Presentation Slides for ISTE 2010 BYOL Workshop on Technology and Differentiated Instruction

1. Technology and
Differentiated Instruction
A Hands-On and Differentiated Workshop
Bill Dolton
bill@doltonroad.com
June 26, 2010
William Dolton LLC Denver, CO
Educational Technology Consulting
doltonroad.com

8. Cogs of DI

9. Big Ideas
Essential Questions
Enduring Understandings

10. Formative &
Performance
Assessment

11. Principles of Effective
Assessment
Photo Album vs. Snapshot
Match Measures with Goals

12. Principles of Effective
Assessment
Photo Album vs. Snapshot
Match Measures with Goals
Knowing is binary;

13. Principles of Effective
Assessment
Photo Album vs. Snapshot
Match Measures with Goals
Knowing is binary;
Understanding is a matter of degree.

14. Differentiation
May need to vary specific knowledge
and skills in Stage 1
But NOT at the level of
Enduring Understandings/Big Ideas
Essential Questions
Standards

15. Differentiation
DO vary format and mode of assessment
Keep Consistent the criteria for
summative assessment

16. Characteristics of
Performance Tasks
Realistically contextualized
Requires judgment and innovation
Student must “do” the subject
Replicates situations that “test” adults
Negotiating a complex, multi-stage task
Opportunities to rehearse & get feedback
–from UbD, 2nd ed., pp. 153-155

18. Challenge-Based Learning

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