Digital Learning Professional Development-North Reading Public Schools:Curriculum Development Resources & Overview Of UBD

Digital Learning Professional Development

December 18th 2015-North Reading Public Schools

Times: 12:00-3:00pm (MS)  1:00-3:00pm (Elem)     Location: Media Center

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Curriculum Development Resources & Overview Of UBD

Our Goal: Work in pairs or small groups to meet our December goals. Begin light discussions in small targeted groups around the resources (January’s goal)

in our units.

1. December 15 Target

• Units/Projects/Topic Titles
• Goals:What relevant goals(program objectives, learning outcomes, content) will this design address?(2-3 goals/objectives)
• Skills: What specific skills does the student acquire?

2. Development Schedule: Curriculum Development Schedule

Note: Current Curriculum Development Docs Should Be Shared Into The Technology Staff Folder Then Into The Specific Curriculum Folder(see structure below)

3. Overview Of UBD (Understanding By Design)

1. Sample Lesson Overview-Page 4
2. Early Design Elements-Page 7
3. Big Ideas Of UBD-Page 14

Grant Wiggins(Let’s view page 4,7 and 14)

4. Topics To Consider For Framing Curriculum

Common Core Alignment to Digital Citizenship & Literacy

NETS For Students

5. Digital Research & Literacy Resources

DigitalLiteracy.gov

6. Digital Citizenship Resource

Commonsense Media Digital Citizenship

7. Digital Learning Tools Resource

NWEA

8. Robotics Resources

STEM Robotics

REM-Great Robotics Resource All Levels

Carnegie Mellon