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Welcome. to. AbD. Our students today face a brave new world!. We are preparing them for jobs that don’t exist yet. Their world will expect them to. Know more Be more flexible Think more systemically Change faster than we ever thought was possible!. MySpace. Text Messages.

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  1. Welcome to AbD

  2. Our students today face a brave new world! We are preparing them for jobs that don’t exist yet.

  3. Their world will expect them to • Know more • Be more flexible • Think more systemically • Change faster than we ever thought was possible!

  4. MySpace Text Messages Knowledge Itself

  5. A week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person came across in a lifetime in the eighteenth century.

  6. We cannot prepare our students for life in the 21st century in our grandmothers’ classrooms.

  7. We must make significant changes in the culture of our schools.

  8. When something becomes part of your culture, you excel.

  9. culture The way we do things around here.

  10. Wait, wait…we don’t have to be sheep!

  11. Schools and prisons have a lot in common.

  12. In both schools and prisons a major focus is… control

  13. Curriculum as bunyip…

  14. UbD comes To MRH… We didn’t want to be a Christmas tree school…but we knew we had to change.

  15. Now there go the Wilsons…seems like everyone is evolving but us!

  16. Four Ways UbD Has Influenced Our School Culture • well tuned to teenage brain • focused on design and professional knowledge • supports best practice • rooted in theory of professional learning communities

  17. UbD and the Teenage Brain

  18. Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites

  19. Adolescent years are perfect for building brains!

  20. It’s like paving a gravel road with asphalt!

  21. Sleeker, faster thinking machines

  22. Giedd’s Study in 1990’s found • Overproduction of gray matter during adolescence • Gray matter also pruned during this time

  23. The Twin Sins Superficial coverage Aimless activity

  24. UbD Supports Students to • Deal with complex relationships • Stay with hard questions • Explore big ideas

  25. How well are you encouraging students to do big thinking?

  26. UbD and Design Thinking

  27. Who is the most important person indetermining how well a ship getsfrom one point to another?

  28. Design sense is not considered a critical characteristic for teachers in many places.

  29. Design?

  30. Design?

  31. Design Thinking A way of thinking that produces transformative results… (It’s not just about reorganizing!)

  32. Design is linked to creating a better future.

  33. I’ve got it, too, Omar…a strange feeling like we’ve just been going in circles.

  34. Design Thinkers Share Common Characteristics • They are creative. • They espouse teamwork. • They are ambidextrous thinkers. • They focus on the end user. • They are curious.

  35. Which of these design attributesare your strongest? Which might you focus on strengthening over the next two days?

  36. Design Thinkers Share Common Characteristics • They are creative. • They espouse teamwork. • They are ambidextrous thinkers. • They focus on the end user. • They are curious.

  37. UbD and Best Practice

  38. Knowledge Declarative Procedural know do

  39. Every student should know what declarative knowledge s/he is tackling during the lesson.

  40. Twenty-four Practices to Competency

  41. WHERE works for unit and lesson design.

  42. W Marzano’s meta analysis is clear: students need to know where they are going!

  43. H The hook fires neurons!

  44. E Explore Experiment Engage Examine

  45. R Bell to bell engagement provides time for final reflection and review… by the STUDENT!

  46. E An evaluation continuum provides opportunity for clear, specific feedback…one of the greatest leverage points in improving achievement.

  47. UbD and Professional Learning Communities

  48. What did I say, Alex? Every time we invite The Zombies over, we all end up just sitting around staring at each other.

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