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Scope and Sequence | Common Sense Media

Mon May 20 20:26:58 +0000 2013

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Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum | Common Sense Media

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Seeking: A Taxonomy for Professional Development | EdSurge News

Sun May 19 22:55:07 +0000 2013

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But an unexpected turn happened along this journey to understanding PD: teacher professional development tools don’t fit neatly into well-defined buckets like those for Mathematics or English/Language Arts. There's no scope and sequence for progressing through the teaching practice.
“Straight A Sam" can easily plug in to Khan Academy or Apex Learning or ST Math to master any concept he (or his teacher) fancies.
set of “strategies to practice and develop over time until mastered and implemented with ease,” with much of that development coming through reflection and discussion
Dan Callahan, co-founder of Edcamp, thinks it’s as simple as treating teachers like the professionals they hope to become. As is the case with doctors and lawyers, teachers should seek improvement that's “relevant to what’s happening in [their] classroom right now” since they’re the ones most cognizant of what they don’t know, Callahan notes.
good professional development should embody the learning environment for a particular school or classroom.
Undergoing professional development experiences which model the instruction in your classroom and school provides an informal feedback loop on how to improve your own instruction.
All of these PD experiences are hobbled by at least one of three major flaws: time, differentiation and accountability.
We’ve collected a ton of buzzwords from the crowd: “differentiated,” “embodied,” “zone of proximal development,” “accountability,” “teacher-centered,” “student-centered,” “reflection.” All point to this idea of just-in-time, culturally and content relevant, measurable, easily digested info bites for educators. (Breath!) Not surprisingly, the same kind of learning many advocate for on behalf of students.