This module has helped me think about using standards, CFQs, or formative assessment in the following ways…
When I began this module, I knew about standards. You hear about common core state standards all the time. And I knew that a course of study is designed to uphold those standards. But how teachers went about translating that into their lesson plans seem like a difficult and possibly frustrating task. Reading through this module really helped me see how to make it fit. I had been coming at it from the perspective of starting with the standard and then trying to create a unit that would teach that standard. I think starting with the project you want to do is a much more organic approach. It's easier to see how the standards can support your unit than the other way around.
Curriculum-Framing Questions seem to go hand in hand with showing the correlation between standards and project plans. Developing your essential question, unit questions, and content questions help you identify which standards your project will address. I love the idea of an essential question for my classroom that will link my subject matter to big ideas that are meaningful to a student's own life. I think I would have been much more engaged in my classes as a high-school student if the material had seemed to have any impact on my world. Often times classes seemed to have nothing to do with me, and I rarely felt like the lessons I was being taught would help me in the "real world." This first taste of curriculum-framing questions has made me realize how much real life training can be taught through every school subject. Teachers are commissioned to "teach the whole child." Curriculum-Framing Questions can help teachers structure their courses to make that possible. I'm excited about the possibility of using this format to create engaging learning experiences for my students.
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