Digital Pedagogies Lesson Plan

Date: Thursday 18 Student Nos. 35 Lesson length: 30

May minutes
Module or Unit: Athletics
Curriculum Strand: Movement concepts and motor skills
Curriculum Key Competencies: Managing self, participating and contributing.
Professional Development Focus:
Using digital pedagogies to provide resources and as a tool for reflection on movement.

Lesson Intention
In this lesson, students are learning to:
Students will use digital technologies to learn and demonstrate how to
perform a skill in athletics

Success Criteria
Students who are achieving the learning intention will be able to:
Provide evidence of participation and development of skill by filming
themselves.

Entry Assessment
This lesson is based on the students having the following prior knowledge

The students have completed basic athletics training

Equipment and resources required:

15 Ipads
Cones
Quoits
Cricket wickets
Hula hoops
More cones
Batons
 Lesson Flow

This lesson focuses on developing athletics skills through guided discovery and technology.
There will be three stations, each with a different athletics event.
1. Long Jump
2. Discus
3. Sprinting
At each station there will be multiple Ipads each of them will be open on a webpage which
states the technique points and has pictures of the necessary technique for the event.
The students are free to roam around each station and complete the activities in their own
time. All four teachers will be roaming across all activities with their own digital device and
will facilitate guided discovery amongst the students.

Teacher Activity Student Activity and Teaching Points

Encourage the students to roam at their own pace.

1. Introduce the guided discovery aspect of the lesson.
You dont have to stick with your friends. All the
Explain the Ipads and the website / webpages.
teachers are here to help you, when you want it. Feel
Give a brief explanation of each activity.
free to record before and after videos or pictures.

Long Jump

There are three aspects of long jump:

Sprinting
Take-off
The hang
Landing

Students will perform a long jump into the sand pit Sprinting
and make their way around the pit back to their line. Getting into top speed by
the 8th step.
Bring knees high to
After a couple of practice jumps encourage
the chest.
students to begin to jump for max distance. Use
cones to mark personal bests.
Take-off
Encourage students to video themselves during the Step forwards with take-off leg and
event and ask them what they could work on to bend knee low/lower hips
improve their jump. Contact with heel, toe
Drive upwards/forwards by extending
the take-off leg and pushing hips forwards
Thrust the knee of the free leg
forwards along with arms
Reach forwards with arms.

Hang technique
Immediately after take-off throw
hands into the air.
Extend legs and arms into a vertical
position.
When reaching the top of the jump
 move into landing position (as per sail
technique).
Keep arms in the air, land and fall to
side.

Landing
During flight body upright head
looking forward
Arms forward and legs forward
Contact sand with heels
Fall to the side

Discus: How to Hold a Discus:

There are two aspects of the discus event:
Holding the Discus
Throwing the Discus
Students will practice holding and throwing the
discus with or without a target to aim that. The
student can decide if they would like a target. If
they do, they can use cricket wickets or hula
hoops as targets.
Encourage students to video themselves during the
event and ask them what they could work on to
improve their throw.
Hold the Discus
Place discus in your throwing hand
Spread fingers out with index finger
in line with wrist
Place fingers first knuckles over the
disc
Throwing the Discus
Stand with feet shoulder width apart
Swing the disc level with the
shoulders back and forth catching it in your
left hand
You should feel the discus pushing
out on the hand

Sprinting On your marks:

Athlete in blocks weight resting
There are three parts to a sprint: equally on rear knee and hands
One your marks Arms shoulder width apart
Get set Hands behind line forming a V
Start between thumb and fingers
Each part has specific technique points.
Set Position:
There are two ways to pass a baton, they are: Raise the set and bring the weight
Upsweep forward
Downsweep Weight equally on arms and legs
Back and head form a straight line
Students will practice all three technique points of Vision is forward
the sprint. They are welcome to race others in the
class. Once they have practiced the start and Start:
basic sprinting, feel free to practice baton Vigorous driving forward and
changing with a partner. extension of legs
Arms counterbalancing powerful
Encourage students to video themselves during the action of the legs.
event and ask them what they could work on to Incline body forward for first 5-6m of
improve their sprint. race
Fully upright by 40m

Up-sweep

The incoming runner passes the

baton up into the outgoing runners hand.
The outgoing runners hand is almost
like a V, and baton is ready for landing
between the thumb and first finger.

Down sweep

Receiving arm extended, but hand

level is just above hip height. Hand is almost
like a V, and baton is ready for landing
between the thumb and first finger.
The incoming runner passes the
baton down into the outgoing runners hand

Debrief

Was the use of technology beneficial?

Did the technology help or inhibit
learning?

Would you have enjoyed this lesson as a high school

student?

Would this lesson be more effective if the activities

were directed and learning was not completed
through guided discovery?

Within your own teaching, what would you take away

from this lesson and implement into your own
teaching?

What would you do differently?