Classroom Solutions for Digital Students

Scott KinneyDirector, Discovery Educator Network

Classroom Solutions for Digital Students

Scott KinneyNational Director, Discovery Educator Network

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A bit of trivia...

Which age group has the highest percentage of its members online?

A. 12-17

B. 25-29

C. 30-34

D. 40-44

What percentage of public school students are considered to be part of a racial or ethnic minority group?

A. 13%

B. 18%

C. 26%

D. 43%

One of the fastest growing websites in the world and has visitors watching over 100 million videos per day?

A. Google

B. YouTube

C. Yahoo

D. MySpace

If registered users of this website were a country, it would be larger than Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

A. Google

B. YouTube

C. Yahoo

D. MySpace

What is the percentage of students entering school that speak a language other than English?

A. 5%

B. 10%

C. 20%

D. 40%

How can we support these trends?

Students and Media• Young people (8-18) today, spend an average of 6 ½

hours a day with media– 4 hours a day watching TV

• 2 ¼ hours with parents– 1 ¾ listening to music

• 1 ½ doing physical activity– Over an hour on the computer

• Under an hour doing homework

• They are exposed to the equivalent of 8 ½ hours of media a day

• 57% of teenagers online create content. (approximately 2 million teens)

Source: A Kaiser Family Foundation Study. March 2005

Source: AOL/DMS “Teen Wired” and Pew Internet & American Life Project.

As They Get Older

• What’s “in” on Campus• Spring 2005

1. Drinking beer2. Drinking other alcohol

• Spring 20061. Drinking beer iPods2. Drinking beer tied with Facebook.com3. Drinking other alcohol4. Text messaging

Source: USA Today. June 8, 2006

Photograph:Shark. Discovery Communications, Inc.. 2005. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

Meet Melanie

Video:La guía máxima: Tiburones. Discovery Channel School. 2001. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

Meet Melanie

…but not just what we think

What do we know about integrating media?

• Virginia Evaluation 2002This independent evaluation examined third and eighth grades students in two areas of study -- science and social studies. Improvement among experimental group students who received instruction aided by unitedstreaming showed a 12.6% average increase in achievement over control group students.

• Los Angeles Evaluation 2004This evaluation, conducted in the Los Angeles Unified School District, examined mathematics performance among 6th and 8th grade students. Students who received instruction aided by unitedstreaming showed a 3% to 5% average increase in achievement in math scores over the control group.

Scientifically Proven

Unparallel Access to Media

NameKayla

Age3 1/2

About KaylaKayla is three and is no longer satisfied with simply watching Elmo and Dora. Instead, she wants to interact with them, answer questions and guide them in their journey.

Meet My Little Girl

Tools to Interact

Tools to Interact

…the next step

create!

…a student example

but all these resources can lead to a problem…

…but before we can provide content

“When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one-third of the kids already know it; one-third will get it; and the remaining third won't. So two thirds of the children are wasting their time.”

- Lilian Katz as quoted in Teaching Young Children (1993)

We Must Know Our Students

Here’s what we know…

classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse

the way students interact with media is evolving

Diversity brings educational challenges, but also great opportunity!

A research-based synthesis consisting of 30 years of educational research indicates:• participation in social practice is a

fundamental form of learning • learning is increased by a diversity of

cultural experience and community participation

Brown, Ann L, Cocking, Rodney R & Bransford , John D. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington: National Academies Press, 2000.

How People Learn

Social Practice In Action

a2+b2=c2

H2O2

Pythagorean theorem Vincent van Gogh

Gordon Meade Hydrogen Peroxide

…so how do we support content development in the first language

Meet Melanie

Photograph:Shark. Discovery Communications, Inc.. 2005. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

Meet Melanie

Video:La guía máxima: Tiburones. Discovery Channel School. 2001. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

Meet Melanie

Video:Ultimate Guide, The: Sharks. Discovery Channel School. 1998. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

Meet Melanie

Video:Ultimate Guide, The: Sharks. Discovery Channel School. 1998. unitedstreaming. 25 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

Going back to what we know…

classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse

the way students interact with media is evolving

“We can no longer teach as we learned. We must combine the best of the old with the best of the new and plunge forward to meet the increasing demands of an ever-changing technological environment.”

Linda Wells, Fifth Grade TeacherCambridge Elementary SchoolSan Antonio, Texas

Classroom Solutions for Digital Students

Scott KinneyDirector, Discovery Educator Network