After watching the video on differentiation, I realized just
how important it is to differentiate instruction for students. Not all of Ms.
Maronpot’s students can engage on the same cognitive level of questions;
therefore; it was vital that she used different types of instruction so that
she could reach all of her students. In my math classroom, it is important that
I use different types of instruction such as interactive activities that will
engage all of my students. The use of the smart board in Ms. Maronpot’s
classroom gave students the opportunity to be excited about the lesson. I think
for my math classrooms it will be important to not just use a smart board as a
dry erase board, but to use it in a way that will be interactive for the
students. Also, I really liked the idea of the puzzle questions, and I think
that could be really helpful when students are learning different math
concepts. For math, the puzzle questions could be really helpful to question different
students on a level that makes sense for them. For my social studies classroom,
I think these specific activities would not be the best for differentiating
instruction for my students. However, the cognitive question levels can be used
in any content-area with the right adjustments. All in all, it is important to
differentiate instruction in any content-area, so that you can affectively reach
all of your students.Saturday, October 13, 2018
Synthesis Blog #4
After watching the video on differentiation, I realized just
how important it is to differentiate instruction for students. Not all of Ms.
Maronpot’s students can engage on the same cognitive level of questions;
therefore; it was vital that she used different types of instruction so that
she could reach all of her students. In my math classroom, it is important that
I use different types of instruction such as interactive activities that will
engage all of my students. The use of the smart board in Ms. Maronpot’s
classroom gave students the opportunity to be excited about the lesson. I think
for my math classrooms it will be important to not just use a smart board as a
dry erase board, but to use it in a way that will be interactive for the
students. Also, I really liked the idea of the puzzle questions, and I think
that could be really helpful when students are learning different math
concepts. For math, the puzzle questions could be really helpful to question different
students on a level that makes sense for them. For my social studies classroom,
I think these specific activities would not be the best for differentiating
instruction for my students. However, the cognitive question levels can be used
in any content-area with the right adjustments. All in all, it is important to
differentiate instruction in any content-area, so that you can affectively reach
all of your students.
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Taylor, I completely agree that differentiation is needed in every classroom. Also, I really like how you discussed how you would use the different techniques in your different content-areas. I too would use the SmartBoard as more of an engagement tool in my math class as a way for the students to become more comfortable with the material and being up at the board. I do not know if I would use the puzzle questions though because they can become very tedious and may not be as beneficial as planned considering all the effort put in because you must do each question for each individual student.
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