Based on the presentation Technology: The Difference in Differentiation (June 2002, and January, 2005) by Dr. Janet Beyersdorfer,Riley Elementary School and Linda Smith, Tarkington Elementary School found at http://www.riley.d21.k12.il.us/Resources/tech_differentiation.html and
http://www.tarkington.d21.k12.il.us/Differentiation/tech_differentiation.htm

Learning Standards
Illinois Standards

Illinois Learning Standards

http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/Default.htm

Standards Aligned Learning

http://www.isbe.net/partnerships/Default.htm

NTAC Student Standards and ISTE Performance Indicators

Third Grade

http://www.d21.k12.il.us/curracademy/gr3standards.htm

Fifth Grade

http://www.d21.k12.il.us/curracademy/gr5standards.htm

Eighth Grade

http://www.d21.k12.il.us/curracademy/gr8standards.htm


Rubric Sites

RubiStar--make your own rubric/templates

WebQuest Rubric- how to choose a well developed quest

Rubrics for Web Lessons

MidLink Magazine Teacher Resource Room

Teach-nology: rubric tools: behavior, class participation, oral expression, paragraph writing and more.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Assessment/Rubrics

OnLine Resources for Assessments: links to assessment activities, strategies, samples, descriptions, and academic resources. MCAS Mentor: rubrics, planning, portfolios, and teacher-made rubrics (special section on ESL)

Calgary Board of Education: Rubrics general, webpage, website, webquest, newsletter.

ArtsWork: rubrics for music, theater, and visual arts
   

Search/Directory Websites

UC-Berkeley--Teaching Library Internet Workshops

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/
Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Internet Public Library


http://www.ipl.org/

Search Engine Watch

http://SearchEngineWatch.com/

Librarians' Index to the Internet

http://lii.org/

Google Directory

http://www.google.com/dirhp

Yahoo Directory

http://www.yahoo.com/


Featured Websites:

Tech4Learning
http://www.tech4learning.com/

ReadWriteThink.org--bank of lesson plans supported by IRA, NCTE and MarcoPolo

TechTrekers Free for Teachers, history, math, science, rubrics. Differentiated Instructional Resources from the National Conference on Differentiated Instruction. Downloads available for these resources: Differentiating Textbooks, Understanding Expository Text, Differentiated Instruction, Poverty

Technology Integration/Differentiation Articles

Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction

http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/
Differentiation/home.htm

"Do Technology Based Lessons Meet the Needs of Student Learning Styles?"

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596r/students/\
Rosen/Rosen.html

A WebQuest for Using Technology to Differentiate Your Classroom

http://www.justmyweb.com/dif/webbaker.html

"Personal Computers Help Gifted Students Work Smart"

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content
/pc.gifted.html

Technology and Differentiated Instruction Web Resources

http://k12.albemarle.org/Technology/DI

"Enhance Learning with Technology"

http://enhancelearning.ca/

Differentiation: Differentiating Instruction for Advanced Learners

"Enhance Learning with Technology: Differentiated Instruction"

http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/
differentiating.html

Reconcilable Differences? Standards-Based Teaching and Differentiation

www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/200009/tomlinson.html

Rethinking How We Do School – And for Whom

www.ascd.org/pdi/demo/diffinstr/tomlin99book.html#chap3
Differentiating Instruction: Finding Manageable Ways to Meet Individual Needs

www.ascd.org/ed_topics/cu2000win_willis.html
Mapping a Route Toward Differentiated Instruction

www.ascd.org/pdi/demo/diffinstr/tomlinson2.html

Teaching Strategies: 9 Types of Adaptations
 
Internet 4Classrooms: links, tutorials, integration ideas

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
integ_tech_lessons.htm
Teaching in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

www.weac.org/kids/1998-99/march99/differ.htm

School Districts with Pages on Differentiation

Wilmette Public Schools
http://wilmette.nttc.org/CD39/default.html

Differentiation: Differentiating Instruction for Advanced Learners

Multiple Intelligence/Technology Articles
Multiple Intelligence By Lesson http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/
~rehearse/MRA00.html
How Technology Enhances Howard Gardnerís Eight Intelligences http://www.america-tomorrow.com/ati/nhl80402.htm
Technology and Multiple Intelligences http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/
topic68.htm
Sample Lesson Plans on the Civil War http://www.towson.edu/~wizer/501/milp.html
The Layered Curriculum I Think...therefore...MI!
http://www.surfaquarium.com/MI/index.htm

