Upgrading Curriculum Maps

Upgrading Maps When There Is No Time

Michael FisherThe Digigogy Collaborativewww.digigogy.com

Find me online!On Twitter: @fisher1000

On ASCD EdgeOn the Curriculum 21 Ning

mike@curriculum21.com

How do you plan collaborative

curriculum work when there’s

barely enough time to teach?

What tools need to be in

your toolbox to help you “meet

without meeting?”

What should we be virtually

meeting about?

Meetings are fun.

Typical Curriculum Meetings:

• Inconvenient Time• Unfocused work

sessions•Unclear expectations• Rehash of the same old conversations, but

no real impact on practice

• Time to Grade Papers!

• Best Nap you’ve had in weeks!

So what can you do?

Go To TheCLOUD

Tools we’ll explore:

…and more!

Now that we know WHERE to meet, what

do we meet about?

COLLABORATION!

Appraise

Brainstorm

Communicate

Commit

Reflect

Common Core Considerations:Language of the Standard

Matching the RigorStandard Content Skills Assessments

realign:

instructional targetsdescriptive language

peripheral skills

Questions? / Contact

Michael Fishermike@curriculum21.com

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Picture credits: sxc.hu users: MJVA, christiem, corestandards.org, ascd.org, & the services/tools we explored.