Course by Arrangement Outline

The overall goal of the class is to create a unit / lesson plan following the Understanding by Design model that effectively integrates technology. To complete the course, you'll have to submit:

You can review the final benchmark assignment, rubric and template in the course resources section on the right side of the blog. Although this is a course by arrangement, you'll notice I've added a few times to get some specific guidance and feedback to make sure you are on track. Of course I can answer any specific questions you have along the way. The outline (open for change depending on how you want to proceed):

  1. Read Put Understanding First (resources section)

  2. Read Understanding by Design, 2nd edition, chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 (available online here's how)



  3. View overview PPT of Stage 1

  4. Create sample UBD unit of Stage 1 only (your choice of topics - Submit (email me) for feedback


  5. Read UBD chapters 7, 9, and 11


  6. Review overview PPT of Stage 2 and Stage 3

  7. Update draft to include stages 2 and 3. - Submit (email me) for feedback

  8. TPACK Overview and VoiceThread Project. - Submit (email me) for grade

  9. Complete Benchmark Assignment

  10. Submit via LiveText

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Benchmark Overview: Your final project

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