Blog Post 2
Haley Fryman
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Differentiation Articles
1. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/28/differentiated-instruction-a-primer.html
Sparks, S. D. (2017, February 08). Differentiated Instruction: A Primer. Retrieved February 16, 2017, from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/28/differentiated-instruction-a-primer.html
This article discusses what differentiation is, the evolution of the concept, and different strategies of using it in the classroom, the impacts of technology, critiques, and the professional development. This article is an amazing article to read and a perfect explanation of what it is and the best strategies to it. There is also comments from teachers at the bottom of the page on how they feel about differentiation at their school and in their classroom.
2. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy042.shtml
Education World: Strategy of the Week: Differentiated Instruction. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2017, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy042.shtml
This article is about differentiated instruction and what it is. This article describes differentiated instruction as a teaching approach in which educational content, process, and product are adapted according to student readiness, interest, and learning profile. Unlike individualized instruction, in which teaching must be directed to the specific needs and skills of each individual student, differentiated instruction addresses the needs of student clusters. This article provides different articles on differentiated instruction that we could look up which are also very helpful.
Sparks, S. D. (2017, February 08). Differentiated Instruction: A Primer. Retrieved February 16, 2017, from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/28/differentiated-instruction-a-primer.html
This article discusses what differentiation is, the evolution of the concept, and different strategies of using it in the classroom, the impacts of technology, critiques, and the professional development. This article is an amazing article to read and a perfect explanation of what it is and the best strategies to it. There is also comments from teachers at the bottom of the page on how they feel about differentiation at their school and in their classroom.
2. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy042.shtml
Education World: Strategy of the Week: Differentiated Instruction. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2017, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy042.shtml
This article is about differentiated instruction and what it is. This article describes differentiated instruction as a teaching approach in which educational content, process, and product are adapted according to student readiness, interest, and learning profile. Unlike individualized instruction, in which teaching must be directed to the specific needs and skills of each individual student, differentiated instruction addresses the needs of student clusters. This article provides different articles on differentiated instruction that we could look up which are also very helpful.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Differentiation Weblinks
http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-strategies/examples-of-differentiated-instruction/
Weselby, C. (2014, October 1). What is Differentiated Instruction? Examples of How to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom. Retrieved February 15, 2017, from http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-strategies/examples-of-differentiated-instruction/
This website gives us an inside look on what a differentiated classroom looks like. It talks about the definition of differentiation, the history of it in the classroom and gives ways to use it in instruction. There are 4 ways in which they go into depth about and those are: content, process, product and learning environment. It also includes pros and cons of a differentiated classroom. I think this will be helpful for other teachers and students, in order to get ideas for their own classroom for the future.
https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/18-teacher-tested-strategies-differentiated-instruction
Raffaelli , L. (2014, December 05). 18 Teacher-Tested Strategies for Differentiated Instruction. Retrieved February 15, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/18-teacher-tested-strategies-differentiated-instruction
This website is interesting. It is basically a slideshow or a PowerPoint on the website, giving 18 different strategies for teaching. Of course, these are all about differentiation. It gives teachers different ways and new tips on how to keep encouraging differentiation in the classroom.
Weselby, C. (2014, October 1). What is Differentiated Instruction? Examples of How to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom. Retrieved February 15, 2017, from http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-strategies/examples-of-differentiated-instruction/
This website gives us an inside look on what a differentiated classroom looks like. It talks about the definition of differentiation, the history of it in the classroom and gives ways to use it in instruction. There are 4 ways in which they go into depth about and those are: content, process, product and learning environment. It also includes pros and cons of a differentiated classroom. I think this will be helpful for other teachers and students, in order to get ideas for their own classroom for the future.
https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/18-teacher-tested-strategies-differentiated-instruction
Raffaelli , L. (2014, December 05). 18 Teacher-Tested Strategies for Differentiated Instruction. Retrieved February 15, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/18-teacher-tested-strategies-differentiated-instruction
This website is interesting. It is basically a slideshow or a PowerPoint on the website, giving 18 different strategies for teaching. Of course, these are all about differentiation. It gives teachers different ways and new tips on how to keep encouraging differentiation in the classroom.
