I am part of a parallel effort working on a similar vision for “open source” unit and course plans: Open Planner. (http://www.openplanner.org) Rob has graciously reached out to us and brought us into a circle of others who are working in a similar vein, and the opportunities for collaboration abound. We are a non-profit whose sustainence comes from the development of school community portals that improve the school-level as our planning portal supports a larger social and professional network of teachers.

For any who want to give us a try…our site enables a team-based structure, with team manager, where a group of educators can develop and hone set of resources within a social networking environment…Our goal is to focus on coherent curriculum units and courses, wherein collaboration yields a common set of resources that evolve and get better over time. We look forward to learning about the healthy diversity of approaches as educators begin to explore this new domain of web-based collaboration.

Cheers,

Andrew Stillman
Teacher
Co-Founder
Open Planner