When working with teachers in professional-development sessions, I try not to sugar-coat the reality of technology integration. It takes time and hard work to design and implement high-quality, technology-infused lesson plans. Just think about the steps involved in this process: identify a curriculum requirement, find and evaluate digital resources, plan
Editor's Note: Julie Stern is a 6th-grade English language arts teacher at East Cary Middle School in Cary, NC. She is currently working towards certification as a Curriculum Pathways® Master Teacher. In this guest post, Julie describes how her students and colleagues have responded to new digital resources. As teachers,
High-quality learning resources cannot be developed in a vacuum. From our beginnings over 15 years ago, SAS Curriculum Pathways has been informed and influenced by our interaction with educators. We spend countless days each year working with and listening to teachers around the country. And our curriculum specialists attend and
A few years back we were in Orlando for the Blended and Online Learning Symposium. In addition to our conference sessions, we had the opportunity to introduce new users to Curriculum Pathways in our booth. Again and again we heard the same refrain, "You can’t really be free!" Actually we get that
Every summer we try to attend the Pitt County Tech Fest, a great event for teachers in Eastern North Carolina. Two years ago I noticed that one session was filled to overflowing, with participants literally standing in the hallway straining to hear the presenter. The topic? Flipping the middle school
The high school dropout rate in the United States is simply abysmal. Dr. Jim Goodnight, the CEO of SAS, has cited this problem as a core reason for developing SAS Curriculum Pathways and for providing it at no cost. Many outstanding organizations are working to increase graduation rates, and we
