New Direction, New Thoughts for Curriculum

How many of you Educators have had knowledge that the future of education has to change. I think Education needs to get out of the golden age of television and into the new age of Web 2.0 or relearning. I also think we need to reevaluate the curriculum and restructure the classroom. I am looking for educators, who would like to help build a better mouse trap.

First of all, l will tell you who I am and where I am coming from. Then I will throw out some ideas that have wandered around in my head for several years.

My background as an Educator is as a follows: Secondary Math, Computer, and Art teacher, as well as, being a Computer Coordinator (infancy stages of computers in the schools), Fine Arts Coordinator (in Middle School). I have also been the Head of the Department in Mathematics (both High school and Middle school) and head of the Fine Arts Department (in Middle School). Along with this I have been a Curriculum Consultant for the core subjects. My teaching Career has spanned 31 years, and I have taught PreK 4-College. At present, I am a Media Specialist/Teaching /Librarian.

That should give you some insight into who I am and where I am coming from.

Secondly, I want to address some things, ideas, and thoughts that could change some of the curriculum. Earlier, I said we are in the golden age of TV in Education. We still rely on educational thoughts of the 50s and 60s. I remember how they allowed us to hear the radio announcement, over the intercom, of President Kennedy's death and later the teacher bringing in a TV for us to see the first spaceship sent into space. Schools are not keeping in step with students. Will we take as long getting the internet into the classroom curriculum, as it did for TV programming to get into education. How can we use the internet, Web 2.0, and the state given databases to change the direction of curriculum. Our students use thes things how can we harness them for education. Can we phase out books and phase in what is free on line. Can we save millions of dollars and use teacher made products from online?

I will be building a Wiki for the next part I will use the Blog to reach out to people