Inquiry+Workshop+2015

**Inquiry Workshop: March 2015**
// Through the lens of the Saskatchewan Curriculum’s “constructing understanding through inquiry” teachers will examine how inquiry can be an integral part of each subject area. There will be a specific focus on Living Sky’s clarification of the ELA outcomes which incorporate the inquiry indicators, an introduction to new resources and some hands-on experience with apps and technology tools to support inquiry learning. //

Introductions

 * around the room - (name, school, grades taught)
 * describe a time you learned something new - something for which you had little background knowledge (feelings, strategies, aha moments, successful or not?)

Purpose

 * Inquiry as Stance
 * What is Inquiry?
 * Inquiry Framework
 * Assessment & Evaluation in Inquiry
 * Resources for Inquiry
 * Use of digital resources (integrated)

1. Distribute article //[|Inquiry as a Stance on Curriculum]// 2. Form pairs 3. Pairs determine stopping points 4. When both individuals have read the agreed upon section, stop and say something. 5. Move on to //Visible Thinking Strategy//
 * Say Something Strategy **
 * A Question
 * Brief summary
 * Key point
 * Interesting idea
 * New connection
 * Debrief

Consider what you have just read, and heard (your conversation with your partner) then ask yourself 1. How are the ideas and information presented **connected** to what I already knew? 2. What new ideas did I get that **extended** or broadened my thinking in new directions? 3. What **challenges** or puzzles have come up in my mind from the ideas and information presented? **Share** by posting on the workshop room wall.
 * Connect, Extend, Challenge ** (colourful poster paper and markers)
 * Create ** a poster using the three different categories to make your thinking visible.

What is Inquiry?
1. Determine a topic of inquiry – something you are doing, have done or might do. E.g. Exploring Soils - grade 3. 2. As a group read through each section of the article, [|What is Inquiry] __ from the Galileo Educational Network __ 3. Using the workshop’s //Padlet//, [] jot down one idea for each category that might be considered for your inquiry project. 4. Share one or two key ideas with the group
 * Authenticity
 * Academic Rigour
 * Assessment
 * Beyond the School
 * Use of Digital Technologies
 * Active Exploration
 * Connecting with expertise
 * Elaborated Communication

**The Inquiry Framework**
**Activity** - create a framework using the words from the Saskatchewan inquiry cycle diagram (create using //SmartArt// in Word) > Transition to LSKY Inquiry Document....
 * Demonstrate //Smart Art//
 * Inquiry Words Chart
 * Show the SaskCurriculum [|Framework] (Link to ELA inquiry cycle in curriculum document)
 * Lunch **
 * Elementary - with JoAnne and Sherron
 * High School - with Donna

What makes a good inquiry project? Discussion. Assessment & Evaluation - Discussion.
 * High School**

Planning and working with a current inquiry project.