tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post7517134799629046908..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: A few notes hours before the NJEA Conventiondoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-82811003640170718102008-11-06T06:03:00.000-05:002008-11-06T06:03:00.000-05:00I'm less than a novice at UbD, though it looks lik...I'm less than a novice at UbD, though it looks like that is going to change.<BR/><BR/>I've been blessed with a supervisor and colleagues who actively ask questions of each others plans daily. Why did you do this? What was the goal? Why do you want your students to know this? Did it work? <BR/><BR/>We can wander into each others' classes pretty much anytime we're not teaching our own. At first it was unnerving, but I cannot emphasize enough how transparency in our methods helps all of us in the department become better teachers.<BR/><BR/>We've been informally using backward design for years without calling it that.<BR/><BR/>Our supervisor encourages us to smash boundaries when we have a reason to do so. (She's also a big part of the push to get technologies you're using into our classrooms here. That the classroom wiki has not yet been set up reflects my fumbling more than anything else. I'll be perusing your blog for help this weekend.)doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-61208984282839476982008-11-06T05:50:00.000-05:002008-11-06T05:50:00.000-05:00I love UbD and am probably still a novice at it, b...I love UbD and am probably still a novice at it, but is a much better way of lesson planning. Writing conventional lesson plans which I am still required to do is tedious and difficult now. I am hoping to smash a few rules in this year and next. <BR/><BR/>I agree about conventions. We no longer have money to send teachers so we need to take our personal days to do such. Ridiculous but we do it. Having more conventions in the summer would most definitely help.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544468563054087057noreply@blogger.com