On the Trails

The foundation for the HS Learning Center project has been laid.  Wikispaces is the media that is being used so that others, besides my friend Nicole Giambra - TechforLearning Blog - can eventually contribute.

Here is the big picture: (I have to use a bulleted list - it helps me think)

1. The Learning Center curricularizes web resources by three criteria:
1. Department
2. Course
3. Unit in Course
2. Using Del.icio.us, teachers can bookmark resources that apply to a unit in their curriculum
1. Using pre-determined del.icio.us tags (unit names of courses), teachers can bookmark and tag web resources that they would use for instruction and assessment in their courses.
2. These web resources would “appear” in a dynamically generated list on a wikispace page
3. Benefits
1. Web Resources are organized
2. Web Resources are chosen by teachers because they work and have been used
3. A huge bank of resources is now available at the fingertips of teachers
4. We made the database and we did not have to buy it
5. STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACROSS CURRICULAR AREAS
6. Parents will have a clearer picture of what their kids are learning
7. The learning center is “a kind of” curriculum map (forgive the slang)
   

Here is a link to the beginning - June 13, 2007 - this is very crude, VERY crude

If you see a web resource that can be used for HS students, use the for:btcactus tag and it will come to me.

When the center is ready to be used, I will post more detailed instructions.

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