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Differentiation via the flipped class

Author: Crystal Kirch

Differentiation via the Flipped Class

In this video tutorial, you will learn the three ways that a Flipped Classroom can be differentiated for your students - lesson delivery, learning activities, and assessment modalities. You will decide on your activities and assessments to go along with the flipped lesson you are planning on Sophia.org and make sure that your assessments and your learning objectives match up.

Source: Created by Crystal Kirch using Camtasia for Mac

Differentiation via the Flipped Class

Slides to accompany the video lesson

Source: Created by Crystal Kirch using PowerPoint for Mac

Differentiating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences via "Menus"

We have so many different types of students in our classrooms and it may seem daunting to meet all of their learning needs.  However, we know there are three main learning styles (Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic) that most of our students use.  

We can also differentiate for our students based on their Multiple Intelligences.  The website linked below does an excellent job of summarizing the Multiple Intelligence Theory and providing examples, rubrics, and resources for using "Menus" (or "Think-Tac-Toe" sheets) to differentiate learning activities and assessments for our students.

With the valuable face-to-face time that we have with our students because of the Flipped Classroom, we have so many opportunities to differentiate instruction, activities, and assessments for them in order to best meet their learning needs.

http://teach.fcps.net/trt7/Think%20Tac%20Toe.htm

Differentiation via Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Project-Based Learning is a great way to differentiate both activities and assessments in a flipped classroom.  Below are some links that will get you started thinking about PBL.

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-guide

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-resources-lesson-plans

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-new-tech-research

Source: edutopia.org

Differentiation via Student-Created Videos

Having student-created videos is a great way to get students to move up to the higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy and really apply the content themselves. Below is a sample student-created video for a Pre-Calculus class where students wrote, solved, and explained their own math problem as a way of assessing their knowledge and understanding of the content.

Source: video created using Educreations

Before you move on...

1. Have you thought about how your flipped lesson is going to meet the individual student needs that exist in your classroom?

2. Have you determined what in-class activities and assessment(s) will accompany the lesson in order to give you evidence that the learning objectives are being met?  Have you set a timelines for these activities and assessments?

3. Have you verified that the assessment(s) you have created match with your learning objectives?