Re: [LM_NET] Reflection on AASL's new standards

[Jacqueline Henry <JHenry@GANANDA.ORG>]

I must say that Sharon's post has really made me think & has helped me to 
understand why I feel so uncomfortable with the new standards.  I expected to LOVE 
them, because of their emphasis on twenty-first century learning.  Instead - they 
feel very "slippery" to me.  I have assumed the problem was because I have not yet 
studied them as thoroughly as I should - but perhaps there really IS little to grab 
onto.  
 
Of course I plan to study the standards more carefully.  But what if I decide that 
I prefer the "old" standards?  Do I continue using the standards which have been 
serving my program so well?  Or am I somehow obligated to use the new standards?  I 
tend to be an early adapter - so I feel really out of my comfort zone with this 
whole issue.
 
I hope this post will generate a lot of discussion.  I particularly look forward to 
hearing from people who really like the new standards and have ideas about how to 
translate them into practical teaching techniques and curriculum frameworks.
 
 
Jacquie

"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for poetry and to 
put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American way."

From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
P.O. Box 609
Macedon, NY  14502
315-986-3521 x 3144
jhenry@gananda.org 
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