Educational Technology Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield |
|
|
News, Techniques and Theories of Effective Use of Technology in Education 
Subscribe to Educational Technology by Email
|
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
A New Curriculum For a New Age - Marielizabeth Crompton, techLearning
As most school districts do, we revise curriculum on a rotating basis. As both Director of Instructional Technology and Library Media Services, it has been my responsibility to drive the revisions of both these curricula. In the past, these two concepts were considered separate and apart, but this past summer, as two distinct committees proceeded to do so, we soon realized that the integration of these two concepts of instructional technology and library media was the vision we were seeking for our school district. Both committees merged to create what eventually would be called the Groton Public Schools K-12 Information and Technology Literacy Curriculum. Using the District's "Handbook of Curriculum Development and Implementation," (referred to as our Curriculum Development Bible), we set out to fashion a document that would be visionary, comprehensive, and useable. From its inception, the committee agreed that, in addition to the standard curriculum components, we would directly address: National (ISTE) and Connecticut state technology competencies for students and teachers....
Comments:
Post a Comment
Educational Technology News Blog Archives OTEL - Ray's Home Page - Notebook - UIS Online - U of I Online - UIS Home Fair Use |
