What is Understanding by Design? Interview with Jay McTighe

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc6fytYANZ8

概要

TLDRThe conversation features Jay, co-author of 'Understanding by Design,' discussing a curriculum framework that emphasizes deeper understanding over basic skills to engage students and enhance their ability to apply knowledge. He explains that UBD helps educators gather evidence of learning and encourages meaningful curriculum planning, suggesting that districts start with critical questions to foster a need for UBD. Technology's role is highlighted as essential for effective curriculum design, with Edgy Planet 21 being recommended as a superior software solution for building aligned and coherent curricula while also supporting teacher learning and collaboration.

収穫

  • 📚 Understanding by Design focuses on developing deeper understanding in students.
  • 🖥️ Technology enhances collaboration in curriculum design.
  • 🔍 Gathering evidence of student learning is crucial.
  • 💡 UBD prompts critical questioning in education.
  • 📊 Edgy Planet 21 is tailored for effective curriculum alignment.
  • 🎓 Professional learning support is integral to UBD implementation.
  • 🤝 Teachers can collaborate across districts using the platform.
  • 🎯 Focus on engaging and meaningful learning experiences.
  • 🗂️ UBD aids in identifying curriculum redundancies.
  • 🔧 Monitoring teaching results leads to improved education quality.

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    In this conversation, Claire Coupe Scott introduces Jay, co-author of 'Understanding by Design.' Jay explains that 'Understanding by Design' (UBD) is a curriculum planning framework focused on helping students develop a deeper understanding of important concepts. Given today's fast-changing world, UBD emphasizes the need for students to transfer their learning to new situations, not just memorizing facts. It also stresses the importance of gathering evidence of learning and making education more engaging and relevant for learners.

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ビデオQ&A

  • What is Understanding by Design?

    Understanding by Design (UBD) is a curriculum planning framework focusing on developing learning experiences that help students transfer their knowledge and deepen understanding of key concepts.

  • Why is UBD important for schools?

    UBD is crucial as it develops students' ability to apply knowledge in real-world situations, ensuring that education is engaging, relevant, and meaningful.

  • What are the first steps for implementing UBD in schools?

    Schools should start with questioning what understanding they seek in students, followed by providing professional development and monitoring the results of their curriculum.

  • How does technology aid curriculum design?

    Technology transforms curriculum design by fostering collaboration among teachers, facilitating alignment, and providing tools for efficient planning and assessment.

  • What is unique about the Edgy Planet 21 platform?

    Edgy Planet 21 is specialized software licensed based on UBD principles, enabling coordinated curriculum planning and professional learning for educators.

