Small Helpings of Powerful Curriculum Items... YUM!

From  EdWeek - Important article for Tech Coaches and Guides
Read the full article at its source: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/06/11/companies-face-rising-demand-for-bite-size-chunks.html?cmp=ENL-CM-NEWS2

"Companies Face Rising Demand for Bite-Size Chunks of Curricula"

"A district using modular digital content could search for a lesson on amphibians, and find an array of options—from a Magic School Bus video in the media player, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt content on the panels under Lesson Snapshot.

—Courtesy of Safari Montage"

 

"Educators want more choices in the digital curricula they use in their classrooms, and they want that content accessible in bite-sized chunks more than ever before.
That leaves digital-content providers with a dilemma. Often, they've invested in creating an all-inclusive product with a scope and sequence specifically designed for a certain subject and grade level. But now districts are asking to access only parts of those all-inclusive online packages so they can mix and match with selections from other content providers, material that teachers and students have created, and open educational resources.
The emerging trend is often compared with the ..."