Blog Post 4: Interaction

Chosen video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-D3gi2lL8 

The video that I chose was ‘Differentiating Instruction: It’s Not as Hard as You Think’ by Education Week. This video highlights issues that students may have, as well as solutions that integrate differentiated learning techniques. This video was selected to be in objective 2 of my group’s Interactive Learning Resource in order to help educators understand common classroom issues and solutions to get students engaged with the work they were doing. The interaction that this video would require from the educators would be to reflect on their current teaching practices and consider how differentiated instruction can be implemented in their classrooms. Educators would be encouraged to identify specific challenges their students face and explore the strategies presented in the video to address diverse learning needs. 

Educators should respond to this video by thinking about how the challenges and solutions presented relate to their own classrooms. They are likely to take notes on key strategies, reflect on their current teaching methods, and consider how differentiated instruction can improve student engagement.

Educators would be required to create a plan to address differentiation challenges in their own classrooms. Just like this video highlights a few motivational problems among students and plans to address these problems, educators would be tasked with addressing a problem and implementing their own solutions using critical thinking. There would also be a group discussion forum opened on brightspace for educators to collaborate with one another and work through their problems. This aligns with the concept that “asynchronous online discussion forums built into learning management systems can enable this kind of interaction,” fostering meaningful student-student engagement (Bates, 2019). By structuring discussions around specific educational goals, the platform ensures that interactions are purposeful, encouraging educators to reflect on their strategies and improve their teaching approaches (Bates, 2019). For the discussion forum and the created plan, students would need to have a computer or laptop and access to our brightspace page. To receive feedback, educators would post their plans on a discussion forum in Brightspace, where peers could provide inline comments or review the document through a shared link. This peer-reviewed feedback would allow for collaborative problem-solving and refinement of ideas. A group discussion forum would also be available for educators to exchange insights, share experiences, and support one another in implementing differentiated instruction strategies. To participate in this feedback process, educators would need a computer or laptop with access to the Brightspace platform.