Thursday, October 17, 2013

Connecting to Differentiation and Culturally Responsive Teaching

Freedom Writers Clip

Connect this clip to the themes of differentiation and culturally responsive teaching.

Themes

Make curriculum relevant to the students' lives
Make a connection with your students
Students are diverse learners with diverse needs

TED Talks

Are you here to fix what is broken?

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Differentiation

Quick Write

What is the purpose of differentiation? How does differentiation relate to the achievement gap, ESL learners and special education?


Future Teachers


As future teachers, you should be thinking constantly about what differentiation is going to look like in your classroom. You should know how you plan to collect data on your students in order to make informed decisions while planning. The below website has veteran teachers explaining what differentiation looks like in their classrooms.

Differentiation can look like...

Tolerance.org


Future Classrooms

I will utilize __________________________ in my classroom. This will look like ________________.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory





It is not a secret that people learn at different levels and in different ways. Dr. Howard Gardner captured this concept in 1983 when he developed his Multiple Intelligence Theory.

Please go to the attached website to find out more information about the MI Theory.