TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTED INQUIRY BASED LEARNING

Hillary Rogers, DCDSB

Barrie Regional eLearning Symposium

• Inquiry Based Learning

• Blended Learning

• Combining the two models

• Examples from my classroom

• Tools and resources

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• Authentic and student driven

• Allows students to explore and take ownership of their learning.

Inquiry Based Learning

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8

• Using technology to enhance traditional methods of teaching

• All about balance!

Blended Learning

Traditional Classroom

Teacher led instruction

Students are passive

Instruction is Whole group

Application as homework

Application is Individual

Students in rows

No collaboration

Worksheets and textbooks

Content focused rather than skills Real world application No differentiation

Flipped Classroom

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2b7GeuqkPc

Collaborative

Differentiated

Students are active

Teacher as facilitator

Student led

Skills and content

21st learning skills

Real world application

Aspire Blended Learning Model

Guided Practice

Play Based LearningTechnology - Collaborative

Technology - Independent

Traditional - Independent Traditional - Collaborative

• Blended Learning prepares students with the technical skills essential in the current information revolution while Inquiry Based Learning engages students and allows them to explore and solve authentic problems.

• Both models provide students with skills imperative in the 21st century. In adopting a Virtual World Pedagogy, Inquiry Based Learning can allow students to independently explore chosen topics within the parameters set by curricula.

A Combined Methodology

• Empower students and promote independence

• Improve student engagement and increase student initiative

• Provide students with greater ownership over their work

• Make learning more authentic and meaningful for students

Benefits of technology supported inquiry based learning:

Collaboration

Student Voice

Compromise

OUR LEARNING STORY

Recycling Center

How did the inquiry begin? What happened during the inquiry?

During a shared reading of ‘Ne jette pas ca”, the students became interested in finding out more about recycling. After discussing and sharing, we brainstormed a list of ways we could reduce, re-use, and recycle. We then as a class researched more about the process of recycling and what happens to the items we recycle.

After researching more about recycling facilities, students worked together to turn our play corner into their very own recycling center. One group of students created a recycling truck to collect the recycling. Another group created recycling bins to sort the recycling. Another group created a paper and plastic sorting machine. Finally, students created caps for the uniforms of the workers in the recycling center. As a class, we used our dictionaries to list related vocabulary, which students can now apply in their play in the recycling center.

To further our learning, we went on a virtual tour of the Chicago Recycling Facility where we learned about what happens to the items we recycle. To put to practice what we had learnt, students created their own toys out of the recycled items we collected. We also created posters and a collaborative book to share with others in the school about the importance of recycling. Our inquiry unit is on going as students continue to play in their recycling center and explore websites that allow them to virtually sort recycling

What was discovered?

• Sorting (by size, colour, type, and shape)• Energy Conservation• Community Helpers• Stewardship• Building Vocabulary• Improving Oral Communication• Team Work• Creativity• Research Skills

TOOLS

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PARENT COMMUNICATION

Class dojo

Desire 2 Learn

FLIPPED CLASSROOM

CONTENT CREATION

PEDAGOGICAL DOCUMENTATION

Pic collage

D2L ePortfolio

Teacher Kit

EXPLORATION

Virtual Field Trips

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