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Rebecca and I are excited to announce that we'll be facilitating a 3 week Inquiry Mindset book club in partnership with the fine folks at Flipgrid!
From July 2 to July 20 we'll be posting prompts, replying to reader responses, elaborating on ideas from the book, and learning alongside teachers from around the world!
If you're keen to join us buy your copy of the book here and sign on for the book club here.
We can't wait!
Yes we can!
This week's #MeaningfulMonday is all about breaking down the myth that some people are born creative and some aren't. David Kelly shares stories from his design career that will touch the heart and inspire.
Make your Monday meaningful y'all!
This week's #MeaningfulMonday calls on us, all of us, to rethink how we "do school". Whether it's bell schedules, disciplines, the role of the teacher or the role of the learner, this provocation provides us with a healthy dose of why do we do things the way we are doing them?
All stakeholders, parents, teachers, students, community members, need to watch this.
Make your Monday meaningful y'all.
As part of the release of Inquiry Mindset Rebecca and I have created a bunch of exclusive content for you, the reader, to use to truly enhance your experience with the book. Have a look at the teaser trailer and grab your copy today.
Excited!
This week's #MeaningfulMonday is all about honouring creativity, diversity and originality. It's about showing our students that we value their voice, their passions and their interests. It's about harnessing the unique traits of our learners in our classrooms each and every day.
Together, watch this provocation to help lay the framework for more creative and authentic demonstrations of learning and to honour the talents of your students.
Make your Monday meaningful y'all.
And thank you to good friend and colleague Jessie Moore for pushing this my way.
Check out this guest post for the fine folks at CUE and hit the jump for the original. Love it!
You know those moments in class when we have our students on the edge of their seats? When engagement is palpable and their eyes are wide open? You can hear a pin drop. You can feel their excitement. And you just know they are getting it, they are understanding, and their minds are full of wonder and interest.
I aim to create these sorts of learning experiences as much as I can in my classroom.
As an inquiry teacher I love shedding light on the power of questions as the start point of learning. Whether the question is simple to answer or is personalized, possesses room for interpretation, and provides opportunity for rich and meaningful researching, questions stir wonder, curiosity and interest.
Case in point this week's #MeaningfulMonday. A recap of some Google searches from the year and yes, they will strike a chord.
Shout out to edufriend Natasha Rachell for pushing it my way. You rock!
Make your Monday meaningful y'all.
Undeniably, one of the most influential educators to my inquiry practice is Kath Murdoch. Her work simultaneously affirms and stretches my thinking around how we can harness the curiosities and wonders of our learners and leverage these into powerfully authentic and meaningful experiences in our classrooms.
I am honoured that Kath has lent her voice to Inquiry Mindset. Her foreword sets the stage for the work and draws attention to the role of teacher as inquirer, one that questions, models, and explores together in inquiry with their students.
Today I am thrilled to share some exclusive content from the book with you here on the blog. Have a read of Kath's foreword and cue the excitement for the release of Inquiry Mindset.
For this instalment of #MeaningfulMonday check out Ms. Nunez making the difference in the lives of her learners and how tech, although it doesn’t drive the learning experience, powerfully impacts it.
Make your Monday meaningful y’all.
Hi there friends!
This month Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt and I will be hosting Flipgrid‘s February webinar aptly titled “Building an Inquiry Mindset”.
Expect a vibrant discussion all about inquiry-based learning and how teachers can powerfully personalize learning for students using Flipgrid! These takeaways will be a mix of ideas and activities you can do tomorrow in your class as well as BIG ideas that will truly transform your teaching. We will also share some exclusive content from Inquiry Mindset to the #FlipgridFever community that hasn’t been released to the public yet. We’ll also be giving away some copies of both Dive into Inquiry: Amplify Learning and Empower Student Voice and Inquiry Mindset: Nurturing the Dreams, Wonders and Curiosities of Our Youngest Learners!
Be sure to join us by registering here and participating in the twitter chat using the #FlipgridFever hashtag. We are super excited – see you there!