Blog 2: Differentiation Book Reviews
Differentiation Book Reviews:
This week I have chosen to review books to further my knowledge of differentiation:
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners: Summary
The book Responding to the needs of all learners, discusses how today's classrooms are becoming more diverse, inclusive and more reliant on technology. The book gives teachers a way to divide their time, resources, and efforts to instruct students of different background and cultures.
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners: Book Review
"In today's modern world of changing educational needs, The Differentiated Classroom is more valuable than than ever. Highly recommended."
Tomlinson, C. A. (2015). Differentiated classroom: responding to the needs of all learners. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.'
A Differentiated Approach to Common Core: Summary
Advice on how to deliver practical and thoughtful lessons by instructing how to plan, deliver, and access instruction. Combining the goals of common core with the principles of differentiation and the eight-step process in creating a successful classroom.
A Differentiated Approach to Common Core: Video
http://bcove.me/1aw45e1c
Tomlinson, C. A., & Imbeau, M. B. (n.d.). A Differentiated Approach To Common Core.
Monday, February 13, 2017
Differentiation Videos
3 Ways to Differentiate Learning Stations
Why teachers teach but kids don’t learn | Ben Richards | TEDxYouth@Haileybury
The first video I have included is one in which Mary Peterson shows us three ways that she has found useful for differentiating learning stations while working with students in small reading groups. The three ways she suggests include providing students with an open ended activity, providing them with a choice, and providing them with a tiered activity.
Her examples are,
- Open ended activity- Speech bubbles (students draw a character from a book they are reading, and write things their character might say in speech bubbles).
- Choice- Students choose a book from a bin (use choice as a motivator to read).
- Tiered activity- Students play a memory game (different sets of cards for different leveled learners).
This second video is one that I found very interesting! Here Ben Richards, a math teacher, as well as a movie producer talks about how he has found a way to differentiate for intra-personal learners in the math classroom. He uses puppets to bring a math problem to life, and says, "Now is there anyone here who would like to try and do the math to help dog find out if this will fit in his kennel so dog and cat can solve their problem?" This appeals to children's emotions because they are likely to become emotionally invested in solving the problem, and this accounts for a "real world" application for younger grades.
References
(2011, September 16). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3LljMkI2OQ
(2015, July 14). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKo69os94cU
(2011, September 16). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3LljMkI2OQ
(2015, July 14). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKo69os94cU
(2011, September 16). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3LljMkI2OQ
(2015, July 14). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKo69os94cU
(2011, September 16). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3LljMkI2OQ
(2015, July 14). Retrieved February 13, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKo69os94c
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Co-Teaching Blog 1 Post #2
Co-Teaching
Blog 1
Post #2
Haley Fryman
This three-minute video discusses the importance of parallel
teaching. In the video, you can see that there are four different stations. The
two teachers are each running their own station, and then there are two other
stations that students can either work at independently or as a group. Station
teaching can help teachers spend more time with students on a smaller teacher
to student ratio scale. Station teaching also allows teachers to focus on many
different areas that students may need a little more help with simultaneously,
instead of having multiple large lessons to help meet the student’s needs. An
example of station teaching would be if there was one station where students
read with a partner, one station where the teacher is doing running records, one
station where students are independently writing in journals, and one station
where students are practicing spelling words on a whiteboard with other
students. Each station could last about fifteen minutes, and allowing students
to work on multiple aspects of literacy such as reading, writing, and spelling.
C. (2015, July 22). Station Teaching. Retrieved February 09, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrprg1r7kSs
Co-Teaching Blog: Video
Blog 1 Module 1: PLCs and Co-teaching, I chose a video regarding different tips for Co-teaching.
