Connected Learning
Playground Inquiry Project
An example of a unit that I completed last year that incorporates the four areas. Feel free to click on the link to the right to see more.
Community
Heritage agencies/Museums
National
Not-for-profit agencies
Local
Global
Country
National offices may provide information
Provinces
Provincial offices may provide information
Businesses
Promote career development
Parents
May have expertise or have another relative that does
Classroom
Each student has expertise
School
Connect with Experts
Experiential learning
Education and Career planning
Teach skills of reflection
Service learning
Community service with core academic curricula
Social solutions
Collaboration
Establish Collaborative Culture
Student voice
respected, promoted, valued
Physical space
flexible, suited to the task, promotes collaboration
terms such as question, extend, clarify, evaluate, persuade, conclude etc.
Dispositions
perseverance, risk-taking, creativity, curiosity, self-confidence, open-mindedness, reflection, flexible thinking
Norms
define collaboration
through fun application of collaborative skills
Shared assessment
co-created success criteria
Shared learning goals
co-created
Supportive of innovation
Blended (both)
Communication technologies
Physically present
Subjects I Teach
History
Changes between 1885-1914
Social/economic/technological
Development of Western Canada
Confederation
Language
Media
Understand purpose or bias/reflective of information
Digital citizenship
Oral Communication
Teach skills of speaking/listening
Writing
Forms of the future
Reading
Texts online
Geography
Through Inquiry
Mobility/Migration and Culture
World Economic Systems
World Human Patterns
Technology
Mobile devices
most intermediate students have
Wikis
teacher created
provide information in one space
student created
demonstrate knowledge
for a purpose
YouTube
use my channel to upload student work to a central place
provide information videos on my channel related to subject material (haven't really done this yet)
Asychronous
Email
continuous feedback/refine intention/purpose
contact experts
Discussion forums
Class Blog
the-ds.commons.hwdsb.on.ca
Synchronous
Video conferencing
VROC
virtual researchers on call (mostly sciences)
Skype
connect to anyone, anywhere
Web-based searches
information at fingertips
Ipads
allows for access to information/different apps
Social Media
Facebook
don't currently use or have
Twitter
Mr. D. Siertsema
share inquiry with community
connect to experts
build online community
