Tech or Treat

Today finds me hanging out in the flexible learning space in the SMAMS Library.

The event is a "Tech or Treat" PD opportunity, focused on differentiated learning.

There are three learning stations at "Tech or Treat":

• Google Forms
• For Mastery
• Students have to get all of the answers correct before submitting

• For Remediation & Challenges
• <Go to Section Based on Answer>
• Upon answering incorrectly, students can be directed to a worked example or tutorial, before attempting to answer again.
• Upon answering correctly, students can level up to a harder question

• Quizalize
• For Mastery
• Turn on the "Mastery Mode" so that missed multiple choice questions will be re-entered into the quiz again, and again until the student gets them right. 

• For Remediation & Challenges
• Based on the student's achievement, he/she will be sent to an appropriate follow-up quiz, activity, video, etc. 

• Differentiation Design 
• What are you going to differentiate in your lesson... 
• the content?
• the process?
• the product?
• How are you going to differentiate... 
• by student interest? 
• by skill level? 
• by learner profile? 
• Are you going to include...
• centers?
• flexible groupings?
• student choice?

Then...  will you find your groupings by a pretest or something else?   Will there be direct instruction at all?  What will that look like?   What happens after formative assessment results are taken? 
How will the summative assessment be conducted? 

A differentiated lesson plan has so many layers and potential combinations of strategies.   The MS is creating a Differentiation Design Team of teachers to pilot some design frameworks this year.

Are you interested in building a lesson plan this way for your department or grade level?  Reach out to me and we can work though this together!  jtamburlin@smasd.org 

In the meantime please stop by the MS Library for our second day of "Tech or Treat" tomorrow, Wednesday, October 30th.  Here are some pictures from what we have in store!