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"But in practice, curriculum maps are almost always not the "living, breathing" documents that experts like Heidi Jacobs Hayes promote. They are instead very dead things -- lifeless prisons of content to be covered, and boxes to be highlighted in Data Team and Professional Learning Community meetings. For a curriculum map or any planned learning experience to be vital -- and vitally useful -- it must be adaptive and circular rather than rigid and linear. It must by design be able to respond to the performance of the students. And more critically, this planned learning experience must encourage students to continue their pursuit of understanding and self-knowledge."

Great quote. Liked reading this article. Seems like it's truncated on Edutopia, though. Tried to comment on edutopia but it's acting all wonky.

Have you seen this site before might be useful as it links to the nets standards in all of the lesson plans?

What do we think of these figures for parents?

Tech integration models v technicans

From Google

"Learn how to use Google Apps in the classroom with a new bi-weekly webinar series lead by Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers. Webinars will be held biweekly on Tuesdays, 3:30PM MT and will also be recorded and archived. (There is NO COST for these webinars.) "

more pd resources, free