I just connected the dots! I guess I got carried away in developing these activities for Casos I Semester. I really wasn't thinking about my students being in their first year. Now that I have stopped and thought about it, the activities are to complex for Caso 1. Each activity represents 3 casos.
Considering what I have read about Backwards Design, plus revising the Casos 1 from 2006, 2007 and 2008, I can say that these activites are too broad. I have started to read "Learning with cases". Cases are not the same as a subject. So, up to this point I have read and outlined Caso 1 Needs Analysis Report. I can say that I have a grip on the whole concept on how to build a case. I have a better vision now of what needs to be accomplished.
I would like to say that all this has given me a totally new perspective on teaching considering the fact that there are parallel activities for the learner as well as for the educator. Right now, I am learning how to build a case out of scratch. It's my creation but in order for it to be created I need to learn about it first. Which means that what I am learning is just for me, the goals, assessments, and activities need to be created in order for my students to crack the Caso. WOW!!!
Learning is in both ends, and I am not talking about the technology or any tool at all.
ReplyDeleteI am happy reading the UbD book. I have to confess that it takes me a long time to read it, not only because the sophisticated language, but also new words but most of all the new way that learning and understanding is being presented and ellaborated.
Yes, knowing about who our audience is, is really important not only for the instructional activities, but more for the assessment process.
I encourage you to read chapter 4 in that book. Or maybe you already did.
How was it for you?
What is your new perspective on teaching? What has made you change? I think this has a lot to do with knowing and understanding our students, and their academic needs at that point in their lives.
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