Centers in the classroom

I sat looking about my room as students busied themselves. Was the use of technology in the classroom today adequate? I gave my class their assignment, were my stations truly targeting multi-sensory modalities? This is a key question to ask when designing any learning event regardless of the age of the learner I believe.

There has been quite a bit of talk about differentiated instruction. Well, I have come to believe that a degree of differentiation can be embedded in the learning just by adding layers of multiple sensory modalities to the learning activities. The brain processes the information with greater clarity. When that happens, even challenging activities become more engaging as the activity stimulates more areas of the brain. The better and more complete the engagement, the richer the learning experience. If planning a lesson try to include as many sensory modalities as possible for a deeper learning experience.