How IVC Relates to CC ELA Anchor Standards

Here are some words and phrases from the Common Core ELA Anchor Standards that I think you could easily apply to interactive video conference connections:

Content presented in diverse media and formats

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Use technology… to interact and collaborate with others

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…Participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners…

Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, use of evidence/rhetoric.

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For times when you want kids to present by IVC:

Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks…

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If you are doing video conferencing and keep track of the CC standards you embed in your lessons, this might help when you plan your next connection...  

Can you think of other ways the Common Core standards relate to the use of interactive video conferencing?  Comment below and let me know!

A (Not so) New Approach to Curriculum

Twitter is an amazing source of professional development for me. My Twitter friends share so many useful articles, resources, and tips on a daily basis, that I miss it when I'm running full-speed through my day and can't get to it.

In between appoinments today, I had some time to look through Twitter and found an article that @clifmims shared called "Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really" by Grant Wiggins. I have read it twice already and plan to re-read it again. It really has me thinking...

We are in a period of tremendous change in education. Since we're in the middle of all this change, it might be a good time to rethink the way we approach curriculum.

Before you plan new units around the Common Core Standards, read this article and let me know if I can help.

If you have questions or comments, you can comment here or on Grant Wiggins' blog article. He is answering questions and responding to his readers on his blog. The comments there are every bit as informative as the article itself!