Lynda.com for differentiation

I have a student in my Programming 1 course who is doing phenomenally well. So well in fact, that I struggle at times to find ways to challenge and engage him up to his fullest potential. I've spent a fair amount of time trying to find things above and beyond for him to do, but haven't really found anything that really worked and engaged him.

At least until now.

I was showing our new Web Design teacher some resources they could use to help prepare for the class next semester, and one of the resources I showed them was Lynda.com. Our district provides all teachers and students access to this amazing library of resources and tutorials. As I was showing all the great things that Lynda.com provided, I realized that I was failing to use this great resource with my students. Especially some of my advanced students that really want to do and learn more.

Today, the student that I sometimes struggle to find advanced work for, is learning to do statistical analysis of data from a website through python. The best part is that his learning today, while advanced and challenging, is supported through tutorial and file resources.

I was so happy with his work today, I took some time to really dig through all that Lynda.com has to offer. I was impressed with the wide range of topics that were covered by the site. There were courses on Accounting, Marketing, Business, Architecture, Interior Design, Education, and many more.

I would urge all SD203 teachers to, at a minimum, sign in and check out some of the great resources you or your students may be missing out on.

Below are a couple of screen shots I took from the site.