I was showing Wikipedia to one of the supervisors this morning and he said, “Hey, a wiki would be great for articulation.” Yes! Since our high school is a district unto itself, it’s a struggle to communicate very well with our sending districts. A wiki could be a very cool tool for this…
…in about three years. Let’s say this supervisor wants to give it a try. The first articulation meeting is in November. Maybe I sell the district supervisors on the idea. Training happens in February. With any luck, those supervisors play and add to it in the spring. Next fall, they set up training for their teachers. Spring of 2006, everyone is required to work collaboratively on one “project,” say aligning the ways we teach the Core Curriculum Content Standards in say, Life Science. (Go on, click the link. It’s great reading…) Maybe that’s successful. Fall of 2006, other such projects covering the rest of the curriculum are divvied up and maybe, just maybe by summer of 2007 we’ve got something usable up and running.
Not to say it’s not worth the effort, but I’m just trying to be realistic about the pace of change and the amount of educating that’s going to have to happen. I’m way too impatient…
I am sorry I missed this. I knew about it but had no way to get there from Jersey City. I have been doing my town’s nj.com blog for a few months and have a lot to say about the experience but no one to say it to, so any way that you could get the current nj.com bloggers involved would be great. I’ve felt rather alone in the venture. Good luck with this.