!Essential+Questions

©Understanding by Design
A model of learning based on the precepts outlined by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue.

This in-service used the ©**Understanding by Design (UbD)** model.

**Essential Questions** are based on the **Six Facets of Understanding.**
What is visual learning? What is a visual thesaurus? || How might one use a thesaurus to further student achievement? || How can a thesaurus be used to increase vocabulary? How can a visual thesaurus be used to learn a foreign language? What can be done to have students participate in the use of a visual thesaurus? How might one use a virtual thesaurus for understanding of other texts? || What are the strengths and weaknesses of using a thesaurus? What are the advantages and disadvantages of visual learning? || What can be done to facilitate understanding for speakers of other languages? What is the use of a visual thesaurus trying to accomplish? || What are the limits of my understanding of this tool? How can I best show my students how to use this tool? Am I using the visual thesaurus tool in combination with other tools (i.e. Whiteboard)? ||
 * **Explanation** || What is a thesaurus and how is it used?
 * **Interpretation** || How is a thesaurus different from dictionary?
 * **Interpretation** || How is a thesaurus different from dictionary?
 * **Application** || How can I use this in my classroom to better student achievement?
 * **Application** || How can I use this in my classroom to better student achievement?
 * **Perspective** || What do students feel about the use of a thesaurus?
 * **Perspective** || What do students feel about the use of a thesaurus?
 * **Empathy** || How can this tool be used to meet the special needs of all students?
 * **Empathy** || How can this tool be used to meet the special needs of all students?
 * **Self-knowledge** || Am I using the visual thesaurus effectively in the classroom?
 * **Self-knowledge** || Am I using the visual thesaurus effectively in the classroom?

**WHERETO** highlights the key considerations and serves as an analytical tool for the design model.
Participants will understand the use of visual learning tools. Participants will be guided through a series of practices of each facet of this tool. || Details of the steps to the usage of the tool are included. Suggestions for usage with Whiteboards and other text are included. || A pre-assessment survey should be taken as an initiation to the in-service. Guided practices should be studied and applied to classroom learning. Videos detailing the tool should be watched. || Participants will use this tool in the classroom when appropriate. Participants will use the discussion tab of this wiki for suggestions and revisions. || Participants will self-evaluate throughout the in-service at the end of each guided practice. Participants should ask themselves whether they are using this tool in the most effective manner. || Settings will be activated to suit the audience (i.e. age, visual, language, etc.) ||
 * **W** || **Where and Why** || Participants will understand the nature of a thesaurus.
 * **H** || **Hook and Hold** || Presentation through videos will introduce each guided practice.
 * **H** || **Hook and Hold** || Presentation through videos will introduce each guided practice.
 * **E** || **Explore, Experience, Enable, Equip** || An overview is presented to understand the nature of this tool.
 * **E** || **Explore, Experience, Enable, Equip** || An overview is presented to understand the nature of this tool.
 * **R** || **Reflect, Rethink, Revise** || Participants will actively explore all of the pages available in this in-service.
 * **R** || **Reflect, Rethink, Revise** || Participants will actively explore all of the pages available in this in-service.
 * **E** || **Evaluate** || A pre-assessment survey will be presented at the beginning of the in-service.
 * **E** || **Evaluate** || A pre-assessment survey will be presented at the beginning of the in-service.
 * **T** || **Tailor** || Participants will understand the Settings functions of the Visual Thesaurus.
 * **T** || **Tailor** || Participants will understand the Settings functions of the Visual Thesaurus.
 * **O** || **Organize, Optimize** || Participants will organize and optimize their time to reach a deep understanding of the tool so as to use it in the most effective manner for student achievement. ||
 * **O** || **Organize, Optimize** || Participants will organize and optimize their time to reach a deep understanding of the tool so as to use it in the most effective manner for student achievement. ||