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11/17/2008
Rod Haenke
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Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction

Today’s learners prefer to learn at their own pace and in their own way. Certainly there are times when students still need to receive instruction through lecture and/or through large group activities. However, learners are getting used to being able to access what they want when they want it. Whether it is “on demand” movies or television shows, You Tube videos, or online games; students of today are used to dictating what content to experience rather than being dictated to. Plus, learners are all at different stages of development. We know that as educators. So how can we bridge these two powerful needs? We can use technology to find out what concepts learners know or don’t know. Technology can be used to not only identify which concepts they need more practice on but also can be used to match them to the right content for those needs and/or their learning style. You can waste a lot of money on these types of learning content systems and not get the results you want. You need the right advice to select the right tools that allow your students to progress at their own pace and in their own way.

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11/17/2008
Rod Haenke
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Assessment and Online Learning

Many schools are using online grading systems for reporting to parents “how their kid is doing.” However, the grades often don’t tell you much. Let’s say my student is getting 79% correct in daily assignments in math. What does that really tell me? Technology tools are making it possible to link specific performance on key concepts to online grading and reporting systems. But this can only happen if there is enough forethought and design put into the content delivery and grading technologies. Often they don’t “talk to each other.” You need to be able to have access to learning content that matches the key concepts you want the students to learn AND that can capture important data about the student performance. Then your parents will have access to meaningful data that can help inform them about what additional skills or knowledge their child needs to work on. And isn’t that what grading should be about anyway?

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