Getting Started with Student Inquiry

The Ministry of Ontario has released a Capacity Building Series which includes an edition on Student Inquiry.

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Classroom Use:  This article provides a definition of student inquiry, and tips for how to get started.

Learning for All

Learning For All is our Ministry Resource for assessment and instruction for students K-12.
Classroom Use:  "Educators from Kindergarten through Grade 12 can use this process to help plan and deliver instruction that benefits all students, from high achievers to those who need additional support." (Learning For All) 

Planning, Instruction & Assesment

• a planning tool
• iCloud and desktop versions
• use for study notes
• use for brainstorming
• insert images
• includes icon library
• add links

Classroom Use:  independent research; critical thinking skills; analytic skills; brain storming; create flow charts & diagrams: for study skills; summarize information; lesson planning; curriculum planning 

• an instructional tool
• writing is no longer limited to text
• coding
• coding may eventually become part of our curriculum
• computer programming is an important skill to learn
• code.org
• this program is conducive for students in the primary grades
• it comes from MIT
• scratch.mit.edu
• can be used in several languages
• can build stories into this program
• can use design skills
• can be used in any area of the curriculum

Classroom Use:  introduce programming skills; to teach digital literacy; a medium for students to show what they know; use in the curriculum to help students to think differently and possibly understand better

• an assessment tool
  for formative assessment
• uses quick response tools
• web based
• free
• good because it takes little preparation teacher gives questions orally
• works on all devices
• can be used on a daily basis
• can create or import quiz into the program
  
  Classroom Use:  students can provide anonymous questions & answers; administer short quizzes, visual data; exit ticket; pre-assessment; collect background knowledge; quick check for understanding;