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Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1082] RE: Help With Curriculum. Dr. Rosen, Anyone... are you out there
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This seems a good a place as any, David. Thanks for your input. Nick, I know you mentioned that it doesn't have to be computer based, but perhaps it could be...
The "divides students into teams" aspect reminds me of cooperative learning...Does anyone know of good resources on cooperative learning?
Barb Garner
From: David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net>
Date: 2004/07/29 Thu AM 08:47:59 EDT
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Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1080] RE: Help With Curriculum. Dr. Rosen, Anyone... are you out there
Hi Nick, and others,
I am not sure if this is the right electronic list for this discussion.
Barb, let us know.
1. What scope are you thinking of -- one project of a couple of hours,
a 20-week curriculum, or something in between?
2. What kinds of themes or topics are you interested in?
3. Does it have to be computer-based?
4. There are K-12 curriculum frameworks in many states. Is there a
particular one which you want to sue? Or is there a national K-12
curriculum framework which you have in mind?
Two computer-based simulations come to mind as possibilities, both of
which have high interest for high school youth as well as adults.
1. The Office
A workplace basic skills online simulation. Requires installation of
Shockwave, a free downloadable program. Free
http://www.workingsimulations.com/theOffice.html
2. Basic Life Skills at Work
http://www.cogniscienceinc.com/en/mystere-e-description.html
3. I wonder if you are familiar with the Awesome Stories website. The
Movies section takes popular movies and includes fabulous primary
source materials. One could build a simulation around one of the
movies, perhaps a Webquest. Incidentally, this could be done by two
classes, communicating at a distance. This year, the International
Classroom Virtual Visit project will be helping teachers who want to
partner with a class in another part of the world -- to watch the same
film and then discuss it. Let me know if you need information about
this project.
From the Literacy List [ http://alri.org/litlist/abse.html ]
"Awesome Stories
Awesome stories describes itself as "the story place on the web," and
includes descriptions and primary source background materials on
current popular movies, American history, religion, disasters, famous
trials, biography, religion, inspiration and the law. The background
materials come from the Library of Congress, National Archives, the
British Museum and universities, libraries historical societies and
museums from around the world. Each story has "chapters" and links to
the source material. The "Flicks" area may be of particular interest as
students can take an interesting film, view it, and read the plot and
source materials which put it in context. Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of
New York," for example might be an eye-opener forrecent immigrants into
a difficult time for immigrants in 19th century America.
http://www.awesomestories.com/ "
4. Finally, I wonder if Inquiry Maps would be useful. They are
team-based, project-based, can use technology -- but don't have to --
and are fun to make.
Articles on Project-based, Web-based, Inquiry Learning
http://alri.org/pubs/im.html
Examples of Web-based inquiry maps
Nutrition Inquiry Map
http://www.alri.org/nutrimap/example.html
Headaches Inquiry Map
http://www.alri.org/ltc/imap/headache.htm
Immigration Inquiry Map
http://www.alri.org/ltc/imap/immigrantmap.html
Next Steps Inquiry Map
http://www.alri.org/ltc/imap/nextsteps.html
All the best,
David J. Rosen
djrosen@comcast.net
On Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at 04:07 PM, Nixon S. Griffis wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am looking for a specific type of curriculum for my GED lab and an
> after
> school "No child left behind" program. Students would be from the whole
> range of abilities: Hi, medium, lo ABE, GED, ESE, ADD.
>
> OK, so a curriculum that divides these students up into teams based on
> equality of teams is what I am looking for. Students would be
> reinforced to
> help each other. The curriculum would be in a game format so as to
> improve
> participation and attention. The game should have rules that screen out
> destructive students and promote positive student engagement.
>
> Now the hard part :). The material of the curriculum should align with
> Standards and Bench marks of basic k-12 reading levels. Questions
> should
> reflect implicit, rather that explicit knowledge of benchmark skills .
> The
> material of the curriculum should be such that it requires three
> questions
> of each team (easy, medium, hard) so that all levels of the group can
> be
> challenged. The material should be relative and evocative so as to
> maximize
> buy in on the part of the students.
>
> Has anyone out there come across any material that touches on this
> wish
> list for a curriculum? Would anyone like to collaborate on creating
> such a
> curriculum that I would be glad to test in my classroom?
>
> Nick Griffis
> Adult Education
> Inlet Grove H.S.
> Riviera Beach,
> Florida 33480
> 561-882-9967
>
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