Putting Ideas into Action!

     Differentiating Instruction.  What is it?  Why should teachers utelize it?  On September 8-10, 2011, a handful of Tennesse educators had the amazing opportunity to take part in a "unique professional development opportunity for teachers." 
     The camp:"Differentiated Instruction: Strategies to Reach and Teach ALL Learners" was a 3 day camp for teachers.  Dr. Zaf Khan of MTSU provided evidence-based, best-practice strategies, hands-on lab experience, and invaluable collaboration opportunities to help teachers become even better educators and to equip us to adequately differentiate our classrooms so that the students' learning will be a meaningful and dendrite-growing experience!  
     "Supporting differentiated instruction is not about teaching louder and slower or individualizing instruction for every student. It is about creating a rich, robust instructional repertoire with different entry and end points to learning. Differentiation is about change, challenge, and choice. Change the content! Change the process! Change the product!" (DI Camp Information from MTSU)
    This blog is dedicated to keeping the spirit of learning, engagement, and collaboration alive.  This will serve as a medium for the teachers at the training to share experiences from our own classrooms as we implement the ideas and strategies that we have learned at this amazing camp! 
     If you were a teacher that attended and would like to share your experiences of what you have used in your classroom from this training, email your post to me, Marsha Riggs: marshariggs@gmail.com I will make sure to post it to our blog immediately!  :)  Stay tuned for fantastic information and shared experiences!