TUESDAY 6-19-2007 This workshop has provided tons of useful information, not only for the classroom, but for us as consumers as well!!!
Something interesting about Tuesday, I thought was the "How to construct good questions" hand out....here are some tips:
-questions should be open ended. -questions should have more than one possible answer. -make questions broad, rather than focus on specifics. -ask questions that force people to make judgements.
I think these tips can lead to some very interesting student writing! I cant wait to try it out in my classroom! Thank you so much Tina!
This film had lots of interesting information that affects us as consumers but that we often overlook. Some good points:
*genetically modified food has nothing to do with benefits for the consumer
*Cooperative global economy vs. competitive global economy
my favorite:
* we can have democracy in this country or we can have the majority of the wealth in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.
We also did a very cool activity called "written Conversation"
A question is posed and you respong to it in writing. Then your paper is passed around (within a small group) and other people respond to your response!
This can lead to very interesting discussions...
Again, Thanks to Tina for all the wonderful ideas and to the rest of the group for all their valuable input :)
Let us not forget that community building is a natural and essential ingredient of the inquiry and design cycle. Although you can do it alone, but it is more fun to do it together with others.
To be used as a space to share new learning, innovative ideas, thoughts and reflections that stem from experiences during the Gear UP Summer Inquiry and Design Institute. We invite each Inquiry Thread to share highlights of the learning day, as well as post observations, questions, concerns and implications for classroom practice.
To be used as a space to share new learning, innovative ideas, thoughts and reflections that stem from experiences during the Gear UP Summer Inquiry and Design Institute. We invite each Inquiry Thread to share highlights of the learning day, as well as post observations, questions, concerns and implications for classroom practice.
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Communal Goals
These are the goals we came up with for our group....
1. Be able to use people in the group as a resource.
2. Understand and be able to apply the Inquiry and Design Cycle.
3. Create a unit plan for use in the classroom.
4. Be able to incorporate inquiry method in other units/plans.
5. Learn more about the topic of "food" and teach it as part of a health class.
TUESDAY 6-19-2007
This workshop has provided tons of useful information, not only for the classroom, but for us as consumers as well!!!
Something interesting about Tuesday, I thought was the "How to construct good questions" hand out....here are some tips:
-questions should be open ended.
-questions should have more than one possible answer.
-make questions broad, rather than focus on specifics.
-ask questions that force people to make judgements.
I think these tips can lead to some very interesting student writing! I cant wait to try it out in my classroom! Thank you so much Tina!
Wednesday 6-20-07
Inquiry=Tons of Fun!
Some highlights from today:
Film: The Global Banquet
This film had lots of interesting information that affects us as consumers but that we often overlook. Some good points:
*genetically modified food has nothing to do with benefits for the consumer
*Cooperative global economy vs. competitive global economy
my favorite:
* we can have democracy in this country or we can have the majority of the wealth in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.
We also did a very cool activity called "written Conversation"
A question is posed and you respong to it in writing. Then your paper is passed around (within a small group) and other people respond to your response!
This can lead to very interesting discussions...
Again, Thanks to Tina for all the wonderful ideas and to the rest of the group for all their valuable input :)
Let us not forget that community building is a natural and essential ingredient of the inquiry and design cycle. Although you can do it alone, but it is more fun to do it together with others.
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