Gifted Regional Day 3/11 -Choose Your Own Adventure Differentiation

adventure

Choose your own

Developing

Elevating

Emerging

DIFFERENTIATION

Vertical

Strategies

DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY

Icons

Resource Design

DIFFERENTIATION

Content Area

Resources

SHARE TO

AI Tools

Sandbox

IN LEARNING

Choice

Opportunities

LESSON PLAN

Tiered

Creation

COMPLEXITY

Depth &

Explorations

CREATE and

HyperDoc

Share

SEND HELP

Mind is Blown

Quiet Reflections

CHOICE BOARDS & MORE

WOW! There are so many ways to infuse student choice into learning experiences. Check out some of the ideas and templates shared on the Student Choice resource page. Explore examples of playlists, contracts, menus, and choice boards. Find an example that might be a good fit for your learners and plan to use and/or share with colleagues!

Student Choice Resources

Tiered Lesson Plan

Choose one of the templates shared in our session. Think about a content area topic your students learn with their general education teacher. Use AI to generate differentiate tiered lesson activities and assessments.

Planning & Tiered Assignments

DEPTH & COMPLEXITY

Use one of the Depth & Complexity Icons or Frames resources shared on our session website and DESIGN! Create classroom posters, activities for students, a 1-pager to share Depth & Complexity tools with colleagues, a framed activity around a content area topic, or anything that will support your work!

Create with Depth & Complexity Tools

Depth & Complexity

If you're new to Depth and Complexity resources, take some time to browse the resources shared. When finished, reflect in our Sandbox card 4: What "a-ha" moments did you have while exploring Depth and Complexity resources?

Sandbox Reflection

AI Tools Share

Have a great AI or tech tool to share? Post the link in our Sandbox!

Share AI Tool

VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION

Visit the Vertical Differentiation page of our resource website:

VISIT & EXPLORE

Choose a category that most interests you. Explore more of the resources and ideas provided. Post your reflections to the Sandbox card: Choose one of the vertical differentiation strategies shared and explore. Post under the sticky how this strategy/tool could support your gifted learners.

GO!

Content Area Connections

We likely won't have time to review the Content Area Resources shared on the website during today's session. If you're looking for specific differentiation strategies for ELA, Math, and Science/Social Studies, visit this page, explore, and bookmark some ideas!

content area resources

HyperDoc Create & Share

Visit the HyperDocs resources on the Student Choice page of our session website. Find a template you could use with students and/or one you could recommend to general education peers. Make a copy and customize for your use. Share the link on our session Sandbox on card 7!

Share a HyperDoc!

SO MANY RESOURCES...

... so little time! It's overwhelming to even know where to begin. Take a few quiet moments and jot down some reflections, thoughts, ideas, concerns or anything else that comes to mind on the Brain Dump card of our Sandbox.

brain dump

An awesome title here

The interactive visual communication step by step:

• Plan the structure of your content.
• Give visual weight to the key points and the most important ones.
• Define secondary messages with interactivity.
• Establish a flow throughout the content.
• Measure results.