Instruction Module 3: The Learner and Learning in a Digital Age Unit 2: Learning in a Digital Age Rita Instructor Activity 2: Differentiated Instruction Strategies Criteria Project Description Overview In the previous week, you collaborated with your cohort to gather information on student-centered learning. You have also gathered a variety of information on your existing or future students. Now you will synthesize all this information and reflect on those student-centered activities, approaches, and practices that are most relevant and applicable to your students. Being acquainted with a variety of student-centered activities, approaches, and practices is grand, but it’s not enough. You need to choose and apply this information based on what you know about your students. In this activity, you review a case study and enhance it with additional student-centered activities and technology that you have learned about. Performance Outcomes Candidates create a problem-based student case study where they can apply student centered learning solutions What will you do? Review a student case study in “Case Study by Grades” in the Activity Resources that is within the grade level you plan to teach or create one based on a student in your own class. If you teach multiple grades, select the grade you feel most comfortable with. Your case study should be based on a learner who needs additional intervention, enrichment, or support. Describe ways that you can practically apply the student-centered activities, approaches, and practices you have researched to effectively address this student’s learning needs. Enhance your strategies and activities with a variety of ways for the student to use technology. Present your approaches to the selected student case study using Emaze (or a similar presentation tool such as Prezi, Flipsnack, etc.) to demonstrate how the student’s needs are being fully met. Remember, do a grammatical check of your presentation before submitting the activity and add your name to your original work. Report Requirements Emaze presentation on strategies, activities, and appropriate uses of technology for a student case study Notes If you are an early childhood or elementary teacher, examine the resource related to the Science of Reading and be certain that your strategies and activities allow you to monitor and adapt the use of technology in your teaching to ensure mastery of the skills being taught. If you are a secondary teacher, examine resources specific to your content area and be certain that your strategies and activities allow you to monitor and adapt the use of technology in your teaching to ensure mastery of the skills being taught. https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/teach/instructionalstrategies/casestudies.html – Whats a case study https://www.classcraft.com/blog/what-is-personal-learning/ – whats a personalized learning plan Note from my professor: Data-driven instruction is key and it is clear that you are quite skilled at gathering, organizing, and analyzing the data. The next step is how will you differentiate the student/case study. I do not need or want data for your entire class. You need to choose one student who is struggling and through a student-centered approach how will you support the student? Think about traditional strategies as well as technology. Here are some exemplary samples that have met the criteria for this assignment to give you a visual representation of what is required for the assignment.