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    welcome to edgy Planet 21s ten minute
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    Tuesday's conversations with experts in
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    education my name is Claire coupe Scott
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    and I lead the content team at each
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    planet 21 today I'm excited to be joined
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    by jameth ty co-author of understanding
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    by design Jay is an author of many books
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    and he consults with districts and
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    schools around the globe Jay thank you
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    for joining me let's start with the
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    basics what is understanding by design
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    and why is it important for schools to
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    use our curriculum framework
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    understanding by design is basically a
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    curriculum planning framework it has a
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    particular focus which is developing
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    curriculum and learning experiences that
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    will help students develop and deepen
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    their understanding of important ideas
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    ultimately so they can transfer their
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    learning in a world in which we can
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    Google much of the world's information
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    on a smartphone and a world which is
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    changing rapidly and increasingly
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    unpredictable it makes sense for a
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    modern education to not just develop
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    basic skills or basic information in
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    students but to help them understand the
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    larger transferrable ideas so they can
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    transfer their learning they can apply
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    their learning to new situations that's
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    one of the big areas of focus and
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    understanding by design another part of
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    understanding by design is gathering
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    evidence of learning if we say that we
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    want students to be able to transfer
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    their learning and that we want them to
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    develop and deepen understanding of
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    important ideas we need evidence of
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    their ability to do those things so a
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    big part of uvd is gathering evidence of
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    student understanding and transfer and
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    finally
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    perhaps most importantly one of the
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    underpinning goals of understanding by
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    design is to help teaching and learning
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    become more engaging for students more
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    relevant more meaningful many teachers
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    have done this over the years tried to
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    make their by teaching and learning more
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    engaging for students but we have ideas
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    in the UBD that will help it be more
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    likely by design when a district is
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    ready to start implementing UBD what are
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    some great first steps that they can
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    take well one of the first steps that I
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    advise is to think about understanding
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    by design as an answer so if it's an
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    answer what questions is it answering
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    rather than introducing UBD as one more
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    new thing that teachers are expected to
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    do I prefer that school leaders begin by
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    posing for example a series of questions
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    such as how do we know our students
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    really understand the things we're
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    teaching what's worth most understanding
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    in all that we have to teach to what
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    extent are our students genuinely
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    engaged in learning or are they just
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    going through the motions are we testing
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    everything that we claim to value or
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    just the things that are easiest to test
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    in grade questions like these stimulate
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    discussions and ideally we'll set up a
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    need for understanding by design so
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    let's start with questions let's start
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    with setting up a need as opposed to
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    implying that this is the latest Silver
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    Bullet that's going to fix education
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    once you've made the case for UBD then
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    there's a need for professional
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    development and support and this can be
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    done through workshops bringing in
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    consultants from mac associates and
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    using edge of planet online learning
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    paths to introduce the ideas of you BDD
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    teachers and give them practice in using
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    it along the way we want to monitor
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    results so it's not about filling in
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    boxes on a template
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    as much as it is seeing the effect of
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    our curriculum plans and our teaching on
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    students are they more engaged do the
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    assessments reveal that they're actually
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    demonstrating understanding and ability
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    to transfer and like every coach knows
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    we look at game film and adjust next
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    week's practice teachers and teacher
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    teams should look at the results of
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    their teaching and of their curriculum
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    and make adjustments to improve the
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    quality of student performance why is
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    technology a critical tool for
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    curriculum design
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    I started teaching many years ago and
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    the day before computers were prominent
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    even and the internet was was
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    ever-present and I remember curriculum
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    planning was basically done on notebooks
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    and curriculum mapping was done where we
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    pasted topics on a giant board and then
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    we could look for vertical and
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    horizontal alignment I also remember
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    being a teacher in a large school
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    district every August we would get a
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    shrink-wrapped packet which was our new
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    curriculum and it had three holes in the
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    binder and we would put it into our
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    curriculum binders well thankfully as
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    the world has moved digitally so too has
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    education and curriculum so typically
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    now people use computers and online
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    resources to develop and to house their
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    curriculum but not all technology is of
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    equal value I work with many schools in
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    districts where individual teachers will
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    plan curriculum using whatever some
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    program they have available it may be
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    Microsoft Word and they do it
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    individually but what they do doesn't
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    connect to anyone else's work some
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    school districts have adopted Google
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    Docs and that makes sense in the in the
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    sense that you can store the curriculum
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    in folders and two or more teachers can
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    collaborate that a system like Google
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    Docs and Google folders is really
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    inadequate if your goal is a coherent
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    and connected and aligned curriculum you
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    need a system that's more robust that
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    can allow teachers to share with each
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    other and that allows school and
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    district leaders to actually look at the
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    curriculum in large print out reports to
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    see are we in fact aligned is there
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    unnecessary redundancy or are there
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    important outcomes or standards that are
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    falling through the cracks a system like
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    edge of planet software is much better
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    suited not only to individual teachers
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    planning units and teams collaborating
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    on curriculum design but on school and
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    district leaders being able to see the
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    macro curriculum and
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    plug in the gaps and smooth out the
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    redundancies
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    can you talk about the edge' plan at 21
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    platform and why it is the best solution
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    yeah
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    chosen to work with as you plan at 21
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    for a couple of reasons first is a
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    recognition that we need smart software
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    to support curriculum design not only by
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    individual teachers but especially
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    school and district wide the edge of
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    planet unit planning software is
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    user-friendly and it's literally the
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    only software program in the world
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    that's licensed commercially and built
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    upon to uvd 2.0 template there are some
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    versions out there that emulate or try
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    to replicate some aspects of
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    understanding by design but edge of
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    planet 21 really has the best software
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    for unit planning
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    moreover edge of planet is building the
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    macro curriculum software system that
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    will support building a coordinated
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    overall school and district curriculum
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    and enabled leaders to look at reports
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    on how the curriculum is aligned what
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    redundancies might be in place that need
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    to be smoothed out and maybe some areas
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    that need greater emphasis without the
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    ability to see the overall curriculum
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    you can't address those system problems
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    edgy planet software supports that
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    another unique feature of edgy planet 21
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    is it's a professional learning support
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    system through learning paths and online
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    modules teachers can actually learn
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    about understanding by design even as
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    they're designing using the software
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    they can share with other teachers
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    within and even across districts and
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    leaders can use the system to both
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    develop and support teachers in their
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    curriculum work so in sum it's the best
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    curriculum
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    system out there Jay thanks for joining
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    me today I look forward to future
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    conversations
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  • Understanding by Design
  • Curriculum Planning
  • Education
  • Student Engagement
  • Learning Transfer
  • Professional Development
  • Edgy Planet 21
  • Technology in Education
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Curriculum Design