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Our students today face a brave Our students today face a brave new world!new world!
We are preparing them for jobs that don’t exist yet.We are preparing them for jobs that don’t exist yet.
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Their world will expect them toTheir world will expect them to
Know moreKnow moreBe more flexibleBe more flexibleThink more systemicallyThink more systemicallyChange fasterChange faster
than we ever thought was possible!than we ever thought was possible!
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MySpace
Knowledge Itself
Text Messages
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A week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person came across in a lifetime in the eighteenth century.
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We cannot prepare our students for life in the 21st century in our grandmothers’ classrooms.
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We must make significant changes in the culture of our schools.
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When something becomes part ofyour culture, you excel.
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The way we do things around here.
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Wait, wait…we don’t have to be sheep!
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Schools and prisons have a lot in common.
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In both schools and prisons a major focus is…
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Curriculum as bunyip…
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UbD comesTo MRH…We didn’t wantto be a Christmas treeschool…but we knew we had to change.
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Now there go the Wilsons…seemslike everyone is evolving but us!
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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
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Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites
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Adolescent years are perfect for Adolescent years are perfect for building brains!building brains!
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It’s like paving a gravel road with It’s like paving a gravel road with asphalt! asphalt!
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Sleeker, fasterthinking machines
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Giedd’s Study in 1990’s foundGiedd’s Study in 1990’s found
Overproduction of gray matter Overproduction of gray matter during adolescenceduring adolescence
Gray matter also pruned during this Gray matter also pruned during this timetime
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The Twin SinsThe Twin Sins
Superficial coverage
Aimless activity
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UbD Supports Students to
•Deal with complex relationships
•Stay with hard questions
•Explore big ideas
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How well are you encouraging students to do big thinking?
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Who is the most important person inWho is the most important person indetermining how well a ship getsdetermining how well a ship gets
from one point to another?from one point to another?
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Design sense is not considered acritical characteristic for teachers in many places.
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Design?
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Design?
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A way of thinking that produces transformative results…
(It’s not just about reorganizing!)
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Design is linked to creating a better future.
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I’ve got it, too, Omar…a strange feeling like we’ve just been going in circles.
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Design Thinkers Share Common Characteristics
•They are creative.
•They espouse teamwork.
•They are ambidextrous thinkers.
•They focus on the end user.
•They are curious.
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Which of these design attributesWhich of these design attributesare your strongest? Which might you are your strongest? Which might you focus on strengthening over the next focus on strengthening over the next two days?two days?
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Design Thinkers Share Common Characteristics
•They are creative.
•They espouse teamwork.
•They are ambidextrous thinkers.
•They focus on the end user.
•They are curious.
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Declarative Procedural
Knowledge
know do
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Every student should know what Every student should know what declarative knowledge s/he is tackling declarative knowledge s/he is tackling
during the lesson.during the lesson.
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Twenty-four Practices to Competency
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WHERE worksfor unit and lesson design.
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Marzano’s meta analysis isclear: students need to knowwhere they are going!
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The hook fires neurons!
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ExploreExperimentEngageExamine
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RBell to bell engagementprovides time for finalreflection and review…by the STUDENT!
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EAn evaluation continuum providesopportunity for clear, specific feedback…one of the greatestleverage points in improvingachievement.
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What did I say, Alex? Every time we inviteThe Zombies over, we all end up just sittingaround staring at each other.
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Wouldn’t it be cool if we got really good at Wouldn’t it be cool if we got really good at this and we hosted a conference where this and we hosted a conference where other people come and we could all share other people come and we could all share our units and talk about teaching?our units and talk about teaching?
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UbD supports the rich collegial UbD supports the rich collegial conversation that influences school conversation that influences school
culture in dramatic ways!culture in dramatic ways!
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