Feeling Curious? WPPS 2014

Feeling  Curious?

What  is  Inquiry?

Q&A

The  Basic  Process

Question Investigate Answer ShareAction

Question Investigate Answer ShareAction

The  Basic  Process

Question Investigate Answer ShareAction

U s i n g 2 1 s t C e n t u r y S k i l l s

critical thinking, creativity & problem solving

communicating & collaborating

ICT & information literacy

My  inquiry  into  home  made  ice-cream...

Was it a successful inquiry?

Did it satisfy my curiosity?

Why did I do the inquiry into home made ice cream?

There is no difference for the students we teach!

interest!

The bottom line is....

AUTHENTICITY!Why am I doing

this?

‘Migrating  to  Australia’

Web  Quests

A WebQuest is an

inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all

the information that learners work with comes

from the web.

Using  Web  2.0

Related to students

Forced students to communicate with their family and peers.

Student had to lead their own learning to produce their own book and create their own book signing

The action/solution is already decided for them

Authenticity Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Communication & Collaboration

Creativity

ICT

Information Literacy

Citizenship/Global awareness

Life & Career Skills

Personal &Social Responsibility

Creating  authentic  inquiries

‘Say  No  to  Plastic  Bags’

Strategic  Immersion

Setting  up  the  challenge

What would happen if we keep on

using plastic bags (use thinking hats)

Setting  up  the  challenge

Setting  up  the  challenge

The  challenge

‘We should use calico bags instead

of plastic bags”

“Could we share the message with the

school at assembly?”

Investigating

Ideate

Was the experience authentic?

Were the students engaged?Did the experience relate to their

lives?

Was it student led?

Authenticity Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Communication & Collaboration

Creativity

ICT

Information Literacy

Citizenship/Global awareness

Life & Career Skills

Personal &Social Responsibility

How  did  these  inquiries  link  to  SAMR?

RRedefinition

Technology allows for creation of new tasks

previously inconceivable.

Integrated movies, hot links, software, apps...

Skype with experts, compare, combine and

results via wikis and blogs, publish world wide

online.

MModification

Technology allows for significant lesson redesign.

Integrated email, graphs, images, spreadsheets..

Spreadsheets, graphs, email with others, redesign

lab, hand in.

AAugmentation

Technology is a tool substitute with some

improvement

Word processing with spell check, cut and paste...

Grammar, spell check, cut, paste, print, hand in.

SSubstitution

Technology is a tool substitute with no functional

change

Word processor used as a typewriter.

Word process, lab report, print out, hand in.

Transformation

Enhancement

Challenge Based Learning!

Inquiry  Frameworks  &  21st  Century  Skills

Seamlessly incorporates technology at the redefinition stage as well as incorporating all

21st Century skills within their framework.

CBL  in  Action!

Your  thoughts?

Are  you  feeling  CURIOUS?

The Challenge

Let's promote curiosity by using web 2.0 tools that promote

communication, collaboration and creativity!

The Essential Question

How can we enhance curiosity by integrating technology within the

transformation stage of SAMR?

The Big Idea Curiosity

Guiding Questions

Brad and I had a few questions about what we thought the staff at WPPS would like to know about technology

applications that promote communication, collaboration and

creativity. We thought about web 2.0 tools and thought up some guiding questions...

Guiding Questions

Guided Activities and Resources

wikispaces edmodo google docs

audioboo pinterest diigo

9 curious people for each team

Guided Activities and Resources

results

20 minutes

take photos as evidence, during your entire learning process!

Propose Solution

SOLUTION!

Teach a group of 5 colleagues about your

web 2.0 tool in 2 minutes

Implement Solution

Time to put your 1-2 minute lesson plan together.Try to be creative and remember to include your

results!

15 minutes

Implement Solution

Time to teachREMEMBER IT IS A MAXIMUM OF 2MINUTES

EACH.

2 minutes MAX each

Publish Solution

Build a 3-5 minute solution video with your original team. The video should include a

description of the challenge, a brief description of the learning process, the solution and the

results of the implementation.

10 minutes

Reflect

Reflect on the challenge thinking about the learning process on Google Docs.

Publish Reflection

Evaluation of web 2.0 will be published by Brad!

Thank youI hope you enjoyed your day.

Please take a few moments to evaluate the workshop to help me to continue to improve my

work.