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Aaron Davis

How do inquiry teachers….teach? | Justwondering - 0 views

  • The planning and the teaching are certainly deeply connected but – too often, inquiry seems almost synonymous with ‘units’.   The cringe-worthy phrase “we do inquiry” usually means: we fill in an inquiry planner using a cycle/framework of inquiry
  • Inquiry is not just about knowing how to plan – it’s about how we teach
  • 1. They talk less
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  •  2. They ask more.
  •  3. They relate
  • 4. They let kids in on the secret
  • 5. They use language that is invitational and acknowledges the elasticity of ideas.
  •  6. They check in with their kids – a lot
  • They remain open to possibility…
  •  7. They collaborate with their students. They trust them!
  •  8. They use great, challenging, authentic resources
  •  9. They are passionate and energetic.
  •  10. They see the bigger picture
  • 11. They invite, celebrate and USE questions, wonderings, uncertainties and tensions that arise from their students.
  • Good inquiry teachers know how to get more kids thinking more deeply more of the time.
  • Programs and planners don’t make inquiry happen. Teachers and learners do.
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    A great post from Kath Murdoch in which she outlines how inquiry teacher teach. What I really liked about it is that even if you don't 'do inquiry' you can still take some of the facets of an inquiry teacher.
Aaron Davis

My experience in getting started with Genius Hour | ReconfigurEd. - 0 views

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    An excellent post from Anthony Sperenza about implementing Genius Hour into the classroom. He has included a great list of resources too.
Aaron Davis

soxnevad's Profile | Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teacher... - 0 views

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    A glogster presentation containing 12 different ways to utilise Google Docs for learning. There are also links to more information for each example.
Aaron Davis

The Sky's the Limit: 16 Must-Read Quotes from Michael Fullan's Stratosphere - Vander Ar... - 0 views

  • We should do less of spending money on assessment detached from designing learning and more of creating learning experiences that are irresistibly engaging."
  • "The integration of technology and pedagogy to maximize learning must meet four criteria. It must be irresistibly engaging; elegantly efficient (challenging but easy to use); technologically ubiquitous; and steeped in real-life problem solving."
  • "I hold out four criteria for integrating technology and pedagogy to produce exciting, innovative learning experiences for all students --something desperately needed to bring education into the 21st century. These new developments must be i) irresistibly engaging (for students and for teachers); ii) elegantly efficient and easy to use; iii) technologically ubiquitous 24/7; and iv) steeped in real-life problem solving."
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