Shifting Learning - Parent Version

Shifting Learning:What did You Learn at School Today?

Nothin’

David Truss

http://2di.me/SortOfDunno


Do you want your answer from here?




- What do you want your child to say?

What did You Learn at School Today?

Based on: Challenging the Status Quo: http://2di.me/ChallengeSQ

http://2di.me/ChallengeSQ

- What do you want your child to say?- What do you really want to know?- What else can you ask?


(We’ll get back to these questions)

About me and SD43:

Vice Principal of Coquitlam Open Learning - servicing online and blended courses to about 4,000 school aged and adult students.

http://online.sd43.bc.ca

http://online.sd43.bc.ca/

About me and SD43:

Lead Administrator for Inquiry Hub Secondary School which provides students with: • Blended instruction

• Reduced timetable structure

• A student-driven inquiry approach to learning

http://inquiryhub.org

http://inquiryhub.org/


• Topical workshops instead of daily classes

So what does iHub look like?


• Use of extensive online learning resources



• Flexible assessment which allows for a variety of ways to represent learning



• Small school, learning commons environment



• Dedicated Inquiry Time!



An inquiry-driven, collaborative, and engaging learning environment that incorporates these aspects:

What do we want to create?

7 Ways to Transform Your Classroom http://2di.me/7trans4m

http://2di.me/7trans4m

Inquiry learning is ‘active’ learning…

Student driven

Students are provided an opportunity explore and question on their own

(and also with the facilitation of a teacher).

Creating good questions and coming up with thoughtful,

rich and compelling answers.


Student driven






Student driven





“Inquiry is not about the pursuit of the perfect

question or the next exciting project. It is about being

open to new learning and taking informed action.”

Judy Halbert and Linda KaserInquiring learning environments:

New mindsets required, April 2012

What are students doing?

http://2di.me/ihubgarden




Current inquiries include:• Designing 3D models to scale• Improving writing in different genres • Developing a commercial glass recycling program• Inventing a vortex water fountain• Studying game theory and human behavior• Creating a mural with community influence• Building a mirokernel (coding) • Constructing aquaponic and hydroponic gardens• Promoting healthy eating


Current inquiries include:• Designing 3D models to scale• Improving writing in different genres • Developing a commercial glass recycling program• Inventing a vortex water fountain• Studying game theory and human behavior• Creating a mural with community influence• Building a mirokernel (coding) • Constructing aquaponic and hydroponic gardens• Promoting healthy eating


Current inquiries include:• Designing 3D models to scale• Improving writing in different genres • Developing a commercial glass recycling program• Inventing a vortex water fountain• Studying game theory and human behavior• Constructing a mural with community influence• Building a mirokernel (coding) • Creating aquaponic and hydroponic gardens• Promoting healthy eating

And some of them will fail…

(Or at least I hope so!)


Because if none of them did…

(Or at least I hope so!)


Then we didn’t push them hard enough!

http://2di.me/fail2learn By David Truss

http://2di.me/fail2learn

http://2di.me/fail2learn

“To teach is to modeland demonstrate,

to learn is to practice and reflect.”

Stephen Downes

‘Push-ups’ by Ann Truss

http://2di.me/inquirypoints

http://2di.me/inquirypoints

(Students learning about learning.)

“We have been defining learning according to what is to be learned… while what learners in fact

want is not to learn per se but rather to do.”Stephen Downes

‘Father and son surf lesson in Morro Bay, CA 11 of 12’ by mikebaird on flickr

So…



If you ONLY ask:

What mark did you get on your test?-or-

How much homework do you have?-or-

How did your team do in today’s game?



If you ONLY ask:






If you ONLY ask:




What are you telling your child is important?





What do you want your child to ‘do’ at school?

What do students ‘do’ at school?

Learn how to learn?What was your biggest challenge today?

Show compassion? Who did you help today?

Enjoy learning? What was your favourite part of the day?

What questions did you ask today?









http://2di.me/whodidyouhelp














Nothin’

Shifting Learning: What else can you ask? What kind of answers do you want?




By David Trusshttp://DavidTruss.com http://2di.me/2dimes

http://davidtruss.com/

http://2di.me/2dimes

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