Differentiating Instruction with AI Tools

Abstract

In their junior year, preservice teachers engaged in a lesson to facilitate the effective development of an integrated inquiry unit. Preservice teachers had to design at least three lesson plans they implemented during their clinical week. To assist preservice teachers in differentiating instruction, they experimented with using ChatGPT and the Poe feature Ludia to learn ways to differentiate instruction by unpacking the Science, ELA, Social Studies, or Math Standards.

The goal of this lesson was to ensure that preservice teachers understood what the standards meant and to provide ideas for differentiating their units and incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to meet student needs. Preservice teachers experimented with both AI tools to achieve these goals and reflected on the one they preferred with a rationale.