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Resources from ADE's on how to do screencasting

"Lexile measures are powerful, versatile tools that educators can use to help their students grow as readers. When you use both Lexile reader measures and Lexile text measures, you can treat each student as an individual learner, rather than as below-grade, on-grade or above-grade. Site includes a "find a book" feature which allows you to search a book by title or author and find out the lexile level. There is a conversion chart on the site which will give you a guide to the approximate grade level equivalents as well.

Here are some classroom ideas and applications to help you differentiate instruction for all readers in various situations."

Daily ideas for differentiated instruction. Cool blog!

Educational Leadership

This mindset is what will make students successful, I think. This could be a great background reading for differentaition.

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differentiating instruction using technology wiki

Personalized learning plans and electronic portfolios are being implemented to help students take ownership of their own education. Could this student "self-advocacy" be an essential component of teachers' attempts to differentiate instruction? Absolutely! Consistently applied, personalized learning plans would seem to be a natural means of maintaining student engagement and motivation. Opportunity and choice seem to be keywords here - as one student said, "it just shows you the opportunities you can have if one doesn't work out."

Build your objectives using Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.

This creator integrates Bloom's Taxonomy while creating differentiated lessons.

Excellent collection of resources for differentiation and professional development.