In my SEDU 183 class at Edinboro University, we have been talking about differentiation in the classroom. Differentiation is basically students learning and understanding different concepts at different levels and paces. Just about every classroom is going to require differentiation of some sort, some are just going to require more then others. Not every student is going to learn the same, so teachers have to be willing to deliver the material to students in a few different ways. Differentiation is also about giving the student options as well, so that they remain interested in what they are learning about. Personally, I think the main goal of differentiation is to make sure that every student succeeds in their own way. Also, I think that it is a good idea to group students together by their learning styles so that they can work together.
Technology in the classroom can benefit just about every learning style that a student might have. Visual learner can see things on a screen and auditory learners can have things read to them. Hands on learning can use ipads to play different games that may benefit whatever it is that they are learning in the classroom. Also when a student has some down time or even free time, they could use the computer to research or even play games to help them learn more about a certain subject. Teachers could also give tests or quizzes by using technology. All in all, I think technology can really benefit a differentiated classroom.
I agree that differentiation is important because no one learns the same. Technology could be a great way to help provide more than one learning style at a time.
ReplyDeleteI liked your post and thought it was really good but it could have had a little more on technology and describe it a little more.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you explain differentiation and talk about why it should be done. I think you need to include personal experiences about differentiation, if there isn't any then you should say that and give an example of when it could have been done. I also think that you should have maybe talk a little more about the technology benefits in the classroom. Other than that, I like how neat your blog is!
ReplyDeleteI agree that we should try to incorporate games in some way to try and keep things fun and keep the students interested in what we are teaching.
ReplyDeleteWell written and informative on differentiation.
ReplyDeleteI liked that you talked about in depth different explanations of differentiation in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI like how you always relate the post to the class. However, I do not agree with your idea of choosing groups by learning styles. If you seperate the students this way, you will still have some slow learners and some fast learners in the group. Some will fall behind and some will get bored. I do not really think that differentaion can practically work in a school setting because there are too many students in a classroom and none of them learn at the same rate or in the same style.
ReplyDeleteI agree that differentiation is a good way to group people together with the same learning styles. Very well done.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. You said that you think differentiation is helping students succeed in their own way, but I think it's a bit more than that. Because of new standards, I think it is helping all students achieve the highest level they can, which should be the State Standards unless there are certain circumstances, but different teaching lets the students reach that general goal in different ways.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that not every student will succeed in the same way so as an educator you need to try to help them succeed in whatever way they are able to.
ReplyDeleteI agree we need to teach lessons in different styles to reach every child. We can use different teaching styles and technology.
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