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Futurekids Teacher Workspace contains a collection of
digital resources to support lesson building and to assist
teachers’ construction of technology-rich, task-based lesson plans. The Lesson
Plan Builder
utilizes an interactive template to simplify the development
process. It serves as a disciplined guide for structuring
classroom activities. The standard Lesson Builder template can
be readily modified by Futurekids to meet the specific needs of
your learning community. In addition, the Lesson Builder is
completely integrated with the Standards Manager, Unit Builder,
and the District's Curriculum.
Teacher's Workspace includes the
following areas:
The Standards Manager The Standards Manager contains a comprehensive database of state
and national standards that enable subscribers to import
standards into lessons, units, and electronic portfolios.
Educators also create target sets of standards tailored to
include only the standards and benchmarks that address their
specific needs. Specific local standards can be uploaded to the
database by request. In addition, Gap and Frequency Analysis
reports can be created to summarize and compare which standards
have been addressed.
The Unit Builder The Unit Builder simplifies the unit development process. This
interactive template allows educators to outline a unit of
practice while linking to lessons or other learning activities
created online. The standard Unit Builder template can be
modified to meet the specific needs of your learning community.
In addition, the Unit Builder is completely integrated with the
Standards Manager as well as with the Lesson Builder and Rubric
Wizard.
The Lesson Builder The Lesson Builder utilizes an interactive template to simplify
the development process. It serves as a disciplined guide for
structuring classroom activities. The standard Lesson Builder
template can be readily modified to meet the specific needs of
your learning community. In addition, the Lesson Builder is
completely integrated with the Standards Manager and Unit
Builder as well as with the Rubric Wizard. The Lesson Builder
consists of two components, Cybrary and Mybrary:
Cybrary The Cybrary is a searchable database of thousands of lesson
plans submitted by other Lesson Builder subscribers. Lessons can
be searched by grade, subject, or keyword. The Cybrary also
contains a collection of digital resources to support lesson
building and to assist teachers in constructing technology-rich,
task-based lesson plans. It includes: Tutorials on education technology
integration in the classroom, free and useful software that can
be downloaded from the web, and supplemental resources that
consist of educational methodologies, educational websites, and
training materials and manuals.
Mybrary The Mybrary is the educator's personal collection of work - it
is like a file cabinet for accessing lesson and unit plans,
rubrics, web folios, web pages, and files. It also provides
direct access to shared resources.
The Rubric Wizard The Rubric Wizard facilitates the easy creation of customized
performance-based assessment rubrics to evaluate student
performance. Educators choose criteria from a menu of exemplary
rubrics, or create their own, and then add and edit the text to
reflect the achievements of their specific learning communities.
Collaboration Feature This unique feature enables designated “authors” to share the
work they create in Unit Builder, Lesson Builder, Web Folio
Builder, and/or Web Page Builder, with designated “reviewers”
from their assigned group. Resources and Lesson plans can be
shared within any given “community” of users or within the
global community of users. Futurekids’ online services provide a
web-based interface to help curriculum developers extend their
collaborative efforts beyond face-to face meetings and to
collaborate on lessons and units to create shared curriculum
libraries. It also allows coordinators to build programs to
support their teachers and post collections of resources, such
as articles or sample lessons, to the program area to further
enhance the participants' learning experiences. Designated
"Authors" and "Reviewers" share lessons, units, and electronic
portfolios with colleagues for comments and feedback.
Online Mentoring Futurekids
Online Mentoring facilitates on-going mentoring by
providing an environment through which a mentor can directly
support program participants anytime and anyplace. Participants
create lessons, units, and electronic portfolios and submit them
to their mentor for feedback. This process assists mentors in
organizing tasks and enhances the review process.
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