Our school district did some pretty extensive work this past year. We incorporated our curricula into a software program called Techpaths. Although I'm a bit removed from the daily utilization of curriculum reading and lesson plan writing, upon review of the 8th grade Language Arts curriculum, I was actually pretty impressed. The writers used the curriculum maps that are updated each year to fill in the blanks of this software. So... the content, direction, essential questions and the focus were all teacher driven. The standards were added as applicable, and as teachers build lessons, they can formally add them, as well as the assessment criteria into Techpaths.
Honestly, this looks great in a binder (for NJQSAC), and I anticipate that the more tech savvy teachers are hootin' it up, but I fear for the teachers who lack skills in the technology areas. Many teachers are taking the Techpaths curricula and using it for weekly lesson plans, modifying as necessary (as to what worked in the classroom or not) and will roll over the years plans into next year. The teachers that are using it, love it. The teachers who are avoiding it will be forced to use it, and will probably not be very happy.
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