Episode 7: Standards and Essential Questions

Welcome back from Spring Break! In this episode, Emily and Shahee join me as we begin to think about instructional design using backwards design by Wiggins and McTighe. We discuss the importance of standards and essential questions, and how they inform and shape our instructional design. Our readings were Chapters 3 and 5 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.

Show Notes

Welcome back from Spring Break! In this episode, Emily and Shahee join me as we begin to think about instructional design using backwards design by Wiggins and McTighe. We discuss the importance of standards and essentials questions, and how they inform and shape our instructional design. Our readings were Chapters 3 and 5 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design.

Coming up next week: Assessment. Our readings will be Chapters 7 and 8 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.

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