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Resources
Instructional Strategies
Addressing Learning Style Strategies with Technology
General Learning Style Implementation Differentiated Activities In Process April, 2004
Things that can be done in groups or with partners
- Team learning
- Brainstorming
- Case studies
- Computer-based activities
- Self-teaching tutorials online
- Stories
- Singing
- Drama
- Humor
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Things that can be done individually after assigned work is completed
- Reading an eBook
- Writing a journal in Word
- Keeping learning logs in Word
- Make graphic organizers with WordArt, graphics, Inspiration
- Review material
- Create an electronic portfolio
- Practice assignments by creating a product (newspaper, portfolio, flyer, ... with Publisher)
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For the visual learners
- Use images, overheads, projection, video
- Use Inspiration software
- Create a PowerPoint
- Create videos of learning materials - Camtasia Studio, MovieMaker, iMovie,
- Use digital cameras
- Design a brochure with Word or Publisher
- Create a pictograph of concepts
- Print out graphic posters
- Use graphic symbols displayed for praise
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For auditory learners
- Keep verbal cues brief and clear
- Oral discussion groups
- Recorded or videos with narration
- Add narration to PowerPoint
- Digitally record a poem or play
- Use tape recorders, digital cameras, audio capture with computer
- Create a talking newspaper
- Give verbal praise
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For kinesthetic learners
- Hands-on computer time
- Use PDA's, calculators, Dana, Probes
- Act out and record a play
- Perform experiments
- Give demonstrations
- Create video learning materials - Microsoft Producer
- Model using a document camera
- Create a project
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For Analytical Learners (4-MAT)
- Use search engines
- Use tables to compare information
- Use Inspiration to map out information
- Use Word Outliner to organize information
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For Imaginative Learners (4-MAT)
- Create multimedia representations
- Use WebQuests and ThinkQuests
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For Common Sense Learner (4-MAT)
- Use PBL Tom Snyder science investigations software
- Use PDA's with probes and run experiments
- Use Word Venn diagrams to analyze concepts
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Dynamic Learner (4-MAT)
- Figure out how to use a PDA to do a writing assignment
- Figure out how to take a picture, synch it, edit it, and print it.
- Have them figure out how to create different effects in PowerPoint
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Differentiated Accommodation and Activities
Giving Directions (Content)
1. Orally
2. Written checklist
3. Overhead or on board
4. Handout
5. Projected
6. On web page
7. Audio taped
8. Repeat the directions to a study buddy |
Learning new material (Process)
1. Printed handouts
2. On computer - tutorials, CD...
3. Video Streaming lessons
4. Multimedia materials
5. Mini lessons accessible at their pace
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Products
1. Independent
2. Group
3. Pair activity
Type
1. Research project - online using TrackStar or iKeepbookmarks, yahooligans, mel...
2. Community project - online group, threaded discussion, collaborative assignments
3. Regular assignment
4. Special assignment
5. Product negotiated with the student
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Students set goals or make contracts for mastery of material |
Technology Learning Center Ideas
1. Students use QuizStar to create quizzes on the content
2. Students use CrossWord making software
3. Students make Hot Potatoes quizzes
4. Make online surveys with ProfilerPro, or Zoomerang as a data gathering tool
5. Create an eBook in PowerPoint which they narrate for others - creative stories about the content area, or dramatic presentations
6. Proofread other student works using Tracking Changes in Word(for peer editing)
7. Use Inspiration software for Cubing type of activity - look at something in different ways (describe it, compare it, associate it, analyze it, apply it, argue for or against it) or a table in Word
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8. Do Problem-based learning activities online
9. Do WebQuests on the content area
10. Create a WebQuest on the content area (could be created in PowerPoint instead of the web)
11. Develop a web site with the information and with illustrations
12. Students do a Trackstar quest the teacher has designed
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