ESED 8132 Curriculum & Instruction

Curriculum Evaluation Plan

I chose to conduct a critical evaluation of classroom curriculum for Integrating Web 2.0 Tools for teachers that I
currently teach. Can educational technology significantly change educational practices? Many factors come into
play when asking this question. Learning new skills takes time, practice and most of all, patience. Challenges
are ever present and there are many technologies that allow for more inquiry-based learning. Good
technological based programs and activities can also allow for students to work collaboratively and be more
reflective. Web 2.0 tools and social networking technologies are being used to support teaching and learning in
classrooms across the United States. Even with all the excitement about integrating Web 2.0 tools into the
classroom, there is still very little known about how to do this. After completion of this class, my students will
have gained certain skills with Web 2.0 Tools and be able to demonstrate and use these skills in their future
lesson planning.
I plan to use the following plan to evaluate this curriculum to determine if incongruities exist between
classroom curriculum and professional standards and to establish discrepancies and consistencies between
expected learner outcomes and actual learner outcomes. The assessment methods I plan to use to measure the
success levels of these outcomes are either provided by the district guides and performance tasks, or are preexisting as I have previously created them in past years. They will require little modification and will require
minimal effort to organize and collect.
SPOs
Curriculum Content:
Students will be able to
use subject matter and
technology to facilitate
experiences that advance
student learning.
Curriculum Content:
Students will be able to
use creativity and
innovation in both faceto-face and virtual
environments.
Curriculum Content:
Students will be able to
stimulate critical and
creative thinking skills.
Curriculum Content:
Students will be able to
gather their own
information and
formulate their own
questions by

ASSESSMENT METHODS
Survey: Students will complete survey
designed to let the teacher know their current
skill level of Web 2.0 Tools.

MATERIALS & TIMELINE

RESOURCES
Computer Lab,
June 4
Internet,
surveymonkey.com

Online Portfolio: Students will assemble an

online portfolio via free website builder to
serve as a collection keeper for skills learned
over the course.

Computer Lab,
Internet, Handouts
on Weebly.com
and Wix.com

June 11

Oral Exchange: Students will participate in

face-to-face verbal exchange that will allow
questions, answers and discussions.

Computer Lab,
Internet, Handouts
on Web 2.0 Tools,

June 18

Watch Tutorials: Students will watch tutorials Computer Lab,

on specific Web 2.0 Tools. After each tutorial, Internet,
the student will identify specific ways they
Youtube.com
plan to implement into their future classrooms.

June 25

reinterpreting the new

experiences that they
have learned.
Curriculum Content:
Students will be able to
implement digital
resources to distinguish
different types of search
structures.
Curriculum
Implementation:
Students will develop
skills to identify different
uses for technology tools
to be used in their
classrooms.

Student Posts: Students will answer questions

about specific Web 2.0 Tool via free forum.

Computer Lab,
Internet

July 2

Questionnaire and Discussion.

Students will be
given a
questionnaire
about differences
in selected Web 2.0
skills and engage
in classroom
discussion to
exchange ideas.
Students will be
given a
questionnaire
about their past use
of Web 2.0 Tools
and what they
would like to learn
for future use.
Students will be
given a
questionnaire
about their views
on using Web 2.0
Tools and engage
in discussion.
Students will be
given a survey
about their past
and future attitudes
towards the use of
Web 2.0 Tools.
Sample of student
work will be given
out to other
students to within
classroom to try
themselves. Be
open to discussion.

June 4

Curriculum
Implementation:
Students will develop a
base knowledge of
technology and its
multiple uses for the
classroom.

Questionnaire and Discussion.

Curriculum
Implementation:
Students will be
motivated to implement
and try new things within
their future classrooms.

Questionnaire and Discussion.

Curriculum
Implementation:
Students will develop a
positive attitude towards
the use of Web 2.0 Tools.

Survey and Discussion.

Curriculum
Implementation:
Students will realize that
using Web 2.0 Tools in
the classroom is
imperative for success.

Students will use one of the Web 2.0 Tools

discussed in class to develop an assignment
that could possibly be used in future
classrooms.

June 11

June 18

June 25

July 2

ESED 8132
Curriculum Evaluation Plan- Scoring Rubric
Name:_______________________________
Performance
Outcome
Curriculum
Content SPOs
(20 points)

Unacceptable
1

Acceptable
2

Less than 5 separate

SPOs were provided;
inappropriate SPOs were
provided

5 basic content SPOs

were provided; used
variations of model
SPO provided on
instruction sheet

0-13 points

14-17 points

Target
3
5 excellent SPOs were
provided; SPOs were
clearly generated by
candidate

18-20 points
Curriculum
Implementation
SPOs
(20 points)

Less than 5 separate

SPOs were provided;
inappropriate SPOs were
provided

5 basic content SPOs

were provided; used
variations of model
SPO provided on
instruction sheet

0-13 points

14-17 points

5 excellent SPOs were

provided; SPOs were
clearly generated by
candidate

18-20 points
Appropriateness of
identified
Assessment
Methods

Assessment methods
were inappropriate; did
not fit as sources for the
SPOs

(20 points)

Assessment methods
Assessment methods
appropriate; used same appropriate; used
methods on multiple
diversity of methods
questions
14-17 points
18-20 points

0-13 points
Appropriateness of
identified
materials and
resources needed.
(20 points)

Materials and resources

were not provided; or
materials and resources
provided were unrealistic
for course activity

Materials and resources

identified were more
labor intensive than
non-intrusive (currently
existing & requiring
little or no effort to
organize and collect)

Materials and resources

identified were mostly
currently existing &
requiring little or no
effort to organize and
collect; showed a
diversity of materials
and resources.

14-17 points
18-20 points

Points

0-13 points
Appropriateness of Timeline provided did
Timeline
not fit within course time
limits
(10 points)

Timeline provided fit

within course time
limits; activities too
'front' or 'end' loaded
7-8 points

Timeline fit within

course time limits;
activities spaced
appropriately out over
time frame of
curriculum evaluation
plan

0-6 points
9-10 points
Written
Communication
Skills

Used unprofessional
language, many
grammatical, spelling, or
typographical errors;
disorganized content
presentation: did not
present program
evaluation plan in table
format

(10 points)

Used appropriate
language, 4-5
grammatical, spelling,
or typographical errors;
minor wandering in
content presentation

Used professional
language/terms; <4
grammatical, spelling,
or typographical errors;
well organized content

0-6 points
7-8 points
9-10 points
/100
Total Points

Conversion:
Scoring Guide:
100-90%/A;

/ 100 =

/15

89-80%/B;

course grade points

79-70%/C

69-60%/D-unacceptable

60 %< /F-unacceptable