Understanding by Design PD in progress

I'm doing another PD on Brooklyn Queens Day about Understanding by Design. In this PD, I will be talking to teachers about how to design units by first defining the learning goals for students (based on NYS Standards/Regents), next the assessments (formative and summative), and finally the learning activities. I have a feeling from observing many of the teachers at this school that many of them are already planning using this template but it's a good idea to reinforce best practices and show them some sample UbD units to let them see what teachers are doing in other schools.

Unfortunately, the official UbD unit exchange website is pay-per-user and at $69 per user for 10-20 users, it could be a bit pricey. There is however, a free alternative to that, a UbD wiki in which the users post their lesson plans (by subject area) free of charge. =)

Through my search for UbD units, I also found some web sites of tech integration consultants, some who work in public schools, and some who work in international schools in foreign countries. I saw many ideas that I wish I had seen at the beginning of the year (using Google Sites, using the UbD template to train teachers to integrate technology, using the UbD template to help teachers plan.) I wish I could have done a better job as a "Teacher & Student Learning Center" coordinator...If I could do the year over again, I would have set up a website immediately where teachers could get resources, I would blog every time I found something interesting, and I would have reached out to more teachers. Well, there's always these last few weeks... I hope the next person is truly a great resource.