Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Curriki? Why not?
How amazing would it be as a teacher to communicate with another teacher across the US or how about the world!? Well it is now possible with Curriki. As a future teacher this would be something great to get associated with. On my Monday night class...Foundations of Modern Education, there was a discussion about how other countries surpass us, the US, when it to grades and such and not understanding why. This might be the key to finally being up with the standards of Japanese education or any other education system. I don't know just something to think about, but I would definitely recommend reading even just a little bit of the article because it is very interesting... http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6821
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Ashley, I agree with you. I think that the American education system could take lessons from the global community. Because the United States has a large multicultural population, we should try to incorporate what other countries are teaching and using in their classrooms. Also, we could use the internet technology like blogs, youtube, podcasts, to see what other adolescents are doing.
Bridget
Just a heads up to folks about what's happening over at Curriki. The site has been adding content and updating tools so that members can develop, publish, and access open source curricula. The new Curriki.org includes something called the Currikulum Builder - it's an editing tool that allows members to develop curriculum materials through a collaborative, wiki-based platform. Here's an interesting lesson that one educator created using the Currikulum Builder:
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_rmlucas/Stoichiometry
There's lots of great stuff and the more the community uses it, the
better it will be. If you haven't already, check it out.
www.curriki.org
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