Arts/PE
PE Central billed as the premier web stie for health and fitness professionals--lesson plans, adapted PE education, professional information, products etc.  
PE Links 4 U Http://www.pelinks4u.org/sections
/technology/technology.htm
Songs for Teaching
http://www.songsforteaching.com/index

Drill and Practice Sites (Elementary)
Unbarring://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
Sunburst http://www.sunburst.com
ChangeMaker  Demonstration Page: Math Arena, Concert Tour, Science
One False Move (numbers in order)Measure It (learning how to measure in centimeters)Grammar Gorillas
Riverdeep Publishing http://www.Riverdeep.com
Order Me Around (Geography, Science, Words categories: order items by size, location, time, alphabet) Demonstration/Free Downloads
Where Is That? (geography game with five levels and organized by continents +USA. Has the ability to be played with one or two players) Play OnLine

Drill and Practice Sites (Middle School)

Education Place Brain Teasers

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain

Headbone Zone-Rags to RICHES

http://www.headbone.com/wtvrags/rags.b.html

Batter's Up Baseball

http://www.prongo.com/math/

Cynthia Lanius' Lessons: Fraction Shapes

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/


Electronic Learning Formats

Tutorials Teach-nology Tutorials Atomic Learning.com .
Scavenger Hunts Mrs. Abernathy's Animal Planet Scavenger Hunts ASPCA Scavenger Hunts on Animals: (site has changed) .
Virtual Field Trips Virtual Field Trips PBS Teacher Source .
Projects (Lists) 42Explore topics and themes Interactive Online Projects--collaborative, email, webposting, interactive materials, projects KidsKonnect: alphabetized list of topics
. Friends and Flags Project Famous Americans--biography project with a variety of tasks .
Publishers
see Publishers Page
HRWinston Hougton Mifflin McDougal Littell
Multimedia Projects Apple iLife Award Winning Projects Tech4Learning
http://www.tech4learning.com/
TechTrekers Free for Teachers, history, math, science, rubrics.
Online Lessons Schools Online: for young learners (trees, incubation, plants, apples, worms) Trackstar BrainPop.
  KidPix Ideas from Thinkquest. ReadWriteThink.org--bank of lesson plans supported by IRA, NCTE and Marco Polo Suggested Literacy Resources BrainBoosters
Categorization, Lateral Thinking, Logic
Number and Math Play, Reasoning, Spatial Awareness,
Word and Letter Play
  Our Overnight Planning System OOPS The OOPS Technology Interval Page ESL Kidstuff.com
  Worksheets D Tour--ESL Kidstuff (subscription) . .
Webquests The Webquest Page--Bernie Dodge WebQuest Taxonomy Alphabetical List of Webquests
Technology Challenge Grant K-2 Technology Challenge Grant 3-5- Technology Challenge Grant 6-8 Technology Challenge Grant 9-12
Inspiration Projects East Buchanan Community Schools--Iowa Inspiration Projects 2000--2004 Lakeland Central School District--NY
Teachers Using Inspiration
Technology Assisting Literacy Knowledge TALK

Literature Webquest Sites

Caldecott Connections brief summary plus technology connection The Great Gatsby: a webquest about the times and the characters.
Find the Perfect Character: uses the internet, Inspiration, and PowerPoint Maniac Magee Web Rally basic research on places, people and events mentioned in the book.

Spreadsheet Sites

OnLine Spreadsheet Tutorials--Excel

The Technology Loop

Spreadsheet--A Variety of Ideas

Excel in the Classroom: Teach-nology Tutorial

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Databases in the Classroom: Teach-nology Tutorial


Janet Beyersdorfer and Linda Smith, Created June, 2002; Latest Update: March, 2005