Based on your learning this evening, what is one item that you will take back to share with staff or try in your classroom?
(please comment below by school name)
Based on your learning this evening, what is one item that you will take back to share with staff or try in your classroom? (please comment below by school name)
33 Comments
Lynn Fripps
11/4/2013 08:40:09 am
I know this is 'old news' from last time, but was reminded to share with and learn from colleagues. "Obvious to you, amazing to others". Often we are so busy that we miss a lot of hidden gems right at our own school.
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Uplands
11/4/2013 08:55:22 am
A great concept-Engaging students through blogging. How do we ensure students are being safe and secure in the social media world? We love the published blurbs by Kirk Weiss and his students.
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Topham
11/4/2013 11:10:20 am
The qr codes are something that we'd like to try. We also like the publishing idea... Great way to explore and create writing.
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Lynn Fripps
11/4/2013 11:20:55 am
Teachers improve their practice if guided by peers. An idea we had thought of was taking some time in staff meeting or setting up a staff blog or website to add items to. To do this really well, we can not do it alone.
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Brookswood
11/4/2013 11:21:03 am
There is great value in collaboration! Thanks everyone!
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RCGarnett
11/4/2013 11:21:52 am
Culture of risk taking in a thoughtfully designed way
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Lss
11/4/2013 11:22:07 am
Opposite of inquiry is not direct instruction but apathy and don't put pop rocks in the kitty litter
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Nicomekl
11/4/2013 11:22:14 am
Inquiry-based learning is an important part of developing quality curriculum and engaged students in their learning.
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Fort Langley
11/4/2013 11:22:23 am
Important to balance everything, slow down, one step at a time. Meaningful, engaging, collaborative, together, relationship building. Try something new. We are not content deliverers!
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11/4/2013 11:22:35 am
We are really focusing our minds on how to create authentic narratives for our students for our Inquiry Fair in the spring. Visible thinking processes can be created through QR codes, Augmented Reality, video creation, story boarding, book creation, blogs... and the list goes on. We will start working with staff to see if they want to have a school-wide theme for these narratives to connect to the real worlds of our students.
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Peterson road
11/4/2013 11:22:35 am
We're taking away the idea of documenting the process and not just the finished product
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Alice Brown
11/4/2013 11:23:15 am
Making the connection to students, getting them engaged in their own learning and creating that connection with where the cirriculum lives in our community.
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Belmont
11/4/2013 11:23:35 am
We like the idea that inquiry is more than just a question or research project, but there are categories of inquiry.
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LFE
11/4/2013 11:23:44 am
We love the quote "intentionally designed learning tasks - providing the scaffolding for the learner, slowing down and going deeper." Less is more.
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LEC
11/4/2013 11:23:51 am
Adopting a new approach to a new curriculum or new technology does not necessarily mean tossing out the things that still work.
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Wix Brown
11/4/2013 11:24:04 am
Purposeful learning
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Douglas Park
11/4/2013 11:24:18 am
We liked what Langley Meadows shared about the kids seeing us using tech and having fun.
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Langley Meadows
11/4/2013 11:24:43 am
Main take aways are that Inquiry is a mindset, "disposition", "paradigm" and not a set formula. We need to think like scientists and engage our students. It is a way of being as opposed to doing. Inquiry isn't just "digital", it is all encompassing. Need to have meaningful activities that are worthwhile for kids.
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Dorothy Peacock Elementary
11/4/2013 11:25:36 am
- inquiry does require some structure
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James Hill
11/4/2013 11:25:45 am
Work to make learning meaningful and relevant and share it in authentic ways.
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ACSS
11/4/2013 11:25:53 am
Takeaways...Physics; inquiry based engineering project. Take students through the entire process from concept to execution.
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James Kennedy Elementary
11/4/2013 11:26:01 am
* Sharing the 4 levels of inquiry to help others understand the differences.
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Lochiel
11/4/2013 11:26:12 am
We really want to try Mystery Skype. This is real life learning.
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Lss
11/4/2013 11:26:19 am
Using podcasts to help student expression
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Walnut Grove Secondary
11/4/2013 11:27:16 am
Digital publication- blurb.com
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R E Mountain Secondary
11/4/2013 11:27:58 am
*Keep it real.
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James Kennedy
11/4/2013 11:28:07 am
* Collaboration with teachers, students, and curriculum
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Blacklock Fine Arts
11/4/2013 11:28:36 am
We really like the idea of "Quality vs. Quantity" in teaching (the videos about the visual art lesson about self-portraits). We are very inspired to use new programs/apps, but don't want to bite off more than we can chew (always be teaching new apps). We think we'll use an app the kids already know and create an a project with that that goes deeper.
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Apex
11/4/2013 11:28:46 am
Real-Life Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11 Ch. 3 -- determine and cost the materials to paint a building project we plan in Applied Skills/Carpentry--a work shed.
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Richard Bulpitt Elementary (Lucy, Barry, Jessica, Karm)
11/4/2013 11:31:47 am
Walked away with a lot of great information! Talking about mind set, shift happening... shift happens, intentional/meaningful context for learning. Augmenting and enhancing what we are already doing in our classrooms. Thinking about different ways of engaging the learners and colleagues.
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Parkside
11/4/2013 11:32:40 am
The example of the Grade 2 Inquiry project sparked some interest and we are going to try a Guided Inquiry approach to teaching self portraits. Even just our table talked sparked many varieties of this project and our own enthusiasm and engagement heightened for the idea. So cool.
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LFMSS
11/5/2013 12:04:23 am
Teachers as designers of learning
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