Bill Dolton presented a webinar on top technology tools for differentiated instruction. The webinar covered tools for implementing differentiated instruction through tiered lessons, cubing, think dots, think-tac-toe, and project-based learning incorporated in wikis and websites. Tools were also presented for managing differentiated instruction through assessment, grouping, and accountability using online surveys, rubrics, and student information systems. The webinar concluded with a discussion of maximizing the impact of differentiated instruction through transformative technologies, curriculum standards, 21st century skills frameworks, formative assessment, and creative digital media tools.

1. Differentiated
Instruction Reinvented:
Top Technology Tools for Educators
March 16, 2012 Webinar
Bill Dolton
Adjunct Faculty,Wilkes University
Educational Technology Consultant,William Dolton LLC
Retired Supervisor of Educational Technology, LMSD
at the
intersection William Dolton LLC bill@doltonroad.com
of technology educational technology consulting
and teaching www.doltonroad.com

2. Agenda
• Initial Survey
• Technology for Implementing
Differentiated Instruction
• Technology for Managing
Differentiated Instruction
• Strategies for Maximum Impact
• Q &A
Slide 1

3. Initial Survey
• Educational Role
• Experience with Differentiated Instruction
Slide 2

4. Technology for
Implementing D.I.
http://tech4di.wikispaces.com
• Tiered Lessons
• Cubing/Think Dots
• Think-Tac-Toe
• RAFTs and PBL/CBL
Slide 3

5. Tiered Lessons
• Present each tier on separate wiki pages
• Incorporate media & interactive web sites
• http://tech4di.wikispaces.com/Grouping+Card
Slide 4

6. Think Dots
• Slide presentation templates
• Glogster
• Incorporate media & interactive web sites
Slide 5

7. Think-Tac-Toe
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• Table format in any word processor
• Wiki page with table format
• Incorporate media & interactive web sites
Slide 6

8. RAFTs • PBL • CBL
• Incorporate media & interactive web sites
• Intel Education K12 Teaching Tools
• Thinkfinity
Slide 7

9. Technology for
Managing D.I.
• Assessment
• Grouping
• Accountability
Slide 8

10. Diagnostic Assessment
• Survey Tools (Google forms)
• Socrative
• Online surveys of interests & learning
profiles
Slide 9

11. Formative Assessment
• Online Rubrics – Rubistar
• Socrative
• Online Quizzes – Quia
• Exit Cards – wikis, micro-blogging, forums
Slide 10

12. Flexible Grouping
• Intentional – spreadsheet data
• Self Selection – preference survey (Google form)
• Random – Random Assignment Generator
Slide 11

13. Accountability
• Student Information Systems
• Curriculum Mapping
Slide 12

14. Maximum Impact
• Transformative Technology
• Web 2.0
• Mobile Devices
• Flipped Classrooms
Slide 13

15. Maximum Impact
Curriculum 21st Century
Standards Framework
Differentiated Understanding
Instruction by Design
Research-Based Formative & Performance
Instructional Strategies Assessment
Project-Based Learning /
Challenge-Based Learning Slide 14

16. Maximum Impact
• Creative Digital Media Tools
• Constructing meaning
• Demonstrating understanding
• Tapping multiple intelligences and modalities
• Developing personalized mnemonic devices
Slide 15

17. Maximum Impact
• Audio: GarageBand, Audacity,VoiceThread,ThumbJam (iOS)
• Video: iMovie, Movie Maker, Animoto,Voki, mobile cameras
• Photos: iPhoto, PhotoShop, mosaics, mash-ups
• Paint/Draw: Keynote, PowerPoint, online/tablet apps
• Comics: Comic Life, Comic Creator
Slide 16

18. Q &A
Slide 17

19. Differentiated
Instruction Reinvented:
Top Technology Tools for Educators
March 16, 2012 Webinar
Bill Dolton
Adjunct Faculty,Wilkes University
Educational Technology Consultant,William Dolton LLC
Retired Supervisor of Educational Technology, LMSD
at the
intersection William Dolton LLC bill@doltonroad.com
of technology educational technology consulting
and teaching www.doltonroad.com