My copies of Jim Burke’s The Teacher’s Daybook, 2007-2008 and Understanding by Design, 2nd Ed. by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe arrived from Amazon today, and I’ve already begun working out my calendar in the daybook. If you haven’t used this planner before, you might want to check it out, provided that your school doesn’t … Continue reading Teacher-y Books
After this week, students will take final exams. Graduation is on the 12th (we are a Jewish school, so we don’t hold events on Fridays or Saturdays in order to avoid conflicting with Shabbat). My schedule for next year is firming up, and believe it or not, I’m already looking forward to next year. I … Continue reading Planning
I have been looking through Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins’ Understanding by Design: Professional Development Workbook most of the day today. I am working on a unit on the Harlem Renaissance using the ideas behind UbD, and I would appreciate feedback. You can download the unit (one page) in MS Word. I am most concerned … Continue reading Understanding by Design
Our school was fortunate to be involved in a meaningful professional development opportunity led by Jay McTighe today. I think it might revolutionize my teaching. McTighe’s contention is that we as educators think about what objectives we need to assess — state or school standards, for example — then we think of activities. What we … Continue reading Looking at Assessment
I’m afraid I haven’t had time to try to work with the Radio Blog files on the Gatsby and Romanticism pages yet, but the Radio Blog on the Hurston page appears to be up and running. Let me know if you have trouble with it. I’m not sure, but I think the blogs that appeared … Continue reading Update Two