Digital Kids

I. Digital Kids

Carl Owens video clip
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids

Marco Antonio Torres
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/disconnect/positive.html

What about today's youth?

How do they work, play, think and learn?

II. The Disconnect

Karen Thompson
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/disconnect

Why is today's education system facing irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn?

What causes this disconnect?

What do millennials need to learn?

III. Achievement Redefined

Scan the page:
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/achievement

What should we as educators do? What is it about ourselves as educators that we need to change?

Milestones for Improving Learning and Education: 21st Century Skills

The MILE Guide:
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/achievement/

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Conducting a Gap Analysis:

http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/

What do we know about Millenials?

What we know about "essential conditions" for success in the use of digital resources?

http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/framewk/

Conduct a gap-analysis for the school as it relates to learning for Millenials and the addressing of the "essential condition?"

Document your work for sharing with colleagues using a tool of your choice (your documentation will lean towards a vision for teaching, learning and technology).