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SPACE PANDA 2010

As I work on this year’s curriculum map, I’m trying to set up a learning space bounded by the minimum number of teacher-imposed, useful constraints necessary to promote student-directed democracy, community, and learning.
My map this year will look more course-specific than last year’s meta-map, which I think is still a useful model for project-based work. [...]

Posted 02 July 2010 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Nuts & Bolts

[Editor's note: this one goes out to Shelly Blake-Plock of TeachPaperless and is a kind of meta-testament to the power of a widely distributed PLN to effect classroom reform for authentic engagement.]
The classroom is up and running, and we’ve been through three weeks of shake-out. In the interests of sharing and transparent teaching, I [...]

Posted 23 September 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

The New Curriculum Map

I found Gary Hayes and Laurel Papworth’s  Social Media Campaign image a few days ago via Steven Anderson’s (@web20classroom) Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom.  It broadened my thinking about the curriculum map due to my head of school in September.  I work at a middle school that strives to differentiate instruction by content, process, [...]

Posted 22 August 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,