Module 7 Curriculum Design

Susie definitely needed a way to remember all of the resources she had found for her cell project.  No matter how you teach a particular unit from one year to the next, you need a plan to incorporate new ideas with your old ones.  As I teach a unit each year I have a cover sheet that lists the activities I can choose to use, materials needed and assessment options.  That way, as you find new ideas and resources, it is easy to keep them with the unit materials.  I guess I am still old-fashioned because I print out a hard copy of lots of websites and pictures of things we did.  That way I keep updating the file each time I teach the unit.  

I am thinking it might be a good idea to include a separate technology resources section for each of my units.  Currently, I just have all of the resources I use for a certain unit listed together.   As I find activities and lessons using an iPad I might include them this year - even though we don't have iPads in our rooms yet.  That way, when we finally get them - I won't have to start all over again like in this example with Susie.