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Assistive Technology is any type of technology that is created or used to aid those with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology can be high tech or low tech. Assistive technology can be anything from a complicated, intensive computer, to a poster in which a person can point to objects.

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What are some examples of Assistive Technology? 

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What are some examples of Assistive Technology? 

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Hearing Aid

Screen Reader

Wheelchair

Braille E-Books

Smart Home Devices

Prosthetic Limbs

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Differentiated Instruction is a type of instruction in which all students are accommodated for and can demonstrate Thier knowledge in their own unique and individual ways.

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Some ways that teachers can apply DI is through content, process, projects and learning enviorments.

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What are some examples of Differentiated Instruction?

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What are some examples of Differentiated Instruction?

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Flipped Classroom

Providing Different Fiction Books

Having Students Choose an Elective Topic

Giving Students Different Books

Providing Weekly Spelling Lists

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What is AT? - Assistive Technology Industry Association

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Learn more about assistive technology: products, equipment, and systems that enhance learning, working, and daily living for persons with disabilities.

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At a glance

Differentiated instruction is a teaching approach that tailors instruction to students' different learning needs.

It lets students show what they know in different ways.

It doesn't replace the goals in a child's IEP or 504 plan.

Differentiated instruction is a teaching approach that tailors instruction to all students' learning needs. All the students have the same learning goal. But the instruction varies based on students' interests, preferences, strengths, and struggles.

Instead of teaching the whole group in one way (like a lecture), a teacher uses a bunch of different methods. This can include teaching students in small groups or in one-on-one sessions.

Students have "multiple options for taking in information, making sense of ideas, and expressing what they learn," says Carol Ann Tomlinson, an educator who has done innovative work in this area.

According to Tomlinson, there are four areas where teachers can differentiate instruction:

1. Content: Figuring out what a student needs to learn and which resources will help

2. Process: Activities that help students make sense of what they learn

3. Projects: Ways for students to "show what they know"

4. Learning environment: How the classroom "feels" and how the class works together

This approach works well with the response to intervention (RTI) process used in some schools. The goal of RTI is to address learning struggles early. Students get extra support before they fall behind their peers.

About the author

About the author

Geri Coleman Tucker is a freelance writer and editor and a former deputy managing editor for

Reviewed by

Reviewed by

Kylah Torre is an instructor in the department of special education at Hunter College.

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Differentiated instruction is a teaching approach that tailors instruction to all students' learning needs. Read about how differentiated instruction works.

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As educators we must accommodate and promote the learning of all students. Our main duty is to allow our students to be educated to the highest degree possible. AT and DI are recourses that must be utilized in order to accomplish this.