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Inquiring Minds: Brainstorming with First Grade!
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. Brainstorming with First Grade! In trying to decide how to incite my students to think about making a difference that might go beyond "pick up trash on the playground", I used a recently published picture book as my springboard. The book is entitled Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot. There's more to come! February 27, 2012 at 1:18 PM. What a powerful way to begin! February 27, 2012 at 7:17 PM.
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Inquiring Minds: March 2012
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. The First Grade and Animal Shelters. However, as we looked at the site, we realized it has no content meant for children other than a simple page advertising field trips and tours of the facility. That got us thinking. What if Gail's class created content for a children's information page, similar to the ones found on ASPCA. A Home for D. Gail and I couldn't have been more pleased with the observ...
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Inquiring Minds: January 2012
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. How can I make a difference? Yesterday our team held a "meeting of the minds" using Elluminate to attempt to identify the guiding question for our PBL unit. Following the first meeting a few weeks ago, the team assembled a very impressive list of possible questions and topics surrounding the theme sustainability. And so much more! Don't we want students asking the big questions? Yes But, we're go...
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Inquiring Minds: The First Grade and Animal Shelters
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. The First Grade and Animal Shelters. However, as we looked at the site, we realized it has no content meant for children other than a simple page advertising field trips and tours of the facility. That got us thinking. What if Gail's class created content for a children's information page, similar to the ones found on ASPCA. A Home for D. Gail and I couldn't have been more pleased with the observ...
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Inquiring Minds: Words become Art
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. March 3, 2012 at 11:21 AM. Gail and Chris,. This is a terribly exciting process that you are sharing- - how you have helped your young students understand a wonderful story, used technology represent their feelings and then plan to interact with them to facilitate their realizing actions and feelings necessary to making a difference. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Go See. Do!
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Inquiring Minds: February 2012
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. Brainstorming with First Grade! In trying to decide how to incite my students to think about making a difference that might go beyond "pick up trash on the playground", I used a recently published picture book as my springboard. The book is entitled Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot. There's more to come! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Go See. Do! Voices from the Learning Revolution.
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Learn, Share, Grow - AIMS Resources
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Skip to main content. Create interactive lessons using any digital content including wikis with our free sister product TES Teach. Get it on the web. Learn, Share, Grow. AIMS Technology Retreat 2011. Disrupt the Old Discourse. Social Networks As Learning Networks. How to Host A TEDx YouthDay Event Resources. AIMS Retreat Tweeters and Bloggers (Your Immediate PLN). Download the document below to obtain suggestions for bloggers and tweeters to follow from your AIMS colleagues. Your AIMS PLN (Bloggers):.
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Inquiring Minds: Making a Difference (Lindsay and Renee's project)
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. Making a Difference (Lindsay and Renee's project). Lindsay (6th grade) and I (5th grade) are working together on our Inquiry-based learning project. Under the umbrella of. As a prompt, our students first responded in KWL fashion using Moodle Forums to two questions:. 1) What did you learn from watching and listening to this video? 2) What questions were not answered in the video? The process youv...
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Inquiring Minds: The Process of Making a Difference
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The collaborative blog of the inquiry-driven instruction group in a Powerful Learning Practice year 2 cohort. The Process of Making a Difference. Each student is expected to identify and analyze:. Of the issue and its history. The organizations (Governmental and/or Non-Governmental (NGOs). Working in the area of their issue. They must identify and discuss:. Who they are;. What they are doing;. What their successes are;. What obstacles they face;. 183; They must describe the. AIDS in South Africa. Hunger ...
