Keynote presentation by Dr. Valerie Irvine @_valeriei for the Mitchell Odyssey Foundation's Odyssey BC 2012 conference at the TELUS World of Science on "Technology Innovation for Inquiry-based Learning"

1. Technology Innovation
for Inquiry-Based
Learning
Dr. Valerie Irvine
Flickr@Wonderlane

2. #odysseybc

3. Me
Then Now

4. Memories of Biology 11
Flickr@Quinn.Anya

5. Memories of Biology 11
• Memorization of Terms
• Being told “it’s not your
prerogative” to suggest alternative
assignments for inquiry

9. Flickr@deanj

13. You are not just science teachers
covering curriculum…
• You have a responsibility:
–To be science recruiters
–To ENGAGE learners in scientific INQUIRY

14. Salt Spring Island Tour
with Ministry of Education & John Abbott
February 14, 2012

16. Click for PDF

18. Science Education Symposium
At Science World during AAAS
February 15, 2012

20. How can one POSSIBLY engage fully in
student-centred inquiry…
without relying on technology and
connectedness?

21. Flickr@healthbrandon

22. From Consumption to Creation & Remix
From Isolation to Connectedness
REQUIRES CHANGES
and ultimately… HOW WE TEACH

25. For Teachers: How to Unlearn
or Innovate Requires Connections

26. For Learners
How to Engage in Inquiry
Requires Connections

27. 21st Century CURRICULUM
• Increased focus on skills/process
as opposed to content

28. Understanding how
networks work is one of the
most important literacies of
the 21st century.
KEY POINTS Howard Rheingold
(2010)
• Digital Literacy
• Understanding

29. How are we modeling inquiry and
open learning for our students?
How are we helping our students to
document their inquiry and to make
connections for visible learning?

30. Social Media & Mobility
Flickr@Cakehead Loves

34. Irvine, V. (2012). Multi-Access Learning

37. Grand Yellowhead School Division, Alberta

38. Irvine, V. (2011). Multi-Access learning

40. Via @courosa

41. st @neilstephenson
21 Century Classroom

48. Reassembling the Building Blocks
has RISK but…

51. Flickr@veo_

55. #EdCampWest
June 22-23, 2013
@UVic

56. #ceetopen

57. #odysseybc
@_valeriei
virvine@uvic.ca