I really like the IDEA of a curriculum mapper and might like to try it, but I'm wondering if it would actually be worth an "all in" investment.
It seems to me that the problem with a lot of technology is the amount of time and money invested in order to do "cool" or just helpful things which might have been accomplished without them. Thus the pursuit of technology could be an elaborate version of "building a better mousetrap." I like the features of Moodle and many gadgets, but it takes me a LONG time to enter in all the data. If it were guaranteed that I'd be using the same things over and over again, that would be nice, but things change so rapidly. When I see all the commercials for phones and iPads which can do this and this and this, I'm finding that I shrug my shoulders more and more. All of the features look fascinating but many of them I'd never use. If I tried to, they would just eat up my time and I wouldn't get many other things done. Anyway, thanks for the input. Besides curriculummapper.com I've found a 2003 comparison chart (http://www.nassauboces.org/cit/it/mcs/pdf/Mapping%20Comparison%20Chart.pdf) and: techpaths.com rubiconatlas.com teacherease.com Rubicon Atlas has some podcasts on curriculum mapping (which I haven't had time to watch yet). http://www.rubiconpodcast.com/ The apparent guru of the movement, Heidi Hayes-Jacobs, has a syllabus posted for her upcoming class through PBS Teacherline which has some iterms which can be gleaned . . . http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/courses/syllabi/inst300-syllabus.pdf Joel Brondos Brookfield, IL | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
