Creating the ideas for this lesson was not difficult because I use this lesson at least twice a year during my basketball unit. It was different to think backwards, although it makes perfect sense to create lessons this way. There are times when I create a lesson and sometimes don't get the results I desired. When this happens I have to go back and figure out what I did wrong. Using UBD though, you think about your desired results and then you figure out how you want to achieve your them. When writing this lesson with UBD I feel like that I could give this to anyone and they can go teach for me. UBD made me think through more ideas, more than I may normally think about. I have recently signed up to work with the Curriculum Coordinator and other teachers i my district to work with UBD in lesson design and curriculum design. I think it is a great design and am excited to work with it more.
What was difficult was using the UBD format. It would take less time if I used all the categories that UBD did, but used my own format instead.
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That is totally fine...we should use our own format. Just like anything else, we should focus on content and not form so much.
I like your comment about giving this lesson to someone else and they can teach it. I think that would be so great to actually have the lessons move forward for students without having them feel shortchanged and confused when you have to be absent lets say for an emergency or sickness. Although, each teacher does have a different style and some aspects of my lessons, I feel, since I was the designer of them, can only be done by me...
Stealing an idea from Schmoker, imagine how more powerful the essential questions would be if they were designed collaboratively!
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