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Sunday, October 25, 2009
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I am completing my coursework for my class "Supporting Information Literacy and Online Inquiry in the Classroom". Informational Literacy is critical in our Information Age and includes the ability to formulate problems, access information, and use the information responsibly, accurately, and creatively. This class has really honed in on teaching us to help children to formulate their own deep questions, seek out and analyze information from a variety of sources, and transform that information into presentations in a variety of mediums.
The most striking revelation that I have had in this course is that the goal of this kind of inquiry learning is to help students internalize the process of discovery and creation.
I plan to utilize many of the experiences in my future planning and teaching. Going forward into this year and beyond, I plan to use the framework of deep questioning, critical evaluation of a multitude of resources, and an open-ended approach to sharing knowledge.
One professional development goal that I would like to pursue is to continue to learn and share new tools for students to use in generating and sharing their content. Specific goals for my students include increasing reading for information skills, critical thinking, and a sense of independence and confidence in finding multiple quality materials to increase knowledge.
I plan to use my inquiry learning unit based on the big idea of "structures" to carefully and thoroughly walk the students through the important steps of inquiry. The most important thing I have garnered through this class is that I as a teacher have to jump in and immediately get started in helping students become more proficient. Students have so much to learn, I have a new sense of urgency to get the information literacy skills in place so that students can begin to blossom in this important skill as a life-long learner. I plan to integrate information literacy in all content areas on a very regular basis. I am fortunate to be able to have the technological support and access to technological tools in my district to make this a reality.
The most striking revelation that I have had in this course is that the goal of this kind of inquiry learning is to help students internalize the process of discovery and creation.
I plan to utilize many of the experiences in my future planning and teaching. Going forward into this year and beyond, I plan to use the framework of deep questioning, critical evaluation of a multitude of resources, and an open-ended approach to sharing knowledge.
One professional development goal that I would like to pursue is to continue to learn and share new tools for students to use in generating and sharing their content. Specific goals for my students include increasing reading for information skills, critical thinking, and a sense of independence and confidence in finding multiple quality materials to increase knowledge.
I plan to use my inquiry learning unit based on the big idea of "structures" to carefully and thoroughly walk the students through the important steps of inquiry. The most important thing I have garnered through this class is that I as a teacher have to jump in and immediately get started in helping students become more proficient. Students have so much to learn, I have a new sense of urgency to get the information literacy skills in place so that students can begin to blossom in this important skill as a life-long learner. I plan to integrate information literacy in all content areas on a very regular basis. I am fortunate to be able to have the technological support and access to technological tools in my district to make this a reality.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Save the Pacific NorthWest Tree Octopus!
Our assignment was to evaluate a variety of hoax websites designed to illustrate that you can not always believe what you see, read or hear- especially on the internet. I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment. You might not believe it to hear it- but that is actually the sixth take of this video. I can see great applications for this for online schools.
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- Ms. Heather Rogers
- I am a teacher and ordained minister in South Carolina. I am a digital learner working on my masters in "Integrating Technology In the Classroom".