By using SmartIdeasTM your maps will reflect the manner in which teachers think about their materials and their students.
Administrators can use this format:
· to track curriculum through the grades
· To track context topics through the grades
Multicultural
Diversity
Gender
SocioEconomic Status
Age
Ability
Teachers can use this format:
·To organize curriculum into broad categories
Concepts
Skills
Vocabulary
·To create presentations for Parent Night and Curriculum Meetings
.To Store and organize
Lesson Plans
Classroom presentations
Worksheets
Tests and Assessment tools
· To access: web sites, music, pictures, movies through web links
· Readily revise and add to curriculum materials
*This format presents materials and ideas in the way teachers and administrators think.
· Not in spreadsheets but on multiple levels simultaneously.
* A simple search function, by keyword or phrase, accesses every occurrence throughout the entire curriculum in one chart.
*This curriculum mapping format interfaces seamlessly with all forms of technology.
· The Web
· SmartBoard© presentations for the lesson
· Electronic transmission
*Stickies and notes can be added at the moment, during class or during a presentation, for future exploration, additions, revisions.
*Different levels of detail are suitable presentations to different school audiences.
· Prospective students
· Parents
· Administrative and teaching colleagues