• Kami-an online documentation tool allows teachers to take any document and turn it into an editable PDF or other document where students and teachers can highlight, strikethrough, underline text. Text boxes, shapes and images. Kami works with Google Drive, Google Classrooom. Students can easily collaborate in the classroom without having to print out multiple documents.
• Pear Deck-Takes any topic standard, or existing materials materials and transforms them into interactive lessons for slides. Students can take their vocabulary list and create interactive vocabulary cards. Pear Deck works by pairing two students together to assist in creating interactice slides and vocabulary cards. One student comes up with sentence and the other student must draw picture of the vocabulary word based off the defintion of the word. Students also compete in two teams paired up in groups of two called the “Day Shift” and the “Night Shift.”
• EdPuzzle-allows teachers to take any video and turn it into an interactive lesson where students answer questions while watching the video.
• Kahoot!-an interactive game-based platform for learning which allow teachers to create engaging learning sessions that allow students to answer an array of different questions from multiple-choice, true/false, open-ended questions, and many other type of questions which engage students of all learning styles.

Technology Breakdown for Teachers

Technology	Cost	Ease of Use	practicality of incorporation	Cross-Curricular
Kami	Free Trial Offer, $12-$25/month Depending on plan	Overall is user-friendly for sharing, uploading, editing documents.	Very practical and useful tool for both students teacher to edit and share documents	Can be used across all curriculums.
PearDeck	Free-$149/year	Very easy for both teachers and students. Students will feel comfortable with this technology after the first two or three times of use.	This a great technology for learning vocabulary within the context area.	Can be used across all curriculums.
EdPuzzle	Free-$13.75/ month (billed annually)	User-friendly and students can easily navigate the videos once assigned.	Very practical for Reading. Great for students who are auditory learners and possibly visual leaners..	Can be used across all curriculums.
Kahoot!	$7.99-$24.99 month (billed annually)	User friendly in making the kahoots and easy for students to play the kahoots.	This is a great practical technology that allows student of all levels to stay engaged in learning.	Can be used across all curriculums.

Technology Differentiation

Kami-differentiates instruction for readiness, interest, and learning styles by offering flexible tools that allow teachers to adjust assignments and activities to individual student needs, promoting personalized learning experiences. 

Pear Deck-differentiates instruction for readiness, interest, and learning styles by offering tools to cater to various learning needs, through features like tiered activities, interactive slides, and real-time data analysis.

EdPuzzle-differentiates instruction for readiness, interest, and learning styles by offering by allowing teachers to create personalized video lessons, tract student progress, and give targeted feedback, teachers to adject content and activities based on student needs.

Kahoot!-differentiates instruction for readiness, interest, and learning by improving student engagement, and motivation. Also provides many different ways that students can learn. Students are engaged through the visuals and auditory formative which allows for interactive for even kinesthetic learners.

Appropriate Instructional Strategies

In many of the technologies that were chosen there are many instructional strategies that can be used to enrich learning experiences and account for individual student differences and learning styles. One of the instructional strategies that can used for these technologies is scaffolding. In all the technologies from Kami to Kahoot!, they all provide support and guidance to students as they learn new skills regardless of the learning style taught. Take for example Kahoot!, since this a game based learning platform, it allow students of all skills to remain in engaged in learning providing both visual and auditory support within the classroom. Another strategy that reinforces by all these collaborative learning. Collaborative learning is especially prevalent in PearDeck and Kahoot!. PearDeck pairs two students together in which one students draws the vocabulary word based off the definition while the other student writes sentence based off the definition. A higher skilled students can be paired with lower skilled student to help enhance learning. Also, all the these technologies can be shared online as well as in-person, so that all students have access to the learning regardless if students are in a brick-and-mortar school or if they are learning online.

Promoting Learning and Creating Ownership of Learning

PearDeck promotes learning and creates ownership of learning in students in several different ways One way is by allowing students to work together to create their vocabulary card using the vocabulary word and definition. Students must work together in order to create a vocabulary cards that are relevant to the vocabulary word and the definition. So, not only are students creating their own study help they also have to collaborate with their partner.

EdPuzzle promotes learning and creates ownership of learning in students in several different ways, as well. Students are able to engage in video lessons at their own pace. Students who struggle with reading are able to listen to auditory helping them to understand things batters. Also students are responding to questions that are at their grade level which helps so that teachers can learn their independence.

References

Bates, B. (2023). Learning Theories Simplified…and How to Apply to Teaching. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

New England Institute of Technology. (2021, April 8). Everything You Need to Know About Adult Learning Theory. Retrieved from New England Institute of Technology: https://www.neit.edu/blog/what-is-adult-learning-theory

The Art of Personal Growth. (2021, August 22). The 5 Learning Theories. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxAegfVd00