Welcome to Wikulum!

The America 2029 Curriculum Development Wiki

What Can Wikulum Mean For You?

• It's a convenient way for teams at your school to work together.
• It can infuse content for 21st century skills into your curriculum.
• It can help you to expand your current content in creative ways.
• It can launch project-based learning at your school.
• It's a relatively pain-free way to develop new curricula over time.
• It will offer you opportunities for career advancement, as you earn a reputation as a leader and curriculum developer.

Active Curriculum Development Projects

• Hack the Educational System - Encourage students to find ways of excelling by defying traditional school approaches.
• 21st century skills – Integrate essential, but previously untaught, skills into new and existing curricula.
• School-to-Workforce Pipeline – Motivate students by making frequent connections between the classroom and the real world, including guest presenters; position students for employment immediately after graduating high school or college.
• School, The Game – It may seem far-fetched now, but let's start defining what a curriculum would look like if all assignments and tests were presented in a game-like format. Professional game developers would develop the actual game-based curriculum.
• Project-Based and Challenge-Based Learning - hands-on projects (typically focused on career interests and/or social causes) permeate the curriculum.
• Keystone Exam resources (PA) – share whatever PowerPoints, activities, etc., that you may have to prepare your students for the Keystone Exams.

A lot of additional activity from America 2029 and Education 2029 has not been logged here in Wikulum. For additional information, visit America2029.com and Education2029.com.

Viewing and Adding Content

• Curriculum Content in various subject areas
• Curriculum Projects
• General Learning Tools

Getting Started

• Please create a Wikispaces account for yourself and always log in before editing any content. In this way your content will clearly be marked as yours.
• If you plan to add content to this wiki at any time in the future, create a page for yourself, using the Curriculum Developer Template or the Student Curriculum Developer Template. Then go to the Curriculum Developers page, and add a link for yourself. (Detailed instructions are in Instructions for Curriculum Developer Template.)
• Check out the Tips for Getting Started.
• Check out the Tips for Developing Your Curriculum.
• Review the Considerations for Curriculum Development.
• Check out the available tools on Wikispaces to learn about developing content on a wiki. Since you are an educator, start by using this Getting Started page for teachers: http://help.wikispaces.com/file/view/K-12_handout_052610.pdf
• Start adding content at any time. It doesn't have to be perfect. If you have an idea, sharing it with others is a good thing. Your readers may then enhance it for you. For ideas, check out Content that's already in Wikulum.

Need Help?

• Check the growing list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
• Check out the list of Advanced Wiki Concepts.
• Go to the Help Wiki (help.wikispaces.com). If you wish, you can go there by moving your cursor to the upper-right corner of your browser window and your Wikispaces bar will expand to include a Help button. Select Help. If they give you a menu, select Help Wiki from the menu.
• Much of the work of Education 2029, the educational component of America 2029, is taking place offline. If you'd like to learn more and get actively involved, please e-mail Ed Breaux at edwin.breaux (at) pacyber.org
• This wiki is currently being administered by Ed Breaux at the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. Send questions, suggestions, and other feedback to edwin.breaux (at) pacyber.org.