How can you differentiate the learning in your classroom? What is Differentiated Instruction? How much do you know about Differentiated Instruction? This podcast will share information that will help respond to the needs of learners within classrooms.
Watch how research based activities can increase learning when travelling. Setting Objectives and Goals Asking Questions – Q Chart Homework and Practice Download DI Podcast #18: 3 Ways to Grow Your Brain when Travelling Additional Support: Q Chart (pdf) Homework … Continue reading →
Watch how research based activities can increase learning when reading at home. Making an Educated Guess – Predict and Justify Similarities and Differences – Venn Diagram Thinking Without Words – Sketching Download DI Podcast #17: 3 Ways to Grow Your … Continue reading →
Watch how research based activities can increase learning when watching a movie at home. Cooperative Learning – Think Pair Share Summarizing – Somebody Wanted But So Reinforcing Effort Download DI Podcast #16: 3 Ways to Grow Your Brain at the … Continue reading →
Watch how to effectively group students using a random or strategic focus. Download DI Podcast #15: Strategic Grouping Additional Support: Access a graphic Organizer to record student reading results and identify foci for instruction (pdf) Lessons from Think Literacy (2003) … Continue reading →
How do you learn? Watch a video that demonstrates how to identify your preferred intelligence (i.e., Are you verbal linguistic or another type of learner?). Download DI Podcast #14: Multiple Intelligences Multiple Intelligences Checklist (pdf) Multiple Intelligences Class Profile (pdf)
How do you learn? Watch a video that demonstrates how to identify your preferred learning style (i.e., auditory, visual, or kinesthetic). Download DI Podcast #13: Learning Styles Additional Support: Learning Styles and What They Are (pdf) Learning Style Survey (pdf)
Belief #7: Fairness is not sameness. A video discussion of Belief #7 connections to Ivey and Fisher’s (2006) article titled When Thinking Skills Trump Reading Skills and to teacher practice. Download DI Podcast #12: Education for All, Belief #7
Belief #6: Classroom teachers need the support of the larger community to create a learning environment that supports students with special education needs. A video discussion of Belief #6 connections to Ivey and Fisher’s (2006) article titled When Thinking Skills … Continue reading →
Belief #5: Each child has his or her own unique patterns of learning. A video discussion of Belief #5 connections to Ivey and Fisher’s (2006) article titled When Thinking Skills Trump Reading Skills and to teacher practice. Download DI Podcast … Continue reading →
Belief #4: Classroom teachers are the key educators for a student’s literacy and numeracy development. A video discussion of Belief #4 connections to Ivey and Fisher’s (2006) article titled When Thinking Skills Trump Reading Skills and to teacher practice. Download … Continue reading →
Belief #3: Successful instructional practices are founded on evidence-based research, tempered by experience. A video discussion of Belief #3 connections to Ivey and Fisher’s (2006) article titled When Thinking Skills Trump Reading Skills and to teacher practice. Download DI Podcast … Continue reading →
Belief #2: Universal Design and Differentiated Instruction are effective and interconnected means of meeting the learning or productivity needs of any group. A video discussion of Belief #2 connections to Ivey and Fisher’s (2006) article titled When Thinking Skills Trump … Continue reading →
Belief #1: All students can succeed.A video discussion of Belief #1 connections to Ivey and Fisher’s (2006) article titled When Thinking Skills Trump Reading Skills and to teacher practice. Download DI Podcast #6: Education for All, Belief #1
Elements of Differentiated Instruction that are embedded in the Guide to Effective Instruction, Literacy (2006) are explicitly stated and identified. Download DI Podcast #5: Connecting DI to the Guides to Effective Instruction
Elements of Differentiated Instruction that are embedded in Think Literacy (2003) are explicitly stated and identified. Download DI Podcast #4: Connecting DI to Think Literacy
Elements of Differentiated Instruction that are embedded in Education for All (2005) are explicitly stated and identified. Download DI Podcast #3: Connection to Education for All / Learning for All
A description of how Differentiated Instruction was shared with teachers across the Lambton Kent District School Board. Download DI Podcast #2: DI Team Overview?
A video overview that explains Differentiated Instruction through text, pictures, and spoken word. Download DI Podcast #1: What is DI Discuss and extend your understanding below.