1D: Model the use of adaptive technologies and other digital resources to personalize anddifferentiate learning activities for every student.

1D: Model the use of adaptive technologies and other digital resources to personalize and differentiate learning activities for every student.

When my students read on the ipads, I have  shown  them  how they adjust the settings for their own preferences. Some students choose a  black background for the kindle reading book we are reading, others a sepia or white background. Additionally, students pick their font size for the book. This one strategy and ability to suit their own preferences is awesome, as they control their own reading environment and can suit it to their preferences. Additionally, they highlight words/phrases in the text of interest. They can press on an unknown word and read the definition right within the text environment. Students often are instructed to then ‘add a note’ to the text in their own words-writing their own short definition.The use of note-making apps like popplet, allows students to create their own individual mind map evidence of their reading and understanding. Each popplet is as unique as the student who created it.

Here is a link to a digital representation of my grant accomplishments: Struggling Readers Grant-Reflection: http://portal.sliderocket.com/BHXFH/New-Hampshire-Struggling-Readers-Grant
 

Here is an example of my students adding a note to the novel they are reading-Hunger Games-they are often instructed to connect with text posing-questions, ideas, predictions, text to text; text to self; text to world connections. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EU2-7tLL4CY/T89dom1121I/AAAAAAAAA74/mwPYnYa5loo/I/photo.JPG

Downloaded apps like Dragonspeak is  another great tool that works  great, as long as  the room is  quiet enough. Students who lack  keyboarding skills,  can use  an app like  Dragonspeak to differentiate their own style  of creation for  the goal of creating the assignment and posting it.