https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw Important information about each chapter en-us 2018-07-28 18:36:57 UTC 2018-07-28 20:43:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271340627 In 21st Century classrooms there are expectations for what teacher callabortaions should entail, and what those should aim toward. Educators who design their own curriculum exemplify these new expectations. ]]> 2018-07-28 18:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271340627 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271340658 This chapter lays the foundation on which the following chapters will build. They wille xplain what teachers need to do to begin the collaborative process of upgrading their curriuclum one unit at a time. 
They should:
Actively seek out collaborative relationships, that facilitate the process of upgrading units of study.
Consider how each of the four main categories of upgrading units of study affect student learning and engagement. ]]> 2018-07-28 18:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271340658 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271340768 A teacher who aims to transform cuirriculum must first consider the orbits of ability, that are necessary to upgrade the curriculum.When one person moves into another's orbit of ability, his or her knowledge and capabilities grow. The most effective way for teachers to ensure that their orbit's edges touch is to work together purposefully to iporve one another's capabilties. ]]> 2018-07-28 18:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271340768 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341403 Active particpation in a well functioning professional learning community has proven to help improve student learning. Educators can connectand interact online with fellow educators through Digital learning Networks. Active nertworking through DLN's increases teacher access to orbits of ability when they are brain storming or planning an upgraded unit of study. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341403 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341469 The transformational matrix is not meant to convey that the outcomes of an upgraded unit of study are neat and clean and fit perfectly into a box.  Each upgraded zone might look like this: os
Conform: In this zone actions of teacher are more visible than those of the student.
Outform: The pruposeful use of tehcnology and web based tools increases student engagement. 
Reform: Student's interactions are based on an articulated purpose. 
Transform: represents student-centered ownership of learning. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341469 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341617 This chapter highlights five transformatinal lenses that are important for educators to keep in focus as they strategically transform units of study and update instrucitonal approaches. 
Teacher Roles
Entry Levels
Entry Points
21st Century Clarifications
Standard Connections

]]> 2018-07-28 19:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341617 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341705 Contractors build according to blueprints, teachers instruct according to designed curriculum or are involved in curriculum mapping need to switch roles and become teacher-contractors. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341705 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341753 the process of upgrading untis of study may require teachers to modernize learning, teaching or a combiantion of the two. There are three possible entry levels or places to begin. 
Unit of study
A unit of study's instructional plan
A series of lessons that support the instrucitonal plan
Teachers upgrading units of study, commonly use the entry points to enhance curriculum design. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341753 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341911 Students learn more deeply by doing , relying on tradiotnal methods of testing are not as effective and upgrading your curriculum givess you a chance to think outside of the box and find more authentic ways of testing. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341911 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341944 Project or problem based units can be time consuming. If the school or curriculum requires you to focus intensly on that unit, you can still upgrade that unit by having students participate in an even to celebrate that unit of study. These are not mean to be instensly graded or evaluated. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271341944 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342065 Foru concepts that require clarrification osare higher order thinking, collaborative environments, local and global connections and global impacts. 
Make choices about how to acquire necessary information, Dsicern relevant information and solve authentic problems when upgrading curriculum. The tolls we have today can help us craft a new vision that empowers students own their learning. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342065 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342176 In reality, upgrading curriculum involves ppurposeful, task oriented and authentic use of technology hardware, technology software, and web based tools. It is important for schools going through the process of creating modern living environment to distinguish curriculum. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342176 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342809 Automating is closest to the enhancement end of the contiuum and refers to the use of technology that does not demand a significant change in instructional practice, assessment or student thinking. Teachers need to use technology that demands purposeful functionality. ]]> 2018-07-28 20:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342809 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342882 An informating classroom include four crucial elements: 
Students leanring is not sourced solely from information shared by the teacher. 
Students work collaboratively to obtain information 
Students synthesize the information they have collected and determine which information to use to complete the assigned task. 
Students use tehcnology software and web absed tools to share their curated information. ]]> 2018-07-28 20:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271342882 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271343189 Teachers who aim to transform their curriculum do not want to go backward or stay in the same place after the upgraded unit of studyhas ended, rather they want to go to upgrade the same unit of study again. 
During the appraisal and brainstorming phase , teachers determine chich unit fo study they will upgrade. ]]> 2018-07-28 20:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271343189 cupp_ashley22 https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271344137 The definition of commitment that best defines a transformational mind-set is the state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action. At the begininning of this phase those involved in planning and implementing the upgraded unit. 
It is important to record ideas for modification for future use of the unit of study or for reference in trasnforming another unit of study. ]]> 2018-07-28 20:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cupp_ashley22/40wpybyihyvw/wish/271344137