Technologically Literate

Who should be involved in curriculum work? 

With the wide spread use of collaborative web application the question should be why isn’t everyone involved in school curriculum?  Using a wiki or Google Document a district has the power to offer business, industry, universities, and the community at large a chance to make their voice heard.  The real selling point, all of these groups can participate at their leisure. 

I am in the initial stages of trying to use this technology to accomplish similar tasks.  I have authored several Google Documents inviting the key players to collaborate.  Currently I am only dealing with administration and educators with a stake in this particular project, but I am excited about the possibilities.  Wouldn’t it be beneficial to have a virtual mentor that is an expert in the field you are writing for?  How about a representitive from the state agency to explore grant possibilities while making sure that you have the updated standards?  

Will education ever open up enough to let this happen or is this just another idea that would take too much effort?      

I decided to give this a try. Here is a quick and dirty Audacity tutorial. I actually use this to help my students learn the program to produce podcasts. The nice part…Since it is open source the kids go home, grab a mic, and continue. There are not too many pieces of software you can send home with the students.

Download: Posted by kpruitt at TeacherTube.com.