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Differentiating for Learning Profile & Interests
Tuesday June 22, 2010 Jennifer Kumpost


 * Objectives/Ideas:** Making learning meaningful and engaging for students using learning profiles and interest surveys.


 * Application/Implementation:**
 * Use clicker prior to lessons to establish student learning profiles and interests
 * Use google surveys prior to working with a group of students to assist in differentiating


 * Reflection/Documentation (upload to DI Moodle):**

A Perfect Learning Experience
Topic: Wildlife photography I've always wanted to be better able to photograph animals in the wild.

Delivery: Travel to various places where wildlife are and take pictures in the field with them.

Location: Alaska, South America, or Africa

Companions: My husband because he is more observant than I am and would probably see the animals before I would.

Activities:
 * 1) Getting to know your camera session, that covers the various features of my camera.
 * 2) Lesson on lighting
 * 3) Lesson on manual settings
 * 4) Time in the field taking pictures

Direct Skills:
 * 1) Exposure
 * 2) Good Composition

Indirect Skills:
 * 1) Becoming more observant
 * 2) Patience

Final Outcome/product: Wildlife digital portfolio

**You need to be proactive and intentional in your differentiation.**

 * Random and Fluffy don't work
 * Intentional part of supporting student growth and learning towards learning goals.
 * Proactively gather information to connect student to content and learning.

**Information Gathering**

 * Should be intentional
 * Graphs, Inventories, scales, observation, formal & informal discussions, exit cards, bell ringers, student self-evaluations
 * Aspects of Learning Profile**
 * 1) Who the learner like to work with
 * 2) Environmental factors that influence learning
 * 3) Variety of tasks
 * 4) How the learner encodes or processes new concepts, ideas, information, or material
 * 5) Demonstration of understandings

@http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/101043/chapters/The-How-To%27s-of-Planning-Lessons-Differentiated-by-Learning-Profile.aspx


 * Ways to Differentiate **
 * Independent study
 * RAFTS

Three types of Intelligences:
 * 1) Creative
 * 2) Analytical
 * 3) Practical



Gardner's 5 Entry Points - Students explore the depth of a given topic in up to five:

Aesthetic - sensory qualities of a topic (sound of a poem, lines of a poem) Exeriential - explore topic hands-on (manipulating, producing, creating) Foundational - explore broader concepts and supporting philosophy (why is ) Logical/Quantitative - explore the numbers, scientific, deductive reasoning of a concept (What decisions led to _ ?, calculating, deducing) Narrational - explore the story concept of a topic (sequence of events leadign to, story behind )