Curriculum Mapping

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Curriculum Mapping and Technology
How to avoid the pitfalls when you dont know
where to start
CMI 2009 The Canyons Park City, UT July 9-11, 2009
Earl Nicholas Director of Communications Curriculu
m Designers, Inc. earl_at_curriculumdesigners.com Ba
sed upon the collaborative works of Heidi Hayes
Jacobs and Bena Kallick
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AMO R. 2008.01.02
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Why map?
This is the ultimate Essential Question!
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Additional EQs Why do we need technology in the
first place? How can we avoid making mistakes
when we dont know what we are doing?
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• How do we know what system is best for us?
• Why cant we just write or maps and not use
  software?

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Essential Question How can we avoid making
mistakes when we dont know what we are
doing? Content Software - The Big Three
Independent programs, hardware, databases,
spreadsheets, Skills Identify the schools
actual needs and goals Differentiate between
databases and spreadsheets Evaluate
software/hardware strengths Assessment Group
discussion draft plans for the future
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consensus agreement acknowledgement accepting
of truths
Latin con cen tre
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• Skills across the disciplines
• Editing and revising skills in ALL work
• Organizational skills
• Reading for decoding
• Reading for text integration
• Speaking skills in a range of forums
• Instructional Technology Expectations
• Character Ed Connections
• Service Learning Outcomes

- Canandaigua City Schools, 2004
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Dont do it the old-fashioned way!
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• A school district might have an assessment
  committee, a scheduling committee, a standards
  committee, a philosophy committee, and myriad
  curriculum committees. The groups meet
  separately, although clearly each groups mission
  depends on all the other areas. The illusion is
  that somehow final decisions will seamlessly link
  with the findings from the committees. One
  contributing factor to this disarray is the lack
  of a centralized hub for information and data.
  The diffusion model creates confusion.
• -- Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Getting Results with
  Curriculum Mapping, (2004)

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The Answer

• One centrally-located and easily-accessible
  database.
• The ability to retrieve and analyze the authentic
  data from every classroom.
• The ability to access this data 24/7 from any
  location.

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Where are we now?

• Mapping beginning, middle, almost done
• Hardware PC, Mac, combination
• Software looking, purchased, looking to change
• Staff tech-savvy, techno-challenged

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Where do we want to be?

• Just get the maps on the wall to satisfy the
  superintendent.
• Reach consensus on what should be taught at
  levels and in departments.
• Analyze authentic data and base our curriculum
  upon this data.

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What resources do we need?

• Staff time, time, time
• Hardware/software how much, how soon
• Finances how much, how soon

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Where can we go for help?

• www.curriculumdesigners.com/technology

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The 16 Habits of Mind

• ersisting
• anaging Impulsivity
• istening with
  understanding empathy
• hinking flexibly
• hinking about thinking
• triving for accuracy
• uestioning posing problems
• pplying past knowledge to new situations

• hinking communicating with clarity and
  precision
• athering data thru all senses
• reating, imagining, innovating
• esponding with wonderment and awe
• aking responsible risks
• inding humor
• hinking interdependently
• emaining open to continuous learning

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LEARNING ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE SKILLFUL
THINKING ASSESSMENT TASKS THAT
DEMONSTRATE LEARNING
THINKING SKILLS WHAT YOUR STUDENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO DO
CONTENT WHAT YOUR STUDENTS WILL KNOW
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• Heidi,
• I'm very glad to be involved in a cause I so
  greatly support. As Earl has no doubt explained,
  I was a student that was left constantly
  unprepared for the next grade, despite my ability
  to learn, when schools didn't map their
  curriculum. I feel strongly that your approach to
  solving the most crucial problem facing the
  education system today (in my opinion) is both
  ingenious and desperately needed. I hope I will
  be able to find a school nearby that my daughter
  can attend that will use mapping to make the most
  of her education.
• - - Trevor, May 13, 2007

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Cadence Ylise Parscal - May 21, 2007