What is a "21st Century Curriculum"? (Part 7 of 9)

The current tagline of Christian Heritage Academy is "A 21st Century Curriculum. An Eternal Perspective." This post continues a nine-part series explaining what we mean by the first half of that phrase: A 21st Century Curriculum.

7. Classrooms will evolve into learning communities that will not necessarily be separated by walls. This must obviously begin with teachers as we share our knowledge and ideas for curriculum development across departments and grades. Using technology such as Nings, wikispaces, dabbleboards, etc. will give each of our teachers ideas that can be passed along through Faculty Development. It also allows participation across grades and disciplines. Teachers at various Christian schools will be able to share 24/7, not just at yearly conferences, and students will learn in virtual online classrooms with other students from around the world. I look forward to being able to comment online to students about their Bible discussion or some questions they raise in History class. I look forward to teachers sharing with each other about new applications for technology in a way that is transparent, safe, functional and easy to facilitate—much in the same way that my daughter and I share songs via iTunes and our individual iPods now. This requires all of us to be lifelong learners, but that will be an ever more important aspect of professional education and is the conceptual basis for the individual Professional Development. Plans we have already instituted include concepts such as an entire class commentary on a site with teacher assistance.