Week+2+-+Our+Axioms

With your team, identify and describe two additional axioms that relate to curriculum based on your current experience and understanding. In your discussion, be sure to discuss the following:
 * A broader perspective of curriculum development (i.e., state and national influences)
 * The role of technology in curriculum
 * The inclusion of students with special needs and abilities and how technology can support those needs
 * The role of professional development

Curriculum is a personalized learning plan that advances the skills of the 21st century learner based upon content standards, student interests and experiences.

Curriculum is facilitated and encouraged not instructed and demanded.

Pat Moriarty

Curriculum should be based on rigorous projects that use technology to make them authentic and relevant. Hands on learning has been shown to be effective in engaging students as well as being a string method for teaching information as well as thinking skills. Allyson

The ability to develop exemplary lesson plan that encourage rigor, and reach Core Curriculum Standards and goals..... Patrick

Curriculum aligned to standards in conjunction with interventions and high expectations will increase student achievement and success. Cheryl

Our final Axioms:

Curriculum is a personalized learning plan that advances the skills of the 21st century learner based upon content standards, student interests, needs and experiences. - technology has made it possible to personalize learning - curriculum is differentiated to meet the needs of all learners - using research based strategies based on student learning needs

Curriculum should be based on rigorous projects using well developed exemplary lesson pla ns that integrate technology to create learning experiences that are authentic and relevant. - project based learning increases student engagement on a variety of levels - higher order thinking skills and levels of productivity are enhanced through PBL - increases the levels of retention of information learned - technology assists with various facets of learning during project based learning experiences