EDUC-7220-Group3-CurriculumApproach

=Welcome to the Curriculum Approach Wiki!!!=

Hello all and welcome to Group 3's curriculum approach wiki! My name is Marye Smith, an emerging school leader in curriculum and instruction. I am an inclusion middle school teacher in Jackson, Mississippi as well as a wife and mother of three rambunctious little girls ages 5, 2, and 1. This is my first experience with a wiki so I am open to all suggestions and comments. I chose to research more into **Understanding by Design** because of prior training and development in that area and my perception of what success it offers in the school system. I am available per Walden email at any time (marye.smith2@waldenu.edu), or immediately by an alternate email (miamarye01@aol.com). If you need to contact me by cell, the best time to contact me is late because I am usually up through midnight hours doing work. My cell number is 601-454-1522 and I am on central time zone. I look forward to growing professionally and gaining excess knowledge with you in the coming weeks!

Hello, my name is Robert Cowan. I'm a fifth year teacher of middle school students in a classroom for kids diagnosed with mild Autism in Gwinnett County, Georgia. I have a wife and five kids, ages 15, 7, 4, 2 and 2, and yes I am very busy. This is my second experience with a Wiki. I plan on completing the bulk of my research and my post tomorrow, which is the posted due date. We are required to post a reflection on Thursday for D4.2, so it is important that everyone post by tomorrow to meet this deadline. I read my Walden e-mail most days and can be contacted by phone at 678-910-4594.

I am interested in in exploring the **Backward Design Model**. I will be relying on the rubric and recommend everyone doing the same. Each one of us is expected to pick a curriculum model and basically elaborate and teach the other members. Thank you Marye for setting up the site!

I have added pages for Marye - Understanding Design and Robert - Backward Design Model. Within those pages I have copied and pasted the layout from the Walden Week 4 site. Please ammend as needed, this was just a starting template. For the other members, just go to the top left, select add page, and put in the heading the model you wish to explore. Please feel free to click on mine for ideas - Robert.

Follow up note: I did have trouble with spacing on this site for APA, but my content is the same. I can't seem to get the Wiki to look as crisp as a pure word processor program.

Hi everyone! I am LaRhon Jackson and I am online educator for students all over the U.S and in Puerto Rico. I am interested in exploring the **Taba Model**. I see that this is a model that I prefer. As teachers, we know what our students need; we engage directly with them. Also, I'll add that I have never had an experience with a Wiki space before.

Hello, my name is Watsunya Ferreira. I'm a second year native English teacher in Gyeokpo, South Korea assigned to three elementary and two middle schools. It's easiest to contact me through email (watsunya@hotmail.com) since the time zone and international phone charges would be an issue. This is my first time to use Wikipaces. I had added points of completion for the **Backward Design Model** and a PDF I found very valuable not only in understanding the concept, but gave a comprehensive look at it. I'll add **The Delibration Model** shortly.