Week+4+stuff

Hi again, everybody. Well, this is it -- our final week. Seems like we just started this class, doesn’t it? Oh wait, we did. Well, all (good/bad/tedious/amazing/required by ISU) things must come to an end, I suppose (I’ll let you fill in the blank there). This is the assignment page for Week 4.  CHECKING IN/PICKING UP LOOSE ENDS: Here's this week's audio check-in: media type="file" key="Week 4 check-in.mp3"
 * Week 4**

1. WIKI MINI-ASSIGNMENT When teachers, administrators, and community members talk about the curriculum in schools, what we are most often referring to is the overt, explicit, or official curriculum. This is the curriculum that schools attempt to teach and admit to teaching – the curriculum that is outlined in state learning standards, or district curriculum guides, or textbooks. It is often thought of in terms of academic subject areas – primarily the supposed “core” of reading/language arts, math, science, and social studies, and also more marginalized subjects such as music, art, foreign languages, physical education, the “practical arts,” and so on.

But much of what students learn and don’t learn in their K-12 years is not contained in the overt curriculum. Other forces are at work as well. We will consider three of them here: the hidden curriculum, the null curriculum, and the nonschool curriculum. Go here to read more and to get started on the assignment.  2. ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUPS - PART A Discussion questions for Part A are all focused on the //Understanding by Design// book. Two of the questions focus on chapters that were not initially assigned for this week -- sorry about that. The assigned groups for this week’s Part A discussions are as follows:
 * **Group 1** || **Group 2** || **Group 3** || **Group 4** ||
 * Amy || Erik || Alison || Mary ||
 * Brandi || Molly || YoungHak || Jill ||
 * Stacy || Randy || Adam || Brandon ||
 * Cassy || Kim || Jodi || Jackie ||
 * Sarah H || Jenni || Anne || Hannah ||
 * ||  || Sarah Mc || Michelle ||

3. ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUPS - PART B This week's "discussion starters" for Part B will be posed by Sarah H, Randy, Jodi, YoungHak, Jill, and Brandon and will focus on the following chapters from CSR: 24, 25, 27, 28, and 34. They will be posted on this page's discussion board by Wednesday night. Remember, for Part B discussions you do not have assigned groups, so you can choose which discussion(s) you'd like to join. Those of you who ask this week's questions are still required to join a discussion – preferably someone else’s.

For some guidance on formulating your discussion questions, click here.