Blog #3

With the reading you've done so far, about differentiation, can you see any differentiation I have organized for you in this course? Look at the assignments (listed on page 3 of the full syllabus and outlined on pages 7 - 11). Which one appears to you (not your friends, or study buddies, but to YOU) as if it may be the product and process differentiated for student interest? Briefly explain why you think so, and connect it to something you read in Ch. 1 of Fulfilling the Promise.

Every part of this class shows examples of differentiation. Our blog reports allow us to report and reflect on the information you have given us to read. The Classroom Community Key Assignment wants us to report on ideas which are important to us and the possibility of us utilizing in our own classroom. And a third example is the most student interest directed assignment of all. It is the final project and presentation. We choose between four separate projects and prepare it for ourselves to be used in our classrooms. This, to me coincides with the “Cogs of Differentiation” found on pages 10-12 in Fulfilling the Promise.

The three cogs focus on:

1)What the student seeks – This final project shows a challenge but also gives a purpose.

2) What the Teacher Responds - You have invested your time and planning to invite us to participate, reflect on what we’ve learned, and opportunities to learn and grow exponentially.

3) Curriculum and Instruction are the Vehicle- The final project is focused, engaging, demanding, scaffolded and important! It fulfills every notch in that cog. Thank you for caring enough about what we need to help us in every way!