Lecture 3: Curriculum & Standards for Technology

Question 1

What is Curriculum?

Answer 1

Derived from the latin word “Curriculum” meaning a running, course, career.

also derived from the word “currere” meaning to run.

Question 2

What is the definition of Curriculum?

Answer 2

A course; spec. a regular course of study of training, as at a school or university.

Question 3

What are the two components of a Curriculum?

Answer 3

Scope and Sequence.

Question 4

What is the “Scope” of a curriculum?

Answer 4

The breadth of what is taught or to be “covered”

Question 5

What is the “Sequence” of a curriculum?

Answer 5

The order in which the subject matter is taught.

progression of events

Question 6

What is the “what” and the “how” of an educational curriculum?

Answer 6

The Alberta provincial goverment determines “what” needs to be taught.

It is up to the professional to determine “how” it will be taught to the students.

Question 7

What is PCK?

Answer 7

The understanding needed to teach particular subject matter, including an understanding of assessment, common misconceptions, and adapting instruction to diverse learners in specific subject matter.

Question 8

How do Curriculum and Technology overlap?

Answer 8

Curricular Knowledge.
- Curriculum and its associated materials are the material of pedagogy, the pharmacopoeia from which the teacher draws those tools of teaching that present or exemplify particular content and remediation or evaluate the adequacy of student accomplishments.

Question 9

What is a Curriculum as planned?

Answer 9

How a teacher desides how they will teach the curriculum

Question 10

What is the Curriculum as lived?

Answer 10

The the curriculum is actually taught.

Question 11

How are Curriculum’s a form of technology?

Answer 11

The curriculum is a Program of studies.

Question 12

Technology is a way of _________ things - the processes, tools and techniques that alter human __________

Answer 12

doing

activity

Question 13

learning is best done in _______

Answer 13

processes

Question 14

What is the ICT curriculum?

Answer 14

A Curriculum within a Curriculum that is ment to be infused with each of the 4 major subject areas

• LA
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies

Question 15

What dose the C stand for within ICT?

Answer 15

Communicating, inquiring, decision making and problem solving

Question 16

What dose the F stand for within the ICT?

Answer 16

Foundation operations, knowledge and concepts

Question 17

What dose P stand for within the ICT>

Answer 17

Processes for productivity.

Question 18

What are the general outcomes of the ICT?

Answer 18

Identify what students are expected to know, be able to do and value upon completion of an exit level.

Question 19

What are the specific outcomes of the ICT?

Answer 19

• Identify the component knowledge, skills and attitudes of general outcomes
• The ICT OS are “sub-outcomes- that are articulated across each of the 4 divisions

Question 20

What is the general outcome of C5?

Answer 20

Students will use technology to aid in collaboration during inquiry

Question 21

What is the general outcome of P3?

Answer 21

Students will communicate through multimedia

Question 22

What is the general outcome of F2?

Answer 22

Students will understand the role of technologies as it applies to self, work, and society.

Question 23

What are the strengths of the ICT PoS

Answer 23

1. Integrated across all core subject areas, across all 4 divisions 9K-12) allows a student to have ICT learning every year
   - It is relatively technologically agnostic (teachers can pick what technologies they wish to integrate)

Question 24

What are the weaknesses of the ICT PoS?

Answer 24

• Lack of accountability at the grade level, in part because it is geared towards divisions rather than being grade sensitive.
• Some outcomes may never be addressed by the time a Student Graduates.

Question 25

What is the Outcome of Division 4 F1?

Answer 25

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of technology.

Question 26

What was the Technological learning environment of 1998?

Answer 26

Computer lab
Computer teacher
Teacher-directed instructiuon on how to use Tech

Question 27

What was the Technological learning environment of 2007?

Answer 27

Laptop carts
Innovative teachers
Student centered
using tech to learn

Question 28

What was the Technological learning environment of 2017?

Answer 28

1:1
all teachers involved

learner driven

amplify learning with tech.

Question 29

What the empowered learner within the ISTE?

Answer 29

Developing core skills in the use of digital tools and digital citizenship.

Question 30

What the Digital Communicator within the ISTE?

Answer 30

Choosing tools strategically to create and communicate ideas

Question 31

What the Knowledge constructor within the ISTE?

Answer 31

Researching, evaluating, and curating information in an ethical and effective manner.

Question 32

What is the Computational thinker within the ISTE?

Answer 32

Organizing complex problems so that computers or individuals may solve them.

Question 33

What are the seven ISTE standards for students?

Answer 33

• Empowered learner
• Digital citizen
• Knowledge constructor
• innovative designer
• Computational thinker
• Creative Communicator
• Global collaborator

Question 34

What are the six Teacher Quality Standards (TQS) that all teachers must meet in order to maintain an Alberta teaching certificate.

Answer 34

1. Fostering Effective relationships
2. Engaging in career-long learning
3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
4. Establishing inclusive Learning environments
5. Applying Foundational Knowledge about Fn, Metis & Inuits
6. Adhering to legal Framework and Policies.