Inquiry Hub in British Columbia won the 2014 Canadian Education Association's Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning by focusing on personalized, inquiry-based instruction. This session will explore iHub's application of cross-curricular themes utilizing online materials to create personalized flexibility and share practical tools to facilitate student success. Superintendent: Patricia Gartland Associate Director of Instruction for Learning & IT: Stephen Whiffin Inquiry Hub VP & Lead Administrator: David Truss

1. Coquitlam School District
LEARNING WITHOUT
BOUNDARIES
Increasing Success in Life for All
Patricia Gartland Superintendent
“Guiding Global Citizens,
Becoming Tomorrow’s Leaders.”
InquiryHub.org

2. Coquitlam School District
LEARNING WITHOUT
BOUNDARIES
Increasing Success in Life for All
Patricia Gartland Superintendent
“Guiding Global Citizens,
Becoming Tomorrow’s Leaders.”
InquiryHub.org

3. “Blurring the lines
between
living and learning.”
Stephen Whiffin
Associate Director of
Instruction for Learning
and Information Technologies
David Truss
Vice Principal, Lead Administrator
Inquiry Hub Secondary and
Coquitlam Open learning
“How do you know when
students are learning?
When they are asking
the right questions.”
InquiryHub.org

5. An innovative, technology driven,
full-time high school.

6. Shaping experiences around cross-curricular
themes and personal interests.

7. With dedicated (inquiry) time to DCL:
Dream – Create – Learn.

8. 2di.me/cea15award

10. Self-directed, cross-curricular,
cross-grade, thematic, blended…
30% – 50% of a student’s
day is self-directed.

11. Self-directed, cross-curricular,
cross-grade, thematic, blended…
Themes meet outcomes across
different grades and subjects.

12. Self-directed, cross-curricular,
cross-grade, thematic, blended…
Courses have online components,
which can be worked on independently.

15. British Columbia’s
new Core Competencies
curriculum.gov.bc.ca/competencies
Connect well with our Principles:
Communication
Creative THIINKING
Critical THINKING
Positive PERSONAL & Cultural Identity
PERSONAL Awareness and Responsibility
SOCIAL Responsibility

16. British Columbia’s new
Curriculum Model
curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum-info

18. An IDS (Independent Directed Study) designed
to create an App for school attendance.
…Provides Learning beyond the
expectations of the course:
(Create an App for Apple & Android)
brandonmayu.com/?p=16
Attend (App)
By Brandon & Josh

19. An IDS (Independent Directed Study) designed
to create an App for school attendance.
Timeline:
• Won a ‘Pitch Your Idea’ contest with mentorship included in the prize (January 26, 2016).
• Currently working with a major construction company, with 2 test construction sites.
• Hired their first employee in May. Full working model scheduled to be complete in July.
• 25 to 40 hours put in each week for the past few months
Attend (App)
By Brandon & Josh
brandonmayu.com/?p=16

20. An IDS (Independent Directed Study) designed
to create an App for school attendance.
Learning beyond the expectations of the course:
- Creating a ‘Pitch’ - Sales Presentations - Project Planning, - Product Design
- Creating a company (Parents on board of directors) - Financing a company
- Hiring - Client Relationship - Customer Service - Pricing - Location mapping
- Building a server - Network architecture - Time Management
Attend (App)
By Brandon & Josh
brandonmayu.com/?p=16

22. Our Community Garden
green.inquiryhub.org
Started with a $5,000
World Wildlife Fund grant,
written by a student.

23. Our Community Garden
green.inquiryhub.org
Sparked a community
event to build the
garden boxes.

24. Our Community Garden
green.inquiryhub.org
Is the ‘seed’ to
many inquiries and
learning opportunities.

26. findalostpet.org
Launched an Indiegogo
fundraising campaign.
$500 Goal

27. findalostpet.org
Students received some
local news publicity.
“…The students who attend School
District 43's Inquiry Hub think they
have a solution with FindALostPet,
an app that links people with
missing pets with people who may
see a wandering dog or cat, or who
may be willing to search for the
animal.”

28. findalostpet.org
…which led to
2 radio interviews…

29. findalostpet.org
Funding goal achieved.
Launch coming soon.

31. Some of Jay’s projects:
• 3D drawing of our school
• Facial recognition software
• Virtual ‘Leap Motion’ Piano
• Augmented reality chess board
jayjang21.wix.com/ihub

33. We help our students make their ideas come to life:
L.A.R.P – Live Action Role Play
Inspiration and Needs
- A school in Denmark teaches through Live Action Role Play (LARP)
- Some of our students write fantasy fiction, do cosplay or tabletop RPG
- To support more creative, artistic, theater based student activities
- To cultivate leadership capacity and collaboration across grades
L.A.R.P ‘Movie Trialer’: bit.ly/larptrailer

34. We help our students make their ideas come to life:
L.A.R.P – Live Action Role Play
A LARP committee is born
- Team leader (Will, grade 11)
- Story development (facilitated using Google docs)
- Subcommittees – rules, props and decorations, costuming 101, swordplay 101,
spellcasting 101 (different team leaders)
- 8 students (grades 9 to 11) met regularly at lunch over a 2-month period
L.A.R.P ‘Movie Trialer’: bit.ly/larptrailer

35. We help our students make their ideas come to life:
L.A.R.P – Live Action Role Play
Accomplishments
- Writing, character development, and acting
- Creation of a new alphabet, magic and combat system or rules of the game
- Workshop on swordplay, costuming, spellcasting, acting, and making boffer swords
- Creating a trailer, promoting participation, recruiting 70% of the school
- Facilitating a school-wide fantasy LARP that engages students to play for the whole day
- Potential for eduLARPs – CSI, law, historical reenactments, science fiction
L.A.R.P ‘Movie Trialer’: bit.ly/larptrailer

37. Reflections from our 2016 Grads
Hannah
“I've been able to do work that I'm passionate about, and
experiment with different ways to demonstrate my learning.
One of the most important things I have learned in the past 4
years is the ability to self-advocate, which is an ability I will
always have.”

38. Reflections from our 2016 Grads
Aaron
“I would say my most rewarding inquiries were the ones I did
with a purpose and curiosity. Through these projects I have
improved my abilities to teach myself new things, find
resources, manage my time, and persevere through failure. If
you cannot fail, you cannot learn.”

39. Reflections from our 2016 Grads
Shauna
“At Inquiry Hub, I was able to learn so much more beyond my
academics courses. Like learning from my failures, finding my
strengths, and not just focusing on my learning differences…
I’ve improved my public speaking and leadership skills. I was
able to follow my passion for food and gardening.”

40. Reflections from our 2016 Grads
Liam
“Assembling and maintaining a 3D printer at iHub has been a
huge personal intellectual challenge which has taught me
invaluable knowledge about electronics, design, organization,
and troubleshooting.”

41. Reflections from our 2016 Grads
See an article about our Grads:
bit.ly/ihubarticle
And all of their reflections:
bit.ly/ihubgrads16

42. Coquitlam School District
SD43.bc.ca
InquiryHub.org
Patricia Gartland
@P_Gartland
Stephen Whiffin
@stwhiff
David Truss
@datruss
SD43 Coquitlam
@sd43bc