Technology Supported Inquiry Based Learning - Hillary Rogers, DCDSB
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The document discusses technology-supported inquiry-based learning and blended learning approaches presented by Hillary Rogers at the Barrie Regional eLearning Symposium. It emphasizes the importance of empowering students through collaborative and authentic learning experiences, as well as the integration of technology to enhance traditional teaching methods. Examples from a classroom inquiry on recycling illustrate how these models increase student engagement, ownership, and the development of essential 21st-century skills.
Technology Supported Inquiry Based Learning - Hillary Rogers, DCDSB
- 1. TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTED INQUIRY BASED LEARNING Hillary Rogers, DCDSB Barrie Regional eLearning Symposium
- 2. • Inquiry Based Learning • Blended Learning • Combining the two models • Examples from my classroom • Tools and resources PresentationOverview
- 3. Tweet using #BarrieSymp to appear on the twitter fall during the presentation. Feel free to tweet comments, questions, and/ or suggestions. TwitterFall #BarrieSymp @Hillary_2210
- 4. Visithttp://hillary2210.wix.c om/symposium for links to all the tools and resources shared during the presentation
- 5. • Authentic and student driven • Allows students to explore and take ownership of their learning. Inquiry Based Learning
- 8. • Using technology to enhance traditional methods of teaching • All about balance! Blended Learning
- 10. 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
- 13. Collaborative Differentiated Students are active Teacher as facilitator Student led Skills and content 21st learning skills Real world application
- 14. Aspire Blended Learning Model
- 15. Guided Practice Play Based Learning Technology - Collaborative Technology - Independent Traditional - Independent Traditional - Collaborative
- 16. • 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
- 17. • 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:
- 20. Recycling Center
- 21. 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
- 23. 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
- 24. TOOLS
- 27. Class dojo
- 29. Desire 2 Learn
- 40. CONTENT CREATION
- 49. Pic collage
- 50. D2L ePortfolio
- 51. Teacher Kit
- 52. EXPLORATION
- 57. THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
- #19: Earlier in the year we had a speaker from the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET) come and speak to the class about what it means to live in a democracy. This may seem like a topic too complex for a Grade 1 class. However, my students are able to vocalize what is fair and what is not and to take part democratic votes. Students have a voice in my classroom; they give input for everything from lesson planning to evaluations!