Reflective+Journal+for+Week+of+January+11

Differentiated Instruction is a subject that has been around for awhile. It seems to make a comeback every so often, and all teachers are still trying to find the best ways to implement these practices into our classes. What does it mean? To me, it means to meet the students where they are. How do we do this? Use all the tools we have available to do this. use all technology and other resources available to make learning interesting as well as challenging to our students. To me it means finding what makes the students tick, and using it to help them learn. Speaking of differentiated learning and usina technology. I learned alot this week making the movie. I am not familiar with all the new technology and struggled with it. Somehow I bet my students could have done this project alot easier than me. Does that say something about my willingness to meet my students where they are? No, it says something about my age and lack of computer skills. This revelation has made me commit to becoming more tech savvy, my days of asking my own teenagers for help is over!! (or will be soon)