Understanding by Design Podcasts

I have posted four podcast episodes to the LMSD Podologue from presentations given at the third in-service day for Lower Merion School District new teacher assistance program (NTAP). These are very basic introductions to the Understanding by Design framework with a focus on Stages 1 and 2 only. The first episode is an introductory overview of UbD and how it relates to Differentiated Instruction. This second deals with big ideas, standards and benchmarks, knowledge and skills and how that all can be expressed as enduring understandings in the UbD framework. The third episode introduces Essential Questions to focus teacher design and inspire and direct student learning. The fourth episode deals with the importance of developing summative performance-based assessments aligned to the standards and benchmarks, enduring understandings, and essential questions in Stage 2 of the UbD framework.