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Course Schedule

Intermediate and Culminating Performances of Understanding DueDates

Unit Performance Due Date

2 UDL Book Culminating Performance March 13

3 Diversity Poster Culminating Performance April 6

4 Prezi Teaching for Understanding Map Intermediate Performance April 13WebQuest Culminating Performance May 1

5 #teachingis Collage Culminating Performance May 12

Unit 2: Creating an Online Book for All Learners

Week of March 9-13

Priming Questions According to the authors, what are the benets of students becoming digital authors?According to the authors, why is it important for students to use technology in school?What does it mean to write purposefully?

Readings Creating Digital Authors (http://goo.gl/nTCziC)

Reection Task Metacognitive Check Due Friday (no Surprise Tweet)

Performances UDL Book Major Performance Due by Friday, March 13

Week of March 16-20

* Special Week: Spring Break (No Classes) *

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Unit 3: Exploring the Many Sides of Diversity

Week of March 23-27

Priming Questions What is a WebQuest?What can a student learn from engaging in a WebQuest?

Readings What is a WebQuest? (http://goo.gl/M9HDsK)What are the Essential Parts of a WebQuest? (http://goo.gl/737kms)What Kinds of Topics Lend Themselves to WebQuests? (http://goo.gl/ZrD7r4)

Tools See the Exploring the Many Sides of DiversityWebQuest (http://goo.gl/sUcRU1)

Reection Task Surprise Tweet Due Friday

Week of March 30-April 3

* Special Week: Good Friday (No Classes on Friday, April 3) *

Tools See the Exploring the Many Sides of DiversityWebQuest (http://goo.gl/sUcRU1)

Reection Task Surprise Tweet Due Friday

Performances Diversity Poster Culminating Performance Due by Monday, April 6

Unit 4: The Quest to Build a WebQuest

Week of April 6-10

Priming Questions According to the authors, what does understanding mean?How is this denition similar to and dierent from your own denition of understanding?What do Generative Topics and Understanding Goals add to the teacher planning process?

Readings Introducing Teaching for Understanding (http://goo.gl/2F1CxV)Generative Topics (http://goo.gl/slJbOc)What are Understanding Goals? (http://goo.gl/qapL2r)

Tools Prezi (https://www.prezi.com/)

Reection Task Surprise Tweet Due Friday

Week of April 13-17

Priming Questions How do Performances of Understanding help the learning process?What are the dierent ways a teacher can use scaolding in a WebQuest?

Readings What are Performances of Understanding (http://goo.gl/Om1hT1)Using the Zone to Help Reach Every Learner (http://goo.gl/KCigdq)24 Assessments That Don't Suck (http://goo.gl/Qzu8Hv)

Tools Google Sites (https://sites.google.com/)

Reection Task Surprise Tweet Due Friday

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Week of April 20-24

Focus and Project Time

Reection Task Surprise Tweet Due Friday

Performances Prezi Teaching for Understanding Map Intermediate Performance Due Monday April 13

Unit 5: What Does Teaching with Technology Look Like?

Week of April 27-May 1

Priming Questions What are some of the pictures of teaching presented in these articles?What experiences have you had as a learner that look like these pictures of teaching?

Readings Mastering the Teaching Game (http://goo.gl/VqVZVx)#Teachingis Adapting (http://goo.gl/lNUWTh)The Importance of Saying I'm Sorry (http://goo.gl/gNKcBa)

Tools Quozio (http://quozio.com/)Picadilo Collage Maker (http://www.picadilo.com/collage/)

Reection Task Surprise Tweet Due Friday

Performances WebQuest Design Culminating Performance Due by Friday, May 1

Week of May 4-8

Tools thinglink (http://www.thinglink.com/)

Reection Task Metacognitive Check Due Friday (no Surprise Tweet)

Performances #teachingis Collage Culminating Performance Due by Tuesday, May 12

"F073Course Schedule "F073Intermediate and Culminating Performances of Understanding Due DatesUnit 2: Creating an Online Book for All LearnersUnit 3: Exploring the Many Sides of DiversityUnit 4: The Quest to Build a WebQuestUnit 5: What Does Teaching with Technology Look Like?