A presentation used as part of a professional development session for teachers on how to modify/examine lessons for approaching kids in a digital age.

1. Modifying Lessons
for Digital Kids
John Hendron
Goochland County Public Schools
http://www.johnhendron.net/

2. What needs to be done?
Creating new lessons, modifying old...

3. InfoSavvy Group (2007).
“Understanding Digital Kids.”
1.Making learning fun and more relevant,
2.Going faster so they can receive information quickly,
3.Less step-by-step, more random-access, hyperlinked,
just-in-time experiences,
4.Less text. More pictures, sounds, and video;
5.More opportunities for multitasking, networking, and
interactivity.

4. What needs to be done?
Changing the way we teach?

5. Let’s consider another
approach...

6. One that builds upon skills
needed to be literate in the
21 century.
ST

7. Twenty-First Century
Literacies
8

8. 1. Demonstrate initiative by critically assessing problems &
implementing creative solutions.
2. Behave cooperatively as a member of a team.
3. Read for information & application.
4. Calculate & measure for information & application.
5. Behave in a responsible manner without supervision.
6. Communicate verbally and in writing to evoke clear understanding.
7. Seek excellence in individual and group activities.
8. Locate & manage resources for problem solving.
Ian Jukes. (2005). 21st century literacy quotient insta-audit.

9. Some questions...

10. Does the lesson involve a
problem-solving
component?

11. Does the lesson encourage
students working together in
a group?

12. Are we asking students to
read? And what is the
purpose behind the
reading?

13. Does the lesson require the
discovery and manipulation
of data (math, science,
social studies)?

14. Is a portion of the lesson
assigned include a measure
for time-on-task?

15. Does the lesson require
students to communicate
through writing or speech?

16. Is the lesson ability-level
appropriate and encourage
self-motivation?

17. Does the lesson require the
exercise of research skills?

18. Will every lesson have all of
these?

19. Will good lessons encourage
many?

20. L e t ’s l o o k at those “digital
kids” preferences again...

21. From this... InfoSavvy Group (2007).
“Understanding Digital Kids.”
1.Making learning fun and more relevant,
2.Going faster so they can receive information quickly,
3.Less step-by-step, more random-access, hyperlinked,
just-in-time experiences,
4.Less text. More pictures, sounds, and video;
5.More opportunities for multitasking, networking, and
interactivity.

22. 1. Real-world examples,
2. Differentiate for different speeds & self-paced,
3. Web-based instruction, webquests, online research.
4. Start with experiences or psuedo-experiences that are found
through sound, pictures, QTVR movies, and video,
5. Collaboration and group-work built-into the lesson.
To this...

23. 4
Let’s Look at Some Lessons
How do they measure up?

29. Have you been paying attention?
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/221/35/

30. Pick a lesson; see how it
stacks up.

31. Colophon
This “presentation” was created for a 2-hour after-school
professional development session for K-12 teachers in
Goochland County, Virginia. This was first implemented
in October, 2007. This course is taught by Mr. John G.
Hendron (johnhendron.net).
This presentation includes content created by others. It
is reproduced here only as a convenience to others
viewing this presentation.
Links to these external resources are listed on the
ultimate slide.
This presentation was created in Apple Keynote 4.01
using the “Industrial” theme.

32. Resources Cited
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/ http://edsitement.neh.gov/
view/221/35/ view_lesson_plan.asp?id=250
http://web.mac.com/iajukes/ http://www.readwritethink.org/
thecommittedsardine/Handouts_files/ lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1083
tfclia.pdf
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
http://web.mac.com/iajukes/ LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L452
thecommittedsardine/Handouts_files/
ndl.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/
beyondtheclassroom/summer/
grades3_5/FamilyTimelines/
Version 1.0 - October 23, 2007