Chapter Three: Identifying Curriculum Goals
Resources for Chapter Three:
Curriculum plan worksheet
Example curriculum webs
Example learner descriptions
Table 3-3: Subject matter of some curriculum
webs
As you read through this chapter, you should begin to develop your own curriculum plan. A worksheet for this purpose is provided in HTML, PDF and Microsoft Word formats.
In Chapter 1 we described three example curriculum webs and one WebQuest, and said that we would be referring to these examples throughout the book. Each of these examples was planned and developed within a larger educational context that defined general educational goals.
Here is the learner description for French Speaking Countries of the World, a curriculum produced in the Web Institute for Teachers 2001:
This unit is intended for seventh grade students, but it could also be used with eighth graders. Students should have basic Internet search skills. They should also have some skills in opening, closing, minimizing windows, and how to work with several open windows at once. Students with poor reading ability can be paired with better readers. For those deficient in their technology skills they also can be paired with students with more advanced skill levels. Accommodations can also be made for special education students e.g., more time on task, modified work, different grading scale.
Here is the learner description for Chicago
for Young Scholars, a set of resources created in the Digital Library Workshop
in 1999.
Although we hope to find and develop sources appropriate for primary grade students (Kindergarten through 2nd grade), most of the existing resources require at least a 3rd grade reading level. Therefore, it is recommended that to effectively use these resources, young students especially Kindergarten through 2nd grade, would benefit by working in a multiage cooperative learning team which includes a reader and a web navigator.
Table 3-3: Subject matter of some curriculum webs produced in WIT