Exploring+Inquiry+Learning+-+Notes+from+Rocky

 || What are the ways we currently facilitate inquiry in our classroom? in our role as teachers?  Essence of Inquiry : Summarise common threads: //Inquiry is an approach to learning that evokes a process exploration, and leads to asking questions and making discoveries in search of new understandings. // || · Invite sharing   · Natural Learning process – from birth  · Inquiry as a disposition: []  · Key Steps within a class a) Begins with what we know, <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">b) <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">develop questions which reflect what they’d like to know <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">c) <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> develop strategic plans <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">d) <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> explore a variety of resources <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">e) <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">organise and decipher data <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">f) <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">draw conclusions and create means of communicating new knowledge. || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Why Bother? Rationale || · <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Students Centred – authentic, real · <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Constructing Knowledge- Producers rather than consumers – HLT · <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">21st c Skills and Knowledge · <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Key competencies · <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Vision · <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Ham’s Tree of Knowledge: <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">[] <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Main Processes Involved <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The processes won’t change the tools will <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Get It <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sort It <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Use It || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Immersion <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Exploring <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Using <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Communication <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluating <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Link to Blooms Taxonomy and SOLO <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">http://hooked-on-thinking.wikispaces.com/SOLO+Taxonomy+and+Inquiry+Learning <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Tools /Strategies to Support Each Process <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Aim to develop a shared repertoire of practice || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What strategies( ICT and not) do we currently use? <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What strategies are most likely to help my students learn this? <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What else is possible? ict and non –ict || || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Set scene, theme, concept. Rich enough? Well resourced? Of interest to students? || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What prior knowledge? <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Choose appropriate sources <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Select relevant info. <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Validate Info. <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Telephone/video/ 5 senses/experts… <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Webspiration, graphic organisers… || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Tools: understanding performances, SCAMPER || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Clear, creative communication of info. || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">PMI. Criteria… || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Reflect at end modelling tch as inquiry. <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Exploring Inquiry Learning **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Goal: **<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> to extend teacher understanding of how ICT could support student inquiry.
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Housekeeping : **<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Protocols? Intros? time-frame? Notes on wiki?
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Housekeeping : **<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Protocols? Intros? time-frame? Notes on wiki?
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Immersion **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Immersion **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Exploring **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Exploring **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Exploring range of sources **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Organise **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Using **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Using **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Synthesising/Creating. **<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Utile info. in a practical way usually to solve a problem
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Communication **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Communication **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The solution not the info. **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluating **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluating **
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Product and Process **