Can We Really Enforce Differenciated Instruction in Our Schools?

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The Independent With his tips on tagging Web site bookmarks, shortening URLs and installing browser applications, Tony Vincent may have sounded at times Wednesday like he was talking to a group of Web developers. But Vincent was talking to teachers, and the theme of the workshop was just as much about engaging students as it was technology. Students are engaged in learning when it involves qualities such as choice, affiliation, novelty and variety, and a focus on products, Vincent said. The explosion of teaching technology on the Web fits right in with those values. "Those Web 2.0 tools have so many of the characteristics of what engages students, because they do get to interact with each other, they do get to create," he said Read on the original article by Mark Coddington. If you want to receive my future posts regularly for FREE, please subscribe in a reader or by e-mail. Follow me on Twitter. For other concerns, Contact Me at anytime.
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I was attending the all popular now #edchat and organized every Tuesday at 7 PM EST. on Twitter. It has been a great opportunity to know more participants, but also to learn a bit more about Differentiated Instruction (DI). If you missed the online session, here we give you the opportunity to catch some tweets which we believe are worth reading: We must not confuse DI with constructivism. Both are helpful, but they are not the same thing. @CorinaFiore Criterion referenced tests do not force one dimensional teaching and are not designed to cause failures. @BeckyFisher73 Main objective of DI is to provide a learning environment that will maximize the potential for student success. @NMHS_Principal Differentiated instruction without differentiated assessment is all talk. @TedPugliese There is great power in choice. @blairteach True differentiation is the opposite of standardized curriculum and testing. @concretekax I've found that when I give my students options, they have a hard time figuring out what to do. They're used to being spoon fed. @jswiatek I DO remember when we used to talk about creating life long learners! Did we succeed? @haretek If you want to receive my future posts regularly for FREE, please subscribe in a reader or by e-mail. Follow me on Twitter. For other concerns, Contact Me at anytime.
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