TechPaths: A Curriculum Mapping System

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TECHPATHS TRAINING
Bryan Belanger bbelanger_at_sau21.org SAU 21
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• Logging into TechPaths
• http//sau21.nh.techpaths.com
• www.sau21.org
• -gt Technology
• -gt TechPaths

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• Today we will be working on CORE Accounts
• Username Passwords

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The first time you login please change the
username and password. Usernames should still
reflect core course name. Passwords must be
changed. Document these changes for future use.
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Click I AGREE. You are now logged into
TechPaths Your CORE Course will be the only
course listed.
Select your course from the drop down
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The Work Space
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The Work Space
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HELP!!!
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• Tech Support
• 1-866-457-1990

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Screen Setup
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Units
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UNIT

• Broad Noun Inform the reader of the content or
  topic of the unit.
• think of label on a hanging file folder or book
  title
• usually a general term
• Ex Poetry
• Life Science
• Linear Measure
• Economics

20th Century Art
Historical Fiction
Nutrition
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Use Unit gt Quick Create!
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Using the Editor
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Contents
Identified content that we expect students to
know by the end of a given unit of instruction. 
Content should be aligned to essential questions,
skills, assessments, lessons and standards.

• Are nouns or noun phrases
• Contain descriptive adjectives that clarify the
  what students should know
• Reflect the whats (nouns and noun phrases) in
  the standards the unit is based on
• Are the big ideas, concepts or processes students
  should know long after the unit is over

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• Examples. - Counter Examples.
• Haiku Chapter 1
• Human Cells Unit 5A
• Computation
• and Estimation Module 3

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Skills
Identified skills that we expect students to be
able to do by the end of a given period of time. 
These skills are directly connected to a
particular content. Skills may be associated with
many content areas, since skills are always being
learned and reinforced. 

• I CAN STATEMENTS
• Are action verbs or verb phrases
• WEBBs Depth of Knowledge
• Is aligned to the Content or Contents it will be
  taught through

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Keep in Mind.

• Content is the subject matter key concepts
  facts topics important information
• Skills are the targeted proficiencies
  technical actions and strategies
• Assessment is the demonstration of learning
  the products and performances used as evidence of
  skill development and content understanding

Heidi Hayes Jacobs, The Center for Curriculum
Mapping, 2005.
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Add/Edit
Minimize/Edit
Align to Standards
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Standards
Statements that reflect the larger outcomes that
we expect all students to be able to demonstrate
before they leave our school. 

• Standards are used as basis for development of
  contents, skills and objectives for lessons.
• Standards define what type of assessments are
  appropriate for evaluating student proficiency
• Standards represent minimum expectations for all
  students.
• Curriculum and practice are derived from the
  Standards.

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Questions