The Planning Process
Planners + Resources | Unit Plans (subject) | Unit Plans (grade)
Big Ideas | Concepts | Curricular Competencies
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Check back here often as we gather, update and share relevant resources and background information on best practices in online learning.
Best Practices:
Here are some things to consider when designing online content for your students:
Blended Learning Planners
Secondary
Blended Learning Overviews Plans and Micro-Units
- *Media Literacy (Grade 6, UOP)
- *Circumference and Area of Circles (Grade 7, UOP)
- *Squares, Roots and Cubes (Grade 8, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
- *Character Unit (Grade 10, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
- *English Language Arts (Grade 10, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
- *Foods (Grade 10, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
- *Media Design – Using MS Teams (Grade 10, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
- *Modern Languages (Grade 10, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
- *Patterns of Inheritance (Grade 10, UOP)
- *Chemistry – Mathematical Foundations (Grade 11, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
- *Anatomy and Physiology – Biological Molecules (Grade 12, Blended Learning Micro-Unit)
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Resources to assist with planning
Online Learning Resources & Further reading
- Blended Online Learning Planner
- Setting Up Your Class
- SAMR Model and Overview
- High school examples
- TRUDACOT / 4 shifts model
- Dr. Jennifer Chang Wathall
- 5 E's model
- Ed to Save the World
- 5 Outside of the Box Assessment Ideas – Catlin Tucker
- Google Apps and Strategies
- Assessment in a Virtual Online Environment (YouTube)
- How Do I Assess Student Learning Online
- 3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online - Catlin Tucker
- NVSD Considerations for Planning Blended Learning
Other Resources
- Excellent list of online resources for elementary
- Comparing Bloom's taxonomy to the Depth of Knowledge
- Project Zero - Online database of Visible Thinking Routines
- Hyperdoc site
- Microsoft Teams Scavenger Hunt - Beginner
- Microsoft Teams Scavenger Hunt - Intermediate
- Assessment Considerations for Blended Learning
Articles on best practice in online learning
- John Spencer - Different ways to create choice menus
- AJ Juliani – Choice menus
- 7 big ideas as you shift to online learning
- The differences between emergency remote teaching and online learning
Overview
- How to use the Unit Planner Guide
- UBD Overview
- Website to Classroom Powerpoint
- Sample Year Plan (Grade 4-5)
Stage One - Desired Results
- Big Ideas by Grade
- Combined Grades Big Ideas
- Concept-based Teaching Brief
- Concepts List by Subject
- Transfer Goals Handout
- Essential Questions Explained
- First People's Principles of Learning
Stage Two - Planning for Assessment