Jenny Smith
Grade Level and Content
Gfited Certified
ELA and SS
7th and 8th
Background
Professional
16 years in education
Mostly in middle school
Gwinnett County, GA
and Barrow County, GA
Academic
1999--Newberry College
Use of Mind Mapping
I could definitely use these next year
in 8th grade ELA.
Writing Units
Grammar Topics
Literary Units
Colleagues who have
taken this course have
incorporated mind maps
Hoping to Gain from Course
Ideas for alternative
assessment strategies
a clearer picture of
what differentiation is
Experience with Course Topic
Differentiation
Differentiation has been
difficult to define
Gifted/ESOL/Co-taught SPED
Assessment
NCLB/testing
alternative/portfolios
