Differentiated+Instruction

Inspired Classrooms
media type="youtube" key="3lzzZbPN-8s?fs=1" height="385" width="480" If you could actively engage your students in critical thinking, problem-solving, collaborative learning, provide differentiated instructional activities, and it wouldn't require any new gadgets or expensive equipment, just a little rearranging of your classroom - would you do it? In 2000, a teacher in Irving, Texas called his classroom model "inspired", and it was. Imagine a classroom where the computers are part of the learning environment, accessible to all of the students all day long, where technology becomes not the end, but a means to a greater end - authentic learning and application of skills and knowledge.

||  ||   **Traditional Classroom** **Technology Integration** Computers as a center Students working in isolation Teacher-led Technology Projects Teaching to the middle Flat Assessments Teacher provides support Isolated learning Lower Order Thinking Skills Off-Task behavior   Low student motivation to   complete a task Limited opportunity to share, discuss,  and evaluate ||   **Inspired Classroom**   **Technology Integration** Computers as an integral part of the learning environment Students working in cooperative learning groups Student-driven Problem and Project based learning Differentiated Instruction Multi-dimensional assessments Students learn to help each other Information is connected and partof the students' life experiences   Higher Order Thinking Skills High student motivation to  complete a task Multiple opportunites to share,  discuss, and evaluate  ||