Saturday, October 6, 2007

Slam Dunk Lessons

Jamie McKenzie created the concept of "slam dunk lessons". In his article entitled 5 Kinds of Slam Dunk Lessons he says, "Slam dunk digital lessons are designed to deliver learning with simplicity, efficiency and ease. They are meant to enhance existing unit plans by adding new information resources where they will do the most good. They are not a case of technology for technology's sake."

He suggests using a 6 slide powerpoint template to create the lessons (however, Word will work just as well, or even a blog.) Each slide/page contains an element of the lesson: essential question, good sources of information, a clear task, assessment to match the task, enhancement activities, and teacher resources.

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