UDL+Unit+-+Workdays+on+November+29+and+December+6

__**Educ 105 UDL Unit Teams: **__

Team A WWII History - Pat Barry, Bridget Driscoll, Mike Kusters, Ally Dahms Team B Weather Unit– Zach Timm, Kayla Timm, Milke Arjon, and Joanna Young Team C WWII History– Demi Runjo, Austin Linkfield, Bobby Kerr and Joe Stevens Team D Worms – Katie Stensland, Katie Paulmeyer, Jenn Precht, and Dave Hoeft Team E - D’Monti Fedele, Brittany Mirkiewicz, Nick Gremley, Chris Bogusch


 * Assignment for November 29,2010 **


 * [|Link to KUSD Model Academic Standards http://www.kusd.edu/departments/teachinglearning/standards_and_benchmarks.html] **


 * [|Link to KUSD Technology Standards http://www.kusd.edu/departments/instructional_technology/instructional_technology.html] **


 * Working on UDL Unit Plans **

Monday, November 29, and Monday, December 6, will be work days for your team to create your unit plan and lesson plans and to prepare for your presentation so I want to make sure you are well prepared to get as much done as possible on those dates. I want to clarify what you should be focused on during Thanksgiving Break to help in these preparations.

1. Your Unit Plan **MUST include cutting-edge, “Expert” resources accessed over the Internet** so I urge you to spend time at two sites to look for existing projects that you could incorporate into your unit. Again, please don’t reinvent the wheel but find a project or organization (museum, NASA or other expert organizations to help provide content information) that you will incorporate into your unit. So you will note that all of the links below connect to National Organizations recognized as leaders and experts in education!

Eduptopia has great information on a lot of projects that might give you ideas – again do NOT hesitate to “take” a good idea or project you find and use it in your unit plan [] I’d suggest you use the Search by Grade Level menu to browse some projects related to the topic/grade level your teach has chosen.

To look for some great technology tools, go to the UDL Toolkit Wiki at http://**udl**tech**toolkit**.wikispaces.com. You will find great online tools and projects you could incorporate! Some sample projects you could use in your unit plan can be found at: ReadWriteThink at [] LOTS of great online tools for almost any subject!!! Terrific place to start! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">UDL Science Portal at [] (use the Activities tab to search for projects and online teaching tools) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">PBS Projects such as Wired Science at [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">National Library of Congress teaching materials at [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Physical Education online resources at [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Discovery Education at [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">National Association for Sports and Physical Education resources at [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Online Collaborative Projects at [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Pulse of the Planet at [|**http://www.pulseplanet.com/educatorresources/**]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2. Your Unit Plan **MUST include lessons where your students use learning strategies AND you need to tell me where you found this learning strategy.** It could be from our textbook or from another resource.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3. Your Unit Plan **MUST include your students using innovative, technology tools to create products to demonstrate their knowledge** (and I do not consider PowerPoint an innovative tool). So again, using tools found at ReadWriteThink or the UDL Toolkit would be perfect – your students could create podcasts, wikis, Imovies, etc to show what they have learned. DO NOT have your final product to assess your students’ learning be a test or paper! Think about the UDL Lesson suggestions for ways for students to express their knowledge!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4. Your Unit Plan **MUST incorporate at least one strategy/technique from Chapters 2 and 3 from the handout taken from Teach Like A Champion** (I will handout on Friday at Curtis Strange). Please read this handout prior to class on Monday, November 29 so your team will be able to identify what technique you will be including in your Unit Plan.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Class Agenda for Monday, November 29 – Unit Plan Workday **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. Your team’s “exit ticket” from class on Monday, Nov 29, will be to a written draft stating what you will be including in your Unit Plan for each of the four above key criteria! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2. We will review the rubrics for your Unit Plan, Lesson Plans and Presentation

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Important Documents: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">

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