This week I had to create an Understanding by Design learning plan with the course/unit that I created last week when I developed my 3 Column Table. I created a project on statistics where students would research the social media platforms that teenagers use. Below is my UbD template for my course. It was a bit easier to develop this plan than it was last week. I'm sure it had a lot to do with the fact that I decided on my unit/course to develop last week so that was less thought that I had to do this week. I also believe that last week was tough, as I posted in my blog, because I was being introduced to a new way to plan and this week is different but it was on the same wave length which put me in the right mindset. Understanding by Design (UbD) vs. Fink’s 3 Column TableThe Understanding by Design book by Wiggins and McTighe's taught me how to design a course using the backward design plan. Throughout my career, I've been guided to backward plan but in a slightly different way than what Wiggins and McTighe suggests. I've been taught that we should create our tests first prior to planning our lessons so we know what to cover. This method is more about teaching the kids how to pass the tests that we create more so than ensuring they understand the material being taught. Opening my eyes to what backward planning really is. According to the UbD backward planning is when you identify a few outcomes or desired results first then plan the assessments, and finally the learning activities. This plan, in stage three, provides extensive details and reminds me more of how we do our daily lesson plans. The Creating Significant Learning Experiences book by L Dee Fink taught me how that I needed to create a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). Designing a course using Fink's model I needed to create a BHAG which is basically one major goal or the overview of the course and then create smaller learning goals that will help aid in accomplishing the BIG goal. In my opinion, this one was much harder for me as it was a new concept, but I'm sure with more practice and experience it will become easier. Like anything else that we learn. I'd like to point out that the two of these are fairly similar as I used three of my learning goals from my 3 Column Table to create my UbD Plan. The 3 Column Table is an overview, or ONE BIG goal, of what I want to accomplish in my course and the UbD is compiled of a a few desired results, or a few smaller goals, of what I want to accomplish. I show this comparison below. References:
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