BWP ~ Session 1 Culture of Inquiry

Better with Practice: PBL Implementation Tips from the Field Your Hosts Suzie Boss Jane Krauss with… ? and Sponsor

Better with Practice: PBL Implementation Tips from the Field Our Guests Anthony Armstrong Del Mar Middle School Tiburon, CA Terry Smith Eugene Field Elementary, Hannibal, MO

Today ~ Creating a Culture of Inquiry
Creating a Culture of Inquiry in 4 Acts
Act 1: Inspiring Wonder
Act 2: Activating Prior Knowledge
Act 3: Modeling Curiosity
Act 4: Building on What Came Before:
The Class Archive

Act 1: Inspiring Wonder “ It’s aspirin!”

Act 1: Inspiring Wonder Photo courtesy Connie Weber “There's an art to just settling and taking things in, using the senses to ignite the fire of WONDER.” ~Connie Weber

Act 1 Spotlight: Terry Smith’s Class Getting into “ project mode” with Monster Project Eugene Field School Hannibal, MO

Act 1 Spotlight: Terry Smith’s Class

Act 2: Activating Prior Knowledge What are you building on?

Sherri Johnston reminds us:
“ Sylvia Chard’s Project Approach suggests that the beginning of any project should be spent building student interest and activating background knowledge. 25% of a project should be spent in this phase before moving into investigations and then sharing newfound understandings. This phase is usually rushed or skipped and we move students directly into "answering the big question."

Fine-tuning our practice:
Using “I wonder….” statements
Timing, fine-tuning K-W-L activities

Nick Ryan reminds us to be role-models:
“ While students might not see the value that inquiry learning brings to their immediate lives, if they can see how it has enriched my life, they will eventually appreciate the everyday application of PBL.”
Key idea: Show your inquiring mind.

And…
“ Never be afraid to tell a student that you don't know the answer to a question. Show students that it's not a crime to not know an answer, and that the real problem is not taking the time to find it .”
Photo by Daemon Squire

Act 3 Spotlight: Anthony Armstrong’s Class
Using primary sources as entry to inquiry
Encouraging students to ask questions that historians ask
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Fine-tuning our practice…
From… “Do you have any questions?
To… “What questions do you have?”
(Hat tip to Bud Hunt and Zac Chase)

Act 4: Building on What Came Before The Class Archive http://smithclass.org/ proj/projects.htm

Act 4: Building on What Came Before Student Portfolios: Face to World

Act 4: Building on What Came Before
George Mayo reminds us
to “tell the story” of past projects:
“ Having past examples of student work online and at my fingertips is incredibly valuable. The work becomes an ever-growing resource for me and my current students. We'll look at past projects and talk about what we liked, and what worked. But we'll also talk about things that could have been improved. I also try to find student work from other classrooms to share with my students.”

Closing Thoughts
Fine-tuning our practice…
60% of questions asked by teachers are lower-order, calling for recall or recitation
20% are procedural
20% are higher-order, asking for evaluation or analysis
(Reinventing Project-Based Learning, pp.114-119)

Closing Thoughts What questions do you have? Photo by Jim Kuhn

Let’s Continue the Conversation
Contribute to the discussions in Classroom 2.0 group PBL~Better with Practice www.classroom20.com/group/pblbetterwithpractice
Two more live events—March 4, March 11

Resources
Terry Smith:
http://smithclass.org/
Anthony Armstrong:
http://web.me.com/armstrong.anthony/CR20/CR2.0.html
Krauss/Boss Reinventing Project-Based Learning blog:
http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com
Project Foundry:
http://projectfoundry.org
Learn Central
http://www.learncentral.org/

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