Goals:
1. Understand the relationship between assessment
and differentiation.
2. Explore methods for creating a variety of differentiated learning
opportunities to engage all students.
3. Understand how the product design creates opportunities for
differentiation.
Time: 180 minutes
Description of Activity:
(Pre-Activity: 1)Watch Riverworks,
hand out Activity Sheet for Assess, Diff and Product; 2) Review Book Planning Considerations.)
1. View Countdown to CD-ROM.
2. View the product descriptor for a
King species page.
3. Review the Resource Table.
4. Discuss opportunities and strategies for differentiation in
products.
5. Review the different parts of the Product
and assign responsibilities for
remaining pages.
6. Review Web 2.0 resources and differentiation options.
6. Crew Choice: Review earlier summit CDs, or not?
7. Open Studio.
Resources:
River Works
Book Planning Considerations
Application
Sample
Topic Page Sample
Product
Descriptor
Science
Guidelines
Student
Checklist
Product
Map
Countdown
to CD-ROM
Web 2.0
Google
Blogs -- Wordpress
Wikis -- Wikispaces
CD from 2005