Curriculum

Designed for Students, Teachers, Parents, Schools, Districts, and Communities

GOALS:

  • Provide a comprehensive technology education pathway that builds upon itself.

  • Connect projects to one another and empower students to forge their own path.

  • Facilitate ongoing progress & portfolio building, staying up to date with modern advancements.

  • Engage students, teachers, classrooms, families, and communities.

At the core of this curriculum is an emphasis on inquiry-based education, encouraging students to explore and discover a wide range of technology topics. By fostering curiosity and critical thinking, students actively engage with technology and solve real-world problems. Recognizing the importance of individualized learning, students pick and choose their own path based on their interests, strengths, career aspirations, and teacher facilitation. This personalized approach ensures that students can focus on specific topics within technology that resonate with them, while also understanding the interconnectedness of complex technological concepts. This pathway promotes a deep understanding of how different areas of technology relate to one another, empowering students to develop versatile knowledge across disciplines as they create personal portfolios to continually build upon.

  • Inquiry-based

    stoke curiosity & critical thinking

    Students answer their own questions through demonstrable assignments that challenge them to discuss, research, and debate topics. New discoveries fuel additional exploration towards mastery and becoming a subject matter expert.

  • Individualized

    encourage ownership & fulfillment

    Personalized projects with multiple pathways highlight individual contributions within the context of a classroom, a community, and the world. Students navigate and progress at their own pace, with teacher guidance, while mapping their own progress throughout the curriculum.

  • Portfolio-Building

    a growing body of work

    Make learning visible. A portfolio illustrates learning outcomes and carries over year after year to build the foundations for real-world work while demonstrating continued growth and subject matter expertise. Showing vs. telling.

  • Aligned

    with national standards


    Content and curriculum is adaptable and aligns with national standards set forth by ISTE. Surpass state requirements with the most relevant technology education pathway possible.

  • Inquiry

    What do you find interesting about this subject? How can you find more information? Why does it matter to you?

  • Explore

    Does the information make sense to you? How many additional questions pop up?

  • Collaborate & Create

    Discuss specifics and share your opinions with classmates while taking turns debating & defending different opinions. Create personal digital asset library and build out visual knowledge trees with a growing portfolio of work.

INTRO

outline

This mind map represents core elements of the K-8 pathway, with new topics added regularly. Each subject area has 25+ driving questions as a starting point which leads students down a path to gain a better understanding of technology.

ADVANCED outline

This mind map represents core elements of the 6-12 pathway, it’s updated regularly. Each subject area has 25+ driving questions as a starting point which leads students down a path to gain a better understanding of technology.