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=**__ Week Five: Differentiating Instruction Resources __**= **Readiness ** @http://www.quia.com/web Quiaallows users to create online games and quizzes as well as to search other usercreated templates. The site is good for designing quick and easy assessments tocheck for student readiness. This site does require a paid subscription, butthe price seems reasonable. @http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ HotPotatoes is a software that can be used to create interactive multiple-choice,short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fillexercises. It would be useful for creating pre-assessments, continuous, formativeand summative assessments. www.usmint.gov/kids TheU.S. Mint website has many different learning resources such as online gamesand facts for young students and lesson plans for teachers. Web-based games canhelp the teacher determine where students’ readiness levels. [] QuestGarden is anonline authoring tool, community and hosting service. It allows educators to createactivities that students can use to solve problems. Lessons that are created can be sharedwith anyone that is a member of the site. **Interest ** [] The Discovery Education website provides digital resources, curriculumand assessment tools, interactive games and lessons. Additional support/enrichment resources arealso available such as homework activities and puzzle makers. The site also includes professionaldevelopment for educators. @http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">CMAPTools is a free downloadable concept map software that allows both visual andword mapping. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">It gives <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">students t <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he ability to construct Concept mapson their personal computer, share them anywhere on the Internet, link them toother Concept maps and search the web for information relevant to a conceptmap. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Learning Profile ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">@http://museumbox.e2bn.org/creator/ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">MuseumBox is a cross curricular tool. Students assess, investigate or <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">debate issues and explore and develop ideas. Each cube has six sides where <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">students can type, upload an image, use audio, video. Students can use what is comfortable to them <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to pass the necessary information along. =**__﻿__**=
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CAST Website __[|www.cast.org]__ BASIC INFORMATION ON UDL [] FRAMEWORK FOR UDL VIDEO []
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This surveywas designed for elementary age students. It is a two page paper pencilquestionnaire that includes hobbies, favorite activities and subjects, as wellabout favorite types of books. Additional space is provided for students toshare information about themselves that was not included in the survey. This learning style inventory would be appropriate for studentsin grades three to five. This learningstyle inventory is very a simple to follow. Students read the question or phrase and choose the answer that bestfits their learning style. Scoring issimple also for the students to complete on their own, which makes this easyfor the teacher to view the results quickly. Thissurvey is designed to determine which intelligences are strongest for anindividual. This survey would bedifficult for my elementary students to complete independently. However, I believe with assistanceinterpreting the statements this survey would be beneficial to both thestudents and the teacher. At the end ofthe survey, your results are immediately reveled including a description ofyour top three strengths. http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/books/danielsonAT2009_knowledge_of_students'_interests_and_cultural_heritage.pdf This site offersseveral examples of various interest surveys. It also provides examples of surveys for elementary students thatstudents would complete with their parents regarding languages spoken in thehome, holidays celebrated, and additional cultural heritage information. It also looks at personality traits andpossible traumatic moments that may affect the child’s learning.
 * __ Week Two: Student Data Inventory Resources __**
 * Interest survey**http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/Elementary+Interest+Survey+2.doc
 * Learning styles survey**[]
 * Multiple intelligences survey**[]
 * Learning profile inventory (other factors that may influencehow the student learns in the classroom, including cultural heritage, primarylanguage, gender, and age)**
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