Connections to Key Topics in Educational Technology
Meeting the diverse needs of all learners
"To differentiate instruction is to recognize students varying background knowledge, readiness, language, preferences in learning, interests; and to react responsively. Differentiated instruction is a process to approach teaching and learning for students of differing abilities in the same class. The intent of differentiating instruction is to maximize each student’s growth and individual success by meeting each student where he or she is, and assisting in the learning process."
- National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials
Using technology to engage in professional development and leadership
"Human intelligence and creativity, today more than ever, are tied to connecting- synchronizing- people, tools, texts, digital and social media, virtual spaces and real spaces in the right ways, in ways that makes us Minds and not just minds, but also better people in a better world."
- James Paul Gee, The Anti-Education Era