1. Differentiated Instruction
Candy Trate
Jim Ellis

2. Agenda
• What is DI?
• Know Your Students
• Know Your Content
• DI by ContentProcessProduct
• Strategies:
– Tiered Instruction
– Menus
– Centers
• Sum It Up!!

3. Definition of Differentiated
Instruction
Definition Before Video Definition After Video

4. Know Your Students and Self
• Interest Surveys
• Roles on a Team
• Learning Styles
– http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/LearningStyleInv.html

5. Learning Styles
What Learning Style best fits you? _____________________________
What are your listed Learning Strengths?
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What teaching strategies affect you the most?
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Do you think your learning styles affects how you teach your classes?
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6. Know Your Content

7. Know, Understand and Do
Know (Concepts) Understand (Big Ideas) Do (Skills/Competencies)

8. Content—Process—Product

9. Resources
• Differentiation Central
– www.diffcentral.com
• A Different Place
– www.adifferentplace.org
• Dare to Differentiate
– http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com