Session Description
Our students are not all the same so a one-size-fits-all approach to teaching is not going to meet the needs of each learner. In this session learn how you can differentiate learning tasks for groups of students using Google Drive and the white magic of Apps Scripts and Add-ons. We will also explore how to provide adaptive instruction, including formative feedback, based on a student’s understanding using Google Forms, YouTube and Gmail. Chromebooks or laptops are recommended. Participants with tablet devices will find it hard to participate in the hands-on sections of this session.
Session Resources:bit.ly/jradifferentiation
Notes
Doctorpus (add on to Google sheets) to distribute differentiated Google docs (same doc to all, different docs to different groups, shared with differentiated groups)
Goobric (Chrome Extension) for Rubric feedback from Doctorpus
Use Search tools to filter by reading level for sources
Using Flubaroo to create self marking tests. After the test is created as a Google form, complete as ‘Answer’ ‘Key’ to get answers. ‘Student Feedback’ gives one comment for the whole quize (use an IF statement to give differentiated feedback). Help tips will include specific question by question feedback emailed to the student.
Google drawing tips: use option key and drag objects to make a copy. Hover line tool over points on a shape, connect to another shape and the two are now linked. You can move them independently and they still stay connected. Check out this example.
Link to websites from session.
