Chapter 3

Backward design is the newest way to plan a lesson. While I saw it come together in practicum I am weary of only learning one way of doing things. It seems that is what creates grumpy old teachers that can’t change. The most important part of the design for me was a simple idea, high expectations. As a teacher we should find ways to challenge all the students and do so in a way that we expect them to work hard towards and succeed. The backward design model when used in an open environment like a college classroom where we can choose random technology projects as the end point may create some higher level thinking, but in a school run by standards and test results I fear the end product will be a standardized test score.