I enjoyed the presentation on differentiation in the classroom given by Jeani Rottle. I was impressed with her concise compilation of materials and delivery. She truly hit the "highlights" from several different authors and presented them in a user friendly fashion. One of the areas I plan to implement in my classroom is the testing of multiple intelligences. I have always tested my Intro students using the Barsch Learning Styles Inventory; however, after taking this test and plotting it on the graph, I have decided this survey is much more thorough and identifies the areas that will benefit me more in differerentiating my instruction. One of the other topics she discussed was curriculum mapping. I found this to be more helpful than any training or program I have seen. It was very basic, but very useful for day to day and week to week use. I plan to share this layout with the teacher that I plan with in my program. It will help us tremendously document in a chart form what we both do and when we do it. This simple procedure will help me determine what my focus is and how to accomplish it.
All in all, the day was very positive and productive and I hope to improve the differentiation of instruction in my classroom.
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