UbD and DI Chapter 1

The diversity of the students in classrooms across America is changing in almost every way. As teachers we need to use both Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction in order to maximize learning. The chapter tells us students that teachers do not find it satisfying to simply serve up a curriculum without regards to who it is that they are teaching. In classrooms that promote effective learning teachers are sure to attend to the question of who they teach, where they teach, what they teach, and how they teach. If any of these elements are forgotten then the quality learning is put into jeopardy. To summarize UbD simply, it is the elements of what we teach, what assessments we us, and what curriculum design model we use. UbD would be ineffective without DI, which relates to who we teach, where we teach, how we teach, and finding an effect process to make sure that everyone learns instruction. What I got out of this chapter is to constantly remind myself to be checking that I am fulfilling the elements to provide effective learning.