Blog #11 - Due April 27th

Please remember to continue to develop the lesson/unit planning template.  We will count that as your blog for this week.

blog #10 due April 19th

NO BLOG DUE 
EASE BACK INTO THE ROUTINE OF SCHOOL...

Blog #9 Due April 5th

In the Wendi Pillars article, "What Neuroscience Tells Us About Deepening Learning," I have highlighted a couple of items.  Please read the entire article and use it to answer the following questions.

Return to information over time
Pillar talks about "explicit spiraling of information over time."  How does this spiraling connect with the "enduring understandings" in UBD/DI?

Time it right
How does the enduring understandings in the UBD/DI design support the "primacy-recency effect" that neuroscientists study?

Looking for how UBD/DI is supported by neuroscience research mentioned in this article.  Use the information in the highlighted sections to answer the questions.

Blog #8 FREE PASS

There will NOT be a blog due this week in celebration of whatever you want to celebrate.  Work on those application tasks!!!!

Blog #7 Due March 22nd

We all know that students prefer to learn in certain ways.  We also know that teachers like to teach in certain ways (usually mirroring how we like to learn).  How are you going to become more aware of this in your classroom and find ways to be more open to teaching to their styles instead of your own?  Remember the quote about the more risk we take, the messier it gets, but also the more profound the effect...

Blog #6 Due March 15th

Tiered Assignments...
Differentiation based on student readiness...
The Equalizer...
After examining the RED group and YELLOW group, and all the other classrooms, what are your thoughts about readiness differentiation?  Go ahead and state the obvious that it requires upfront planning and organization...what else?

Blog #5 Due March 8th

Please post a reflection about anything we have read, done, talked about and how it relates to your practice.