Differentiation

The question that my group is working with deals with instructional differentiation. I'm sure that many of you who have taken multiple teaching courses before have probably heard of it, but I myself was not so familiar with the concept to begin with. However, once I started to grasp what it meant to employ differentiation I felt that it was an obvious tactic to enhance education- and I'm sure it happens all the time. Differentiation simply refers to tailoring lesson plans for individuals as opposed to a one-size-fits-all style. As teachers we can implement differentiation in the content that we teach, the processes we use, the environment in which we teach, etc., and if we do this - everyone benefits. Actually, the very act that I am committing right now (writing a blog) is a great example of differentiation. It's not a standard paper or test, but in fact it's more of a forum for discussion and we as students have the power to bring up topics that we think are interesting. As Amy said in the first class, the technology is out there and we have to follow it and use it so we dont get left behind by the students we will one day be trying to teach. Anyweay, I guess I'll be explaining more tomorrow with my group.