Ed Tech Co-Op Podcast Show 6 - Curriki Community

Essential QuestionHow can Curriki help support learning in your school?
 
in this show, David and Mark discuss the Curriki community and how it can be a wonderful resource to find and collaborate on curriculum materials.  They discuss the benefits of the Curriki community as well as the contributions that Mark's students have been adding to the Ed Tech Co-Op Curriki group.  We invite you to join the ETCO group by going to the group's home page, and clicking on the Request Membership link at the bottom of the page.  Please add that you heard about the group from the podcast in the note field.  We look forward to your contributions and comments!
Tips of the Week:
David shared some tips related to the iPad initiative at Alexandria Country Day School. He noted that two great resources to find good educational iPad apps are the Apps in Education blog, and Appitic from four recent Apple Distinguished Educators. He also invites listeners to explore the UbD Resource Ideas for David’s school.
 
Mark shared a new professional development resource he's created with his colleague, Kathy Swan, at the University of Kentucky. Digital Docs in a Box is a resource site for teachers exploring the use of student-created documentaries in the classroom. The site includes a number of content-focused toolkits (images, documents, video, etc.) that teachers and students can use to create their own documentaries. In addition, he noted that there is a new video PD course on leading student documentary projects in the classroom.