Tiscornia, Chole’
Month: September 2012
Inquiry Takes Time
Tiscornia, Chole’
Sir Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms. [ YouTube video]
Dunlap, Monique
RSA Animate. (2010, October 14). Sir Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms. [Web]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/zDZFcDGpL4U.
Sir Ken Robinson discusses the reasons for reforming public education and why we can’t look to the past to reform education for the future.
This video is very helpful in explaining why it’s so difficult to tackle the problem of public education reform to people outside of the teaching profession.
Making Sure They Are Learning
Campbell, Margaret (webpage and video via Jennifer Gulassa and Dr. Loertscher)
Dr. Loertscher’s discussion question:
When students in our units are doing inquiry, what would you be doing alongside this teacher?
Sticky notes facilitate high-level analytical thinking in Sarah Kaufman’s 6th grade humanities class. The teacher uses the notes to help students break down complex ideas or projects into manageable pieces that help students learn to master challenging assignments.
Lucidchart for Mind-Mapping and Diagramming
Campbell, Margaret
Lucidchart diagramming tools [Online computer software]. Retrieved from https://www.lucidchart.com/

Capture and organize ideas during meetings, planning, and brainstorming sessions with the Lucidchart collaborative mind mapping software and diagramming tools.
Lucidchart is a free online whiteboard, with a large choice of tools, pre-designed symbols, and output choices to support many types of projects.