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This chart is intended to help teachers integrate media literacy & technology alongside the goals and standards of traditional units of study. We recommend referring to the following nationally recognized standards for technology and media literacy: National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), developed by ISTE, The Core Principles of Media Literacy Education, Developed by NAMLE, 21st Century Skills outlined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills We have added sample content in each column, but encourage you to click File + Make a copy and customize the map to suit your specific learning goals and standards (including Content and Skills) . and NYS & National Standards for Literacy, Social Studies, and other traditional standards. Also see: Suggestions for using this chart beneath the table. "

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"The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific course or program. In dictionaries, curriculum is often defined as the courses offered by a school, but it is rarely used in such a general sense in schools. Depending on how broadly educators define or employ the term, curriculum typically refers to the knowledge and skills students are expected to learn, which includes the learning standards or learning objectives they are expected to meet; the units and lessons that teachers teach; the assignments and projects given to students; the books, materials, videos, presentations, and readings used in a course; and the tests, assessments, and other methods used to evaluate student learning. An individual teacher's curriculum, for example, would be the specific learning standards, , lessons, assignments, and materials used to organize and teach a particular course."

"As the 2001-2002 school year is getting under way, it is being impressed upon the teachers to be sure that their lessons are meeting the educational standards. This can become quite confusing, as there are the national standards, the state standards, and the district standards. There are standards for administrators, standards for teachers and standards for students. There are even standards for conducting professional development. "

light plays a powerful role in regulating our various biological clocks. Changes in light exposure can affect sleep, digestion, cognitive performance and mood - a phenomenon known to people who experience jet lag, night-shift work or the seasonal blahs associated with the shorter days of winter.

Is this another reason or an emphasis on asking effective "essential questions?"

This article is a great example of bridging curriculum design and curriculum practice. While this learning environment's curriculum learning expectations (design) is discipline-specific, a collaborative teacher team--through hard work and collegial dialogue and decision-making--create interdisciplinary units that integrate relational discipline-specific learning via universal theme [conceptual lens]-based units of study (practice).