Reflection Log F08

Amanda Waite’s EDU 276 PORTFOLIO REFLECTION LOG ARTIFACT Differentiation Quiz NAME: COMPONENTS: • Background Knowledge • Application FILE NAMES: ISTE NETS Standard 4 - Assessment & Evaluation: Teachers apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective STANDARD(s): assessment and evaluation strategies. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE REVIEWER WILL SEE: CONTEXT IN WHICH THE WORK WAS COMPLETED:

BULLETED REFLECTION:

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Background knowledge component in the form of websites provided by the instructor Application of these resources in the form of the assessment Evaluation of the resources used in the HDYKT(How do you know this) section

In order to prepare for the differentiation quiz, I needed to take the necessary steps: • Review the websites complied by the instructor • Compile notes on Differentiated Instruction and the main components • Listen to the Interview of DI “Guru” Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson • Evaluate what I had learned and how it can be applied in the classroom Pre-Project Skills: Before this project, I did not have a very strong idea of what differentiated instruction was, the myths and realities of it and how it can be applied to classrooms everyday Resources Used: • Delicious • Reading Rockets website New Skills Practiced: • Myths and Realities of Differentiated Instruction • Learning the components of differentiated instruction • Delicious Next Steps: EDU 276 PORTFOLIO REFLECTION LOG (FALL ’08) – p. 1

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Continue building on my knowledge of differentiated instruction in the classroom Continue applying my knowledge on differentiated instruction in my field experiences Continue to understand the importance of differentiated instruction in the 21st Century classroom

EDU 276 PORTFOLIO REFLECTION LOG (FALL ’08) – p. 2