Three Questions on Curriculum
· What do we… Cut, Keep, or Create?
Educational History in Texas/ USA
· Legally 180 one of the shortest school years of any industrialized nation
· How many of those days do we really teach?
· The 180 school year is based around an 1892 philosophy
· Complex student population
· Student migration is the highest of any industrialized nation
What year are we preparing our learners for?
· 1991, 1972, 2025?
35 to 40 percent of all errors on all test are because of reading errors
You Kinder kids are the class of 2023
Brief History of Curriculum Planning
· Scroll à Quills à Type à Crank Xerox machine (The purple ditto sheet) à Computers à Handheld device
· We have to make the jump b/c the UN is giving out laptops to 3rd world countries
Social Networks are imperative in education whether it’s Facebook, ning, twitter, etc…
· http://birdvillecurriculum21.ning.com/
Hispanic populations are different they are not from Latin America they are from a country. Peru, Argentina Colombia etc.. Each country has their own beliefs, culture, and background. We need to start thinking differently
Find a book like To Kill a Mockingbird and read it collaboratively with a school across the country or across the world
Differentiated Staff development: teachers are at different levels just like students
Every faculty meeting should start with… What Web 2.0 application are you using? And share it with the faculty
Versioning:
· Schedule
· Student grouping patterns
· Teacher configuration
· Space: both physical and virtual
VLM: Virtual Learning Magnet
Five Types of Alignment
· Internal: The elements in a teacher of district curriculum map align to one another
· Cumulative: The curriculum maps build year to year, class to class, K-12 and beyond
· External: Curriculum and assessment maps align to external standards geared toward productivity
· To Students: Curriculum and assessment maps are designed to match the needs of specific learners in specific locations of r their future.
· Global: The aims and actions of our school curriculum and programs will help our learners connect to other countries
o Prepare kids in a rapidly changing world!
What are the basic elements in designing curriculum
· Content (What you teach and what you don’t teach)
· Skills (Actions)
· Assessments (Demonstration of learning)
***Easiest place to start is assessment hardest is content
Lamination: The mummification of curriculum
Richer Picture: http://www.ideasconsulting.com/ Student Portfolios
We cannot improve student performance. The only person who can is the student.
http://www.frankwbaker.com/ Media literacyclearninghouse
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ not free
Heidi web 2.0 suggested sites: http://curriculum21.com/index.php?path=/clearinghouse
www.gapminder.org Historical graphs in motion
Interdisciplinary issues and themes
· Sustainability: www.facingthefuture.org
· Media Literacy: http://www.frankwbaker.com/
· http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZDjBzbqGBY
· http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/
· http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1xXTi1nFCo (unfolding the earth)
The New Social Studies
· 10 percent have passports 7 percent use them
· Eliminate the unit approach
· World Geography by shape and name early childhood
· The last 50 years
· Worldwide workshop
· Emerging Economies
· Gateway Cities
Each teacher commits to
· Identify at least one specific unit to revise
· Planning to replace a specific content, skill, and assessment practice with an 21st Century upgrade
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