Design+Model

= Context and Background =

== This course was designed for students who are a somewhat niche group, and present specific challenges and opportunities. I teach at an all boys university preparatory school where all of the boys are high achieving and extremely motivated students. With this specific demographic in mind, I made three adaptations to the Understanding by Design (Backward Design) model: ==
 * == Identify and tailor learning tasks to //meet the needs of boys as learners.// ==
 * == An emphasis on //technology// in teaching, activities, and evaluation ==
 * == I also identified an increased emphasis on //problem based learning// as a component of the adapted model. ==