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.

Assessments

Please see the infographic that highlights the 6 different types of assessment and their attributes.

http://www.edudemic.com/2013/07/the-6-types-of-assessments-and-how-theyre-changing/

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;