approach in which students are not direct consumers of the information in
the map. Interestingly, I was able to take the data in our
teacher/administrator-centered map database and easily pour it into the
format shown in the student-centered solution. The issues related to
adopting an approach like this are not technical, they are, as your question
perhaps implies, institutional. I continue to think that John Seely Brown is
thinking more clearly than most about how we need to shift to a
student-centered approach. I find the following quote from Brown's new book
*Pull *quite compelling*. *Vinnie Vrotny shared the quote earlier this year
here on ISED.
The institutional changes ahead will be quite different. These changes will
be driven by passionate individuals distributed throughout and even outside
the institution, supported by institutional leaders who understand the need
for change but who also realize that this wave of change cannot be imposed
from the top down. The new institutional model will involve a complete
refocusing: Rather than molding individuals to fit the needs of the
institution, institutions will be shaped to provide platforms to help
individuals achieve their full potential by connecting with others and
better addressing challenging performance needs. The success of institutions
will depend on their ability to amplify the efforts of individuals so that
small moves, smartly made, can become catalysts for broad impact.
Institutions will themselves become powerful pull platforms, helping
individuals gain leverage they could never achieve on their own and, as a
result, develop their talents more rapidly than they could as independent
agents. Rather than individuals serving the needs of institutions, our
institutions will be recrafted to serve the needs of individuals.
Fred
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Lisa Pedicini
<lpedicini@spenceschool.org>wrote:
> Thank you for sharing these. I like your curriculum mapping solution very
> much. Has it been widely adopted at RCDS?
>
> Lisa Pedicini
> Technology Integration Specialist/Teacher
> The Spence School
>
>
> These are some FileMaker solutions that I've developed over the years. In
>> some cases the solutions were developed with help from wonderful students
>> in
>> my programming classes.
>>
>> Feel free to use and modify the solutions within the terms of the Creative
>> Commons license I've chosen.
>>
>> The solutions are available here. <
>> http://dws.editme.com/FileMaker-Solutions>
>> http://dws.editme.com/FileMaker-Solutions
>>
>>
>> I'll be adding more over time.
>>
>> --
>> Fred Bartels
>> Dir. of Info. Tech.
>> Rye Country Day School
>>
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