Introduction We piloted a course called Agency in Action last academic school year (2022–2023). The purpose of the course was to provide structure and guidance for students to develop self-directed learning projects. Each lesson lasted for 40 minutes, and students had approximately 12 hours to complete their projects per semester. We took advantage of this […]
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Introduction We are approaching the end of the school year. It’s time to think about creative and fun activities for students at the end of the year. The inconsistency of in-person and online instruction has made teachers and students more exhausted than ever. Due to Covid, many planned activities have been cancelled, which has frustrated
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A reflection from IDEAS Project This is a reflection after our students completed their IDEAS Project in the last week of the school year. The IDEAS Project’s detailed information and rationale can be found in my previous post, Building the community through IDEAS. I had a meeting with our school parent representatives and successfully got their
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Wonder Day Inquiry Are you looking for some inquiry project examples? Do you sometimes feel that the curriculum is so crowded that students do not have time to conduct an inquiry project? Are you trying to allocate time to increase student autonomy and agency? This upcoming Friday, March 15, there will be 11 teachers out
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Are you looking for a creative way for students to demonstrate their thinking creatively? Analogy Prompt is an excellent strategy. Analogy prompt is a great strategy to help learners make sense of critical information and paint a picture of an important concept. I like to use analogy prompt in my teaching and teacher training workshops.
What is inquiry-based teaching? I had an opportunity to host the #MYPChat on Twitter from May 6 to 13, 2018. In the previous week, @alohalavina prompted us to think about how inquiry has transformed time and space in our classroom and how we can support student inquiry. Lots of enthusiastic discussions via Twitter chat, and
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