Technology is one of the strongest tools to employ when incorporating and supporting differentiation in the classroom since it allows teachers to scaffold students' everyday instruction. In their efforts to fulfill the needs of all students in their classroom, instructors who differentiate learning are demonstrating initiative (Tomlinson, 2017). These techniques promote student interest and involvement.
A
website named Newsela is a technical tool that is beneficial while
differentiating learning. For instructional purposes, students can use this
website to access a library of publications and periodicals. With various
levels of the passage based on the needs of each student, it enables teachers
to assign and use the same article as the students. Because it is simple for
instructors and students to use, this platform is a terrific tool for
educators. Either choose a scaffolded work plan that assigns Lexile work to
students based on their accomplishment level data or upload their class roster
and assign work to the entire class. In order to help students master the
task at hand, teachers can also give them additional assignments.
Students
can join and click immediately into assigned projects that can be used and
incorporated into all parts of the curriculum spectrum once everything has been
uploaded and allocated. The expense of this platform, which costs around 6000
dollars for school-wide use or 2000 dollars for grade-level use, is a drawback.
This can be a factor that discourages schools from making the investment. By
assigning articles that students may listen to being read aloud, graphics and
charts that assist visual learning, and more engaging activities that encourage
kinesthetic learning, instructors can use this tool to satisfy the demands of
auditory learners. This tool may be included into solitary, small group, and
whole group learning in the classroom and offers a variety of exercises to
master standards.
Google
Classroom is another piece of technology that can be utilized to diversify learning.
This application provides a platform for an online classroom that encourages
student participation and teamwork.
Using
a class code that their teacher has issued, students can access this portal.
Teachers have the ability to upload assignments and activities, carry out
evaluations, gather information, and provide students feedback on their
completed work. Students can access the materials they have been given, keep
track of their due dates, and get in touch with their teachers if they have
questions. Since Google Classroom was so easy to use, it could be used as early
as Kindergarten, it became widely used when schools turned virtual as a result
of Covid-19. This platform is popular among teachers and administrators in my
current school system, and it's excellent because it's a free resource. In
order to differentiate learning and make sure that students are given
activities they can understand and complete, educators can post a range of
assignment types and styles. The addition of research, group projects, and
level assignments is simple, and students are assigned these as needed. This
tool can be utilized in cross-curricular lectures because it is not specific to
one field of study.
An
additional technique for scaffolding and differentiating learning is called
I-ready. The categories of assignments on this platform, which can be utilized
for math or literacy, are determined by the results of the initial diagnostic
evaluation. Students finish lessons and receive grades based on how well they
do. When using this tool in my class, I have a special grid-style graphic that
students can initial a block on after finishing each session with an 85% or
greater. Students and employees can easily access this portal, and performance
or grading information can be monitored. Based on their areas of problem or
weakness, teachers can provide lessons to pupils or let them progress through
lessons that have already been assigned.
The
I-ready technology platform also offers paper and pencil versions of
assignments that teachers can use with small groups or to reteach curriculum
that students find difficult to understand.
All
of the available technological tools and resources are excellent methods to
keep kids interested and reach standards and levels of accomplishment at a pace
that suits them. In today's educational environment, these instruments are
widely used and freely available.
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