Insert Learning (https://insertlearning.com/) Please scroll to the end to access an example artifact I created.
I found this tech tool in a 2018 blog by The Cult of Pedagogy titled “6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018” (https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/6-tech-tools-2018/). This blog has been a great PLN for me. Insert Learning is an interactive website that supports differentiated reading levels with the same content. They allow you to choose material in any content, then you search for the concepts you are teaching. Once you select from with a video, reading or questions, you can create a class and share the activity with your class. Similar to google classroom, you can set due dates, or set the launch date of the assignment. Insert Learning (or CK12) allows you to set discussion board topics for your class. I liked that you can enter your own questions in the reading that better aligns with what you are teaching in your class. This allows students to answer as they read along and guide their thinking in the right direction. When you first go to Insert Learning’s website, it redirects you to ck12.org. I found it difficult to find more information about this transfer and whether or not they are the same organization, or sister organizations. I selected this tech tool because it supports literacy skills in the class, but still offers an interactive component where students, and teachers can collaborate. Since Insert Learning offers topics for all content-areas, I think this would work as an interesting supplemental curriculum that can be tailored to the needs of each class. They also display whether the lessons are at, or above grade level to help differentiate for reading levels. I would recommend this tech tool to 6-12 teachers. I did start to get the feeling that this would be best-suited for high school teachers. When I was creating a lesson/artifact I was having a hard time getting the questions to save before I assigned the lesson, so this is something I would be reaching out to the organization about. I was, however, able to create a note off to the side of the paragraph, instead asking students to respond in their science notebooks (it would be much more effective to give feedback if it worked online!). Insofar as the literature is concerned, Insert Learning allows students to collaborate digitally, but does not allow them to create artifacts. This tech tool would be best delivered as support to direct instruction, or the Explain section of a 5E lesson. This tech tool does allow teachers to creatively tailor lessons to best suit different reading levels, without having to modify their lesson. Artifact https://www.ck12.org/group/661748 Or: https://www.ck12.org/student/ class code: 2dfco
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