First the class will brainstorm a list of some of the categories and types of diversities that can be found among students in a classroom.

Then, with a partner, you will select one of the types or categories. With the online resources provided, or by finding resources of your own, find at least one instructional strategy that utilizes technology to address the needs of these learners. If you finish and there's still time available, you can:

• find another strategy for the same type,
• find a strategy for a different type in the same category, or
• select a new category or type and search for a strategy

Be prepared to share your findings with the class. You will report:

• category of diversity (e.g., physical abilities)
• type within that category (e.g., fine motor skill deficiencies)
• a specific example of a technology usage that helps a student succeed in the classroom better than if s/he did not have that technology assistance (e.g., students can use a word processor to create reports and stories that are legible and neat where reports or stories written by hand with poor fine motor skills might be illegible or not very neat)

National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through Technology, Media and Materials
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/library/toc.htm

Strategies for Addressing Access Inequities
http://www.netc.org/equity/strat_access.html

Enhance Learning with Technology: Differentiated Instruction
http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiating.html 

Technology and Multiple Intelligences
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic68.htm

Technology and Multiple Intelligences
http://www.casacanada.com/multech.html