Curtis_ray_cissl. Feature Article - Inquiry Learning, Summer 2009- Teaching with Primary Sources. Why is inquiry important for student learning? Inquiry is a process of active learning that is driven by questioning and critical thinking. The understandings that students develop through inquiry are deeper and longer lasting than any pre-packaged knowledge delivered by teachers to students. Inquiry-based learning follows a process that progresses through phases, but is recursive and reflective throughout. The six phases and their thought processes are detailed in the following diagram. Stripling Model of Inquiry pdf version of Stripling Model of Inquiry (247 KB) Why should primary sources be used for inquiry? By their very nature, primary sources engage students in inquiry. Second, primary sources engage students both emotionally and personally because the sources represent authentic voices and images.
Finally, the conflicting nature of primary sources helps students see the complexity of issues and recognize the importance of context for credible interpretation. Top. Connected Learning Infographic. Netsmart. How can we use digital media so that they help us become empowered participants rather than passive consumers?
In Net Smart, I show how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully. Download the introductory chapter (PDF) here. Mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time. I outline five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us do this: attention, participation, collaboration, critical consumption of information (or "crap detection"), and network smarts. I explain how attention works, and how we can use our attention to focus on the tiny relevant portion of the incoming tsunami of information. There is a bigger social issue at work in digital literacy, one that goes beyond personal empowerment. NETS For Students. 21st Century Fluencies. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy.
Eight problems with Common Core Standards.