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Learning Now's Curriculum Planner desktop application¶

So glad you’re here! If you are passionate about education and want a clearly understood curriculum then Learning Now's Curriculum Planner desktop application will be a useful tool for you.

This project grew out of my own frustrations as a teacher working with curriculum documents. As an early stage project built with care I hope you enjoy exploring and any feedback would be much appreciated.

What is it?¶

A cognitive tool that turns the sometimes daunting task of curriculum planning into a clear, step by step process. The cognitive tool for Australian curriculum planning is an easy to install desktop application. This tool helps to translate raw curriculum data into simple teaching and learning programs.

Why does this matter?¶

The government legally requires young people to spend 12 years (about 12,000 hours) within the structure of a school. Young people don’t have a choice about how they spend this large chunk of time so as educators we should feel obliged to be very clear about what we are teaching and why.

In Learning by Doing, DuFour et al. (2016) argues that: As a Professional Learning Community we must keep refering back to these four critical questions.

1. What do we want students to know and be able to do?
2. How will we know if they have learned it?
3. What will we do if they haven't learned it?
4. What will we do if they already know it? 

Learning Now's Curriculum Planner desktop application helps answer the first two questions.