Here are seven key aspects that can help transform any classroom into a more engaging, and student-empowered learning space. See the introductory blog post: http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/7-ways-to-transform-your-classroom/ Created for the Classroom 2.0 Live! Webcast - September 29th, 2012. The show is embedded as an audio or video presentation here: http://live.classroom20.com/1/post/2012/09/inquiry-learning-and-empowering-students.html

1. 7 Ways to Transform
Your Classroom
By David Truss
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com
The 7 Ways images above are from iStockphoto except for: ‘Voice’ - Neon Mic by fensterbme on flickr, and ‘Play’ by David Truss

2. 20 Minutes:
http://2di.me/trans4med
3 minutes:
http://2di.me/Trans4mEdu

3. 7 Ways to Transform
Your Classroom
http://2di.me/7trans4m
How will you transform your classroom into an
inquiry-driven, collaborative, and engaging
learning environment?

4. “A car is not merely a faster horse.
And email is not a faster fax...
Play a new game, not
the older game but faster.”
Seth Godin
Levels of Transport By Evan Leeson, ecstaticist on flickr

5. 7 Ways to Transform
Your Classroom
How will you transform your classroom into an
inquiry-driven, collaborative, and engaging
learning environment?

6. It’s not the tool,
but how you use it that matters!
Photo by David Truss
http://2di.me/edtools

8. http://2di.me/7trans4m

10. When students get to choose their own topics, with
guidance and support from their teachers, peers and
community members, these learners will produce
thoughtful, rich and compelling answers.

11. When students get to choose their own topics, with
guidance and support from their teachers, peers and
community members, these learners will produce
thoughtful, rich and compelling answers.
http://2di.me/1inquire
Which of these resources will you use to help
you develop some inquiry based projects?

13. http://sciencealive.wikispaces.com
http://2di.me/WikiReflections

14. Neon Mic by
fensterbme

15. An integral part of learning is the ability to
share what you’ve learned with others
in meaningful ways.
Neon Mic by
fensterbme

16. An integral part of learning is the ability to
share what you’ve learned with others
in meaningful ways.
Neon Mic by
fensterbme
How can you use recording devices to
get students prepared for presentations,
or to get students to share their work publicly?

19. An important skill to learn is how to
‘write to a specific audience’,
and there is no better way to promote this than to
give learners a legitimate audience for their work.

20. An important skill to learn is how to
‘write to a specific audience’,
and there is no better way to promote this than to
give learners a legitimate audience for their work.
http://2di.me/3audience
What can you do to increase the audience
of your students’ work beyond the class
or just you, their teacher?

22. "It is no longer enough to do
powerful work if no one sees it.“
Chris Lehmann
Àodìlì / 奥地利By α on flickr

24. Collaboration is a learned skill that is essential
in today’s world. Have students
collaborate on projects that matter,
in many different communities.

25. Collaboration is a learned skill that is essential
in today’s world. Have students
collaborate on projects that matter,
in many different communities.
Who do you know in your community
(or your online network) that can
share their expertise with your students?

28. Provided students with many opportunities to be
designers, stewards and teachers.
Every student has the potential to lead!

29. Provided students with many opportunities to be
designers, stewards and teachers.
Every student has the potential to lead!
http://2di.me/5leadership
How can you create more authentic leadership
opportunities for your students in your class?

31. “We can never know the totality of our influence in the world,
or what conversations happen in response to our work.”
Bud Hunt
Splash! By Luke Peterson Photography

33. Play promotes discovery and invites the idea that we
can have fun learning, even from our mistakes.
Ingenuity and creativity are both sparked from an
environment that incorporates play into learning.

34. Play promotes discovery and invites the idea that we
can have fun learning, even from our mistakes.
Ingenuity and creativity are both sparked from an
environment that incorporates play into learning.
http://2di.me/6sanbox
How can you embed ‘Game Design’
into your lessons?

35. “We have been defining learning according to
what is to be learned… while what learners in fact
want is not to learn per se but rather to do.”
Stephen Downes
‘Father and son surf lesson in Morro Bay, CA 11 of 12’ by mikebaird on flickr

37. A key principle in the new learning
theory, Connectivism, considers networks to be a
central metaphor for learning. Expose students to
a multitude of learning networks.

38. A key principle in the new learning
theory, Connectivism, considers networks to be a
central metaphor for learning. Expose students to
a multitude of learning networks.
http://2di.me/7networks
What tools can you use to connect
students to learning that’s happening in
other physical and digital learning spaces?

40. Where do I start?

41. “To teach is to model
and demonstrate,
to learn is to
practice and reflect.”
Stephen Downes
‘Push-ups’ by Ann Truss

43. It starts with YOU!
How will you (continue to) transform your
classroom into an inquiry-
driven, collaborative, and engaging learning
environment?

46. “Where do I start?”
How will you (continue to) transform your
classroom into an inquiry-
driven, collaborative, and engaging learning
environment?

47. Pick ONE.
How will you (continue to) transform your
classroom into an inquiry-driven, collaborative,
and engaging learning environment?

49. Seek community (you are not alone).
Do something transformative.
Share what you learn.
How will you (continue to) transform your
classroom into an inquiry-
driven, collaborative, and engaging learning
environment?

50. THANK YOU!
http://2di.me/7trans4m
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/contact/