Differentiation+Through+Technology+in+the+Language+Arts+Classroom

Presenter: Carol Zortman Time: 10:30 - 11:15 Room: 1101 Contact:czortman@ycstech.org

__Description of Presentation__


 * Differentiation** - Making opportunities for a variety of learning styles in the educationally engaged classroom.

[|Kathie Nunley's Web Site for Teachers - 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Layered Curriculum]

[|The New Bloom's Taxonomy and Higher Order Thinking Skills]

My early designs used "A", "B", and "C" layers with the Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills in the "B" and "A" layers.

Later designs required students to complete activities in all layers so that used HOT skills were used by all students.

[|Online Crossword Puzzle Generator]
 * American Beginnings - The Puritans**

//**Beowulf**// http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/398947 http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/383081

[|Quizlet Pilgrim Flash Cards] [|Quizlet Vocabulary Flash Cards] Canterbury Tales at Amazon: [|Puffin] edition - [|Marcia Williams] edition
 * Chaucer and //The Canterbury Tales//**

//**The Crucible**// [|Courtroom Sketches] [|101 Ways to Love a Book] by Melissa Hart

// [|William Shakespeare at Brain POP] User id: yorktech Password: ycstech Pop-Up Book Instructions [|Scholastic][|ThinkQuest]
 * Shakespeare and** //**Macbeth**

//**Moby Dick**// [|Bio-Cube] [|Character Trading Cards] [|The Ballad of Gilligan's Island] [|Class Blog]

[|My Delicious Account] [|Teachers Pay Teachers] [|Blogger] - Can also reach through Google site under MORE then EVEN MORE [|Puzzlemaker] [|BrainPOP] [|Toondoo] [|Quizlet] [|Discovery Streaming] [|Spelling City] [|PhotoStory 3] [|ReadWriteThink.org]
 * Internet sources:**

[|Handbook on Differentiated Instruction for Middle and High Schools] [|Fast Ideas for BusyTeachers] [|Graphic Organiers and Activities for Differentiated Instruction in Reading] [|50 Graphic Organizers for Reading, Writing & More] [|25 Fun and Fabulous Literature Response Activities and Rubrics] [|25 Terrific Literature Activities for Readers of All Learning Styles] [|Better Than Book Reports More than 40 Creative Responses to Literature] [|Creative Book Reports: Fun Projects with Rubrics for Fiction and Nonfiction] [|10 Ready-to-Go Book Report Projects] [|Differentiation in Action] [|Teaching Writing through Differentiated Instruction with Leveled Graphic Organizers] [|35 Ways to Publish Students' Research & Writing] [|24 Ready-to-Go Genre Book Reports] [|Medieval Times 325 - 1453 A.D.] [|Medieval Times Activitiy Book] [|Read Aloud Plays The Middle Ages] [|Novel Units - Master List] [|The Usborne Internet-Linked Medieval World] [|Hands-On-History Middle Ages]
 * Print Resources -** available at Amazon, Scholastic, and sometimes Borders