Transforming c urriculum nov 25b
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THE REDESIGNED CURRICULUM
Gordon Powell, Leanne McColl & Brooke Douglas
http://goo.gl/j2MbHw
It’s all online…
Learning Intentions
• Look at the components of the redesigned curriculum –a) competencies, b) big ideas,
c) personalized learning
• Experience one way of putting the pieces together (practice lesson)
• Use the website and subject specificdiscussions to deepen ourunderstanding (Ed Camp)
WONDER
PASSION
ENGAGEMENT
http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultur
es?language=en
What? So what?
Data sets – not as boring as itsounds
• Images – about 4 that represent a big idea
• Words – what we see in the images
• Texts – connected to the images & big ideas
• Recursive – let’s take another look
• Evolvable – let’s keep adding
• Expandable – let’s go deeper
What do you notice?
What do you notice?
What do you notice? What do youwonder?
What do you notice? What do youwonder?
Extras…
Components of the Unit(and the curriculum)
Let’s look!
• Big Ideas – Wonder & Explore & Explain
• Competencies – Thinking, Communicating, Personal & Social
• Upside down triangle – low floor/high ceiling
Today’s Meet
• What is standing out to you atthis point? What do you wonder?
• Have one person record questions and comments fromyour table on today’s meet
WORD SORT• animal
• habitat
• fish
• camouflage
• survival
• helping
• eating
• insect
• bird
• prey
• reptile
• endangered
• dangerous
• adaptation
• colours
Types of texts• Diverse, ranging in topic, level of difficulty,
text to image ratio, number of words
• Expands our understanding of big ideas
• Opportunity to layer in reading strategies
• How we use texts allows students to processinformation and then transform it
What to do with texts?
• Book talk
• Select a text
• Identify the
strategy
Each group creates
a post-it summary to
share with the class
Let’s practice
Components of the Unit(and the curriculum)
Let’s look!
• Big Ideas – Wonder & Explore & Explain
• Competencies – Thinking, Communicating, Personal & Social
• Upside down triangle – low floor/high ceiling
Today’s Meet
• What is standing out to you atthis point? What do you wonder?
• Have your scribe post yourthoughts online.
Let’s look at the Ministry’s site