Custom Inquiry Collaboration

I truly enjoy visiting a staff, school, or organization that has committed themselves to adopting inquiry as their own.  The room is electric, the energy is infectious, and the learning is rich, palpable and meaningful.  It never ceases to amaze me just how much I am inspired by my work supporting inquiry in schools.

Case in point check out this brief video of a room full of educators (150+) all working towards deepening their understanding of essential questions and how these frame lesson and unit design.  

Inquiry Mindset Flipgrid Book Club This July!

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!

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Rethinking School

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.

 

A World With Colour

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.

How Do You Stir Curiosity in Your Classroom?

How Do You Stir Curiosity in Your Classroom?

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.  

The Most Powerful Questions of 2017

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.

 

Foreword to Inquiry Mindset

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.