Video Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pnxst7dkLk
Date: October 14, 2011
Two Baltimore-area school teachers explore what it's like to share a classroom every day. Read the related story: http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/20
Source: E. (2011, October 14). Retrieved February 09, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pnxst7dkLk
After watching this video, I gained more information on the benefits on co-teaching. This video is in a classroom with two teachers in Baltimore. There was the classroom teacher and a teacher for the special-education students but the students in the elementary classroom did not know the difference between the two teachers. Both teachers talk about how co-teaching is beneficial to their students and to each other. Both teachers are always interacting with the lesson and whatever they are doing with the students. Co-teaching allows the students to have two instructors to ask for help if they need some. I have noticed that in my clinical classroom i am in, when i am teaching along with the other teacher, the students benefit from it more because they have other individuals to answer their questions, ask for help, and grow in whatever subject they are learning for the day. She says t the beginning of the video, "she respects me as an educator, I'm not just an educator to service students with IEP's." Dawn Peake, the other teacher, says "I think of her as my right hand, and myself being her right hand, and us both helping each other through lessons so that we get to all of the students." The teachers later talk about how a major key to co-teaching is to be making sure that all students questions are answered as quickly as possible, and co-teaching helps this happen. I think that with two teachers in the room, it does give students a lot more help and assistance they need in the classroom. Co-teaching also gives two different opinions and different options to the children's question. Co-teaching is a good model to show students how to work together. The video talks about this and shares the importance of showing students that it is okay to disagree about a subject, and co-teaching shows students how to work out problems that you might not always have the same outlook on this. Role models are teachers in the child's eyes, and having this relationship in the classroom with both of the teachers show this relationship of working through things and working together. This video helped see how co-teaching helps teachers in the classroom, and that it is okay to disagree on somethings. They both described co-teaching as a marriage. That you get along and agree on everything sometimes, but other times there will be some disagreements that you have to work through. I think with two teachers in the room, it is more likely for teachers to point out kids that are struggling and gives the teachers more time to work with the students that need more help because it is very hard for a teacher to make sure all 25+ students are on the same track. I think co-teaching is a great idea and should be in as many classrooms as it can be. I also think that making sure the teachers have things in common and differences helps so that the lessons are not the same and both teachers can bring different ideas to the students and the other teachers! Overall, from watching these videos on co-teaching, i see more and more how effective and important this is in the classrooms today.
Co-Teaching
Group 9
Blog 1 Post
Haley Fryman
This three-minute video discusses the importance of getting
to know your co-teaching partner. In this video if you just watch how the two
teachers interact, you cannot tell who is the special educator and who is the
general educator. It is important that students see the respect each teacher
has for one another to know that one teacher is not better than the other. The
video displays team teaching that can be used in the classroom. An example of
team teaching is if one teacher is discussing what adjectives are and the other
teacher jumps in, gives an example of a word that is an adjective, and uses
that adjective in a sentence. The teachers are teaching off one another, not
interrupting each other and trying to teach two different topics at the same
time.
E. (2011, October
14). 'Co-Teaching Is a Marriage' Retrieved February 08, 2017, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pnxst7dkLk
PLCs and Co-Teaching Helpful Weblinks
S., C., & T. (2012). What is Co-Teaching? Retrieved February 09, 2017, from http://www.cehd.umn.edu/TERI/Co-Teaching/Foundations/What.html Kaplan, M. (2012, May 10). Collaborative Team Teaching: Challenges and Rewards. Retrieved February 09, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/collaborative-team-teaching-challenges-rewards-marisa-kaplan Stark, E. (2015, June 5). Co-teaching: The Benefits and Disadvantages. Retrieved February 09, 2017, from http://teachingonpurpose.org/journal/co-teaching-the-benefits-and-disadvantages/ A., & DuFour, R. (2004, May). What Is a Professional Learning Community? Retrieved February 09, 2017, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may04/vol61/num08/What-Is-a-Professional-Learning-Community%C2%A2.aspx
These weblinks, above will be very helpful for future teachers! They are all about PLCs and Co-Teaching. There was a lot more information about Co-Teaching, but the weblink that I found for PLC is very informative. It talks about the 3 main ideas for PLC; Ensuring that students learn, A culture of collaboration, and Focusing on results. Which I think are about the same things we talked about as a class. The weblinks I included for Co-Teaching is helpful as well. One of the webinks talks about the pros and cons of Co-Teaching, which was eye opening. Another weblink includes games and a mini quiz for anyone to take. PLC and Co-Teaching are very important factors for not only a good classroom, but also for students. Students are our main focus as teachers, we need to make sure they are comfortable and that we are helping them as much as we can. I hope that these multiple weblinks will help with any questions or give you ideas for the future!
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