Comments on: Curriculum Mapping - Web 2.0 Style http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/ teaching technology abroad Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mscofino http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-1142 mscofino Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:12:39 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-1142 Mr. Owens, Yikes - has it really been already been 5 months since you left this comment? Time really flies when moving to a new school! We did have some success with this model while I was still at the school. I'm not sure what they're doing now, but all teachers were mandated to put their curriculum on the wiki to ensure transparency. Even though I've moved to a new school, I would definitely try this again. It was so much more meaningful to actually be able to link to completed work, and to have multiple people working on one document. The whole curriculum becomes so much more powerful when it's truly collaborative. Wikis are just one way to do it, though - there might be an ever better way! Mr. Owens,

Yikes - has it really been already been 5 months since you left this comment? Time really flies when moving to a new school!

We did have some success with this model while I was still at the school. I’m not sure what they’re doing now, but all teachers were mandated to put their curriculum on the wiki to ensure transparency.

Even though I’ve moved to a new school, I would definitely try this again. It was so much more meaningful to actually be able to link to completed work, and to have multiple people working on one document. The whole curriculum becomes so much more powerful when it’s truly collaborative. Wikis are just one way to do it, though - there might be an ever better way!

]]> By: Mr. Owens http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-807 Mr. Owens Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:21:58 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-807 Did this ever get off the ground? I would love to try to get my school to map our curriculum using software or a web app instead of lots of separate word documents. Though it seems much of this can be accomplished with tables. Maybe I need to learn more about curriculum mapping design. Also I have thought about trying to publish some of the stuff I have worked on with others in order to make it available and get feedback for refining and improving. Any update or tips? Did this ever get off the ground? I would love to try to get my school to map our curriculum using software or a web app instead of lots of separate word documents. Though it seems much of this can be accomplished with tables. Maybe I need to learn more about curriculum mapping design.

Also I have thought about trying to publish some of the stuff I have worked on with others in order to make it available and get feedback for refining and improving.

Any update or tips?

]]> By: always learning » Wikis at work: laying the foundation for technology integration http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-620 always learning » Wikis at work: laying the foundation for technology integration Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:01:18 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-620 [...] A major factor in our success has been the use of a middle school technology integration wiki to collaborate across departments, grade-levels and administration. Everything that we’ve done is totally transparent, easy to find and of course, easy to edit. Plus it has the added advantage of exposing teachers to web 2.0 and requiring them to become competent in at least one technology tool for learning. In the end, we’re hoping that this integration wiki will become our curriculum mapping resource for the whole middle school - lesson plans, resources, and completed student work all in one place! [...] [...] A major factor in our success has been the use of a middle school technology integration wiki to collaborate across departments, grade-levels and administration. Everything that we’ve done is totally transparent, easy to find and of course, easy to edit. Plus it has the added advantage of exposing teachers to web 2.0 and requiring them to become competent in at least one technology tool for learning. In the end, we’re hoping that this integration wiki will become our curriculum mapping resource for the whole middle school - lesson plans, resources, and completed student work all in one place! [...]

]]> By: mscofino http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-203 mscofino Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:39:38 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-203 This is an interesting question that never would have occurred to me. I'm anxious to get input from as many areas as I can so I see the "two heads are better than one" concept really taking flight with these web 2.0 options. What about if the wiki was private? That would allow the in-school collaboration (still using web 2.0, still free, still linkable), but not the mash-up. But, what if the mash-up is better than the original? Isn't that the goal in the first place? Actually, I didn't realize that schools <i>owned</i> curriculum in the first place. Maybe this is an administrative-level discussion, and therefore out of my normal realm of thought... Thanks for getting me thinking! This is an interesting question that never would have occurred to me. I’m anxious to get input from as many areas as I can so I see the “two heads are better than one” concept really taking flight with these web 2.0 options.

What about if the wiki was private? That would allow the in-school collaboration (still using web 2.0, still free, still linkable), but not the mash-up. But, what if the mash-up is better than the original? Isn’t that the goal in the first place?

Actually, I didn’t realize that schools owned curriculum in the first place. Maybe this is an administrative-level discussion, and therefore out of my normal realm of thought…

Thanks for getting me thinking!

]]> By: vvrotny http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-200 vvrotny Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:35:56 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-200 As someone who has used both Rubicon and Wikispaces, I understand the issues in cost and desire to get teachers to use web 2.0 tools. The issue is tied to who owns the data, or the curriculum in this example. By using wikispaces, you now open your curriculum into the creative commons, which means that anyone can mash your curriculum. Your school may not appreciate the fact that you have opened the curriculum. Use of atlas rubicon means that the school still owns the curriculum. Now this may not seem like a big deal, the non-web 2.0 administrators may feel uncomfortable giving away the curriculum. It comes down to the question who owns the curriculum at your school? Who owns the experience? Which of these makes your school unique? Questions that remain to be discussed and answered before we are truly able to migrate to school 2.0. As someone who has used both Rubicon and Wikispaces, I understand the issues in cost and desire to get teachers to use web 2.0 tools.

The issue is tied to who owns the data, or the curriculum in this example. By using wikispaces, you now open your curriculum into the creative commons, which means that anyone can mash your curriculum. Your school may not appreciate the fact that you have opened the curriculum.

Use of atlas rubicon means that the school still owns the curriculum. Now this may not seem like a big deal, the non-web 2.0 administrators may feel uncomfortable giving away the curriculum.

It comes down to the question who owns the curriculum at your school? Who owns the experience? Which of these makes your school unique? Questions that remain to be discussed and answered before we are truly able to migrate to school 2.0.

]]> By: mscofino http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-169 mscofino Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:20:13 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-169 Thanks Chris! Someone has to figure out how to make it work with the WYSIWYG editor though. It's one thing for me to be able to work through the code to get it right, but your average teacher probably doesn't want to mess around with that... Thanks Chris!

Someone has to figure out how to make it work with the WYSIWYG editor though. It’s one thing for me to be able to work through the code to get it right, but your average teacher probably doesn’t want to mess around with that…

]]> By: Chris Craft http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-146 Chris Craft Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:57:18 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/curriculum-mapping-web-20-style/#comment-146 Your table issue is a common one with wikispaces. I think the issue is the WYSIWYG editor. Have you tried doing it via the text editor? It's confusing, but it works. Dokuwiki may be a good one to look into, they have macros you can use to export from Word, maybe Excel too. Chris Your table issue is a common one with wikispaces. I think the issue is the WYSIWYG editor. Have you tried doing it via the text editor? It’s confusing, but it works.

Dokuwiki may be a good one to look into, they have macros you can use to export from Word, maybe Excel too.

Chris

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