Week 7 EDC 533

Post 1 July 29, 2014
The day started out on a positive note. Our team held our final video conference at 6:45am Eastern. Everyone is doing well but have a number of assignments to complete before August 6.

Post 2 July 3, 2014
It is the first Sunday of August. Three weeks for now I will be preparing to return to school. This will be my 8th year teaching at SVHS. I have learned a lot about assessment for learning and just how dynamic curriculum is. I have been working on my final project in EDC 533. I hope to summit it later today.

I am working away on my Week 5 Forum (a bit late) response and thinking about what Heidi Hayes Jacobs had to say in Ch 3. As I look around my basement office, there are several examples a technological change. I am watching my Sony TV which I purchased in 1991. I had to add a digital to analogue box to watch MPBN and a Shaw/Star Choice satellite box to watch TV. It still works, but does not have the picture quality our wide screen does in the living room. My Sony stereo with cassette sits on the shelf. I listen to the radio a bit. But is much more convenient to listen to a show on the computer. I have an old Pentium III and Pentium IV laptop in my office. They still work but are very slow. Windows XP still works but has discontinued support. If we are not paying close attention life can go on and improve and we will miss all the benefits. The same thing can happen with curriculum. I don't think it is practical to upgrade curriculum every five to ten years. Like my old Pentium III, it will still work - but way would one want to use it all day.