example of how to differentiate! • http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=0013367f24e0b1fa7594

44. Are you the rubberband man?

45. August 25, 2008 • 8:00 – 10:00 A.M. Cafeteria - Differentiating Instruction in a Digital Age – Mr. Manley • 10:10 – 11:00 – 601 - All Language Arts and Intervention Staff – Administering Aims Web - Tina McMullen – All other staff work in your rooms • 11:05 – 12:00 Station • EX: At 11:05 Grade 7 is in Lab A, Grade 8 Conference Room A, Grade 6 Assessment Map together in your wing and Hearts work on computer for classroom web sites. • 12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH • 1:00 – 1:55 Station • 2:00 – 2:55 Station

46. August 25, 2008 • Description of Each Station • Station 1 – Lab A – Mr. Manley - Data Analysis • Station 2 – Conference Room A – Mrs. Warga – Tribe Time • Station 3 – Grade Level Hall – Work on Assessment Maps – You Pick the room • Assessment map templates are at Lori Schlueter’s web page at http://www.wbhs.k12.oh.us/hsteachers/lschlueter/Webpages/HowToTips.htm • Station 4 – (Take web site sheet from presentation, #22) and examine at least two web sites and examine how you can incorporate this site into your classroom and differentiate instruction. • If these sites don’t work for you, go to the informational management site and look for standards based lessons to use in your classroom. • http://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ODE/IMS/Lessons/

47. August 25, 2008 Station Rotation Grade 7 – 1,2,3,4 Grade 8 – 2,3,4,1 Grade 6 – 3,4,1,2 Hearts - 4,1,2,3

48. August 26, 2008 • 8:00 – 11:00 - Cafeteria – Everyone is a Reading and Writing Teacher – Dr. Carroll Brunner, MCESC • 11:15 – 12:00 - Damascus Friends Church – LUNCH • 12:15 – 12:55 – LAB A– ESIS – The Parent Module – Len Slack • 1:00 – 1:55 – Final Station – Grade 8 Lab A, Grade 6 Conference Room, HEARTS Assessment Maps, Grade 7 on your own. • 2:00 – 3:00 –Conference Room A - Intervention Staff Meeting • You work as a group with Assessment Maps and Tribe Calendar. Your timeline for TRIBE time and Maps will be completed by 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday. Your maps should be tweaked from previous work. Talk with your colleagues and make adjustments • Please make sure that you sign in and please request LPDC credit if needed.

49. September 2, 2008 • 8:00 – 9:45High School Auditorium - General session for all in the district • 9:45 – 12:30 Work in your rooms and LUNCH on your own • 12:30 - 2:15Cafeteria – General Faculty Meeting on Procedures • 2:15 – 3:00 ON YOUR OWN • Welcome Back Staff & Students

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