This document discusses using inquiry-based learning and digital technology to enhance student learning. It provides quotes about inquiry-based learning being an organic process that allows students to develop lifelong skills by dealing with open-ended problems and shaping their own learning. The document then outlines steps for an inquiry process, including developing questions, finding resources, considering connections, creating something to address a partner's needs, evaluating the results, and reflecting on the experience and how aspects could be used in a classroom.
4. “We have to recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical
process; it's an organic process. And you cannot predict the
outcome of human development. All you can do, like a farmer, is
create the conditions under which they will begin to flourish.”
- Ken Robinson, 2010
6. “Inquiry is the
dynamic process of
being open to
wonder and
puzzlements and
coming to know and
understand the
world”
- Galileo Educational Network,
2004
7. Inquiry-based learning
provides opportunities for
students to:
•develop skills they will
need all their lives
•learn to cope with
problems that may not have
clear solutions
•deal with changes and
challenges to understandings
•shape their search for
solutions, now and in the
future.
17. Creating. #Act. Share
• What can you add that
might make a difference
for your partner?
• Do it!
• Record it.
• Upload it #act
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18. #Evaluate
• How well did you meet
your partner’s needs?
• What went well with
the inquiry?
• What would you
improve for next time?
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19. Reflect
How did it compare
to the way you usually
work?
How did you adjust
your design in
response to their
needs?
What part of the
process could you use in
school
- and how?
Notes de l'éditeur
Introductions > you and your passion > if you were a student, what would fire you up? > interview each other in pairs, 3 mins each.....
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Building a culture of inquiry also means recognizing, supporting and teaching the role of metacognition. Metacognitive skills are part of the “ learning to learn ” skills that are transferable to new learning situations, in school and out of school. Through reflecting on the process during inquiry-based learning activities, students are given opportunities to explore and understand both the cognitive and affective domains of “ learning to learn ” (Hacker, 1999; Kuhlthau, 1988). Understanding and dealing with thoughts and feelings makes inquiry-based learning a powerful learning experience for students and teachers Imgfe http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5094/5476978037_ebe90afb4a_o.jpg
engaging them?
In the context of learning areas, students ’ needs; students ’ strengths; legitimate contexts
Return to our SOLO questions... Aligning learning experiences to SOLO also allows teachers to identify the thinking and ICT interventions that target individual student learning needs at each level. For example, coding the complexity of thinking interventions used in schools against SOLO Taxonomy allows teachers to more effectively target the thinking tools and strategies that will help students to “ bring in ideas ” , “ link ideas ” and “ take linked ideas into another context ” in students ’ SOLO coded learning experiences. Refer Thinking interventions Insert Figure XX The design framework also foreshadows the integration of ICT in the SOLO coded “ bringing in of ideas ” , “ linking ideas ” and “ taking linked ideas into another context ” learning experiences of inquiry with triggers for: ICT to enhance conditions for unistructural/ multistructural information gathering: For example, directories/ search engines, Google map; concept mapping; word processing; databases/ spread sheets; environmental probes Web 2.0 based: image storing, word processing, social bookmarking ” to do ” lists, notetaking, calendars, group mapping, aggregators, RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, forums, synchronous/synchronous communication, peer to peer networks, podcasting, SMS text, ism, email, fax, telephone, listservs, newsgroups; ICT to enhance conditions for relational understanding: For example, concept mapping, graphic organisers, simulations, domain specific modelling software; microworlds spreadsheets, collaborative authoring, Grokker, wikis, forums; ICT to enhance conditions for creating, evaluating, communicating and reflecting: For example, multimedia hypermedia authoring software, argument mapping software, PowerPoint, asynchronous/synchronous communication; Peer to peer networks, podcasting, SMS text, ism, email, fax, telephone, listservs, newsgroups, blogs, wikis ICT to enhance performance for understanding: For example, any of the above// Mapping ideas.. similarities differences what if we had loads of time/money what if your partner was was blind