This year, I have reflected a lot on the way that districts adopt curriculum and what this means for OER. First, some background… The curriculum adoption and purchase decision in K-12 schools is a complicated process. There are many players
Demand, district adoption, and silver bullets
A few us have been pondering the question “How can we best advance the adoption of OER in K-12?” both online in this document and f2f at the Open Ed 14 conference. As I’ve thought about this, a few conclusions
New curriculum visions – more discussion
I was a part of a thought-provoking discussion about curriculum tonight with Terry Elliot, Paul Allison, and Paul Oh. A big take-away for me had to do with the nexus of power and how we can use our connections with
Visioning new curriculum – my process
As you know, I’m thinking a lot about curriculum and bold new visions as a part of a keynote I’ll be doing for the K12 Online Conference next month. My process has been something like this: think about it talk
New at the P2PU School of Ed
Paul Allison through the NYC Writing Project‘s Youth Voices project has structured a learning game around a series of challenges for ELA, history/social studies, arts and media, and science. These challenges are tied to Common Core standards and competencies including