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Friday, November 18, 2011

Ten Steps to Transforming Past Lessons for 21st Century Learners by Michael Gorman

Photo: Michael Gorman
"It is important to look at successful prior lessons and infuse these past successes with technology and 21st century skills. I often refer to this in my Jukebox to iPod presentation. When looking at this transformation it is obvious that technology made a past great idea even better." summarizes Michael Gorman. 

Teachers must realize that they have a vault of awesome activities that have proven to be successful with students. Many times these perennial gems can be reinvented, mixed, and transformed to bring about a new 21st century lesson that will be even more engaging and applicable to today’s digital learner. The more I have worked with teachers, the more I have seen a need to build a concrete method for transforming these past lessons.

I would like to introduce you to Ten Steps to Transforming Past Lessons for 21st Century Learners.

1. Locate that special lesson – Find that successful lesson from the past that you wish to transform. This can be one single lesson or may include a project filled with several lessons. While the form provided has been built for single lessons… multiple forms could be incorporated for an entire unit.
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Source: Tech & Learning