Differentiating in a Community: A Key to Reinvention

[William Kist]

Your Name and Title:  William Kist, Ph.D.

School or Organization Name:  Kent State University

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:  United States (Eastern Daylight Time)

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s): Middle School and High School teachers, college and university faculty

Short Session Description (one line):  This session will highlight many ideas for differentiating classrooms, both in online and hybrid formats, as a key feature of reinvention.

Full Session Description :

This session will demonstrate simple, yet effective ways that new media tools can aid differentiating instruction in your classroom.  From constructing online portfolios to electronic literature circles, Web 2.0 allows for students at any level to engage you’re your curriculum.  Building on over 15 years of research in classrooms, Dr. Kist will demonstrate a variety of strategies for transforming your classroom to one in which each student is met with engaging literacies, whether via virtual role-playing or simulations to research projects constructed on a wiki.  Collected from classrooms across the world, these strategies can be implemented in a wide range of classrooms, K-12, from the technologically barren to the technologically advanced, and that organizing your classroom using these new platforms do not take time away from “important” classroom activities, but can rather be integral to teaching each student in a meaningful way.

 

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: www.williamkist.com

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