Category Archives: Curriculum
What should we flip?
My last post had some criticism of the flipped classroom. David Cox, Frank Noschese and I were discussing the nuances on twitter and each had an important insight. David noted that the better flip described in my example lesson is … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Class Activities, Curriculum, General Education, Learning, Teacher Actions
Tagged Assessment, edreform, flipped classroom, homework, questioning, teaching
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Reform Your Classroom: Dealing with Curricula
This post is a continuation of series I started a long time ago obviously called, Reform Your Classroom. One of the biggest roadblocks many teachers run into is the overstuffed curriculum they are required to teach. Below I describe how … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Reform Your Classroom
Tagged big ideas, concept mapping, course alignment, curriculum, education, reform
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Technology as poor models for schools
This is a quick “aha” post. About a hundred years ago the new technology known as the assembly line revolutionized industry – increasing profits, making production more efficient, increasing productivity, etc. This technological revolution then found its way into schools … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Education Reform, Goals for Students
Tagged edtech, education reform, factory model, internet, Learning, philosophy, views of learning
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Content? What content?
Content, or what to teach, is something we as teachers constantly debate. Unfortunately, too many of us get our “content” from a text book. This is a bad idea because the text covers way too much information. Textbooks are a … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Goals for Students
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Teaching as Dynamic 