Tag Archives: collaboration

Knowledge Building: What is it Really?

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Peter Skillen

Isn’t it really just learning by another name? We hear a lot about knowledge building in education circles these days! What is it anyway? Why don’t we just call it learning? Where did this term knowledge building come from? When … Continue reading →

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Learning to Learn by Learning – a Reflection on a Collaborative Project

Posted on September 26, 2014 by aarondavis1

In a post a few months ago I mused on the idea of providing time for teachers to tinker and explore. My feelings were that like the students we teach, we too all have areas of interests that we never … Continue reading →

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Using Visible Thinking Strategies to Develop Expert Learners

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Peter Skillen

Supporting Inquiry with Scaffolded, Collaborative Journal Writing Visible thinking is all the rage. I’m glad! Back in the day–we usually referred to visible thinking as explicit thinking. But, as with many solid, worthwhile constructs, they are not readily adopted and … Continue reading →

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Response to the dry spell…

Posted on January 30, 2014 by whatedsaid

Hi Al, Thanks for posting your honest self-reflection, in which you wondered if/where the inquiry has gone. “… I didn’t know if I wasn’t thinking inquiry because I haven’t been doing any inquiry with my students or because inquiry is … Continue reading →

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A reflection on learning: educators as risk-takers

Posted on October 14, 2013 by marycollins21

My first feeling at around 9pm on Saturday 12th October was one of relief – I’d just taken part in my first online conference and had delivered a one-hour presentation on the need for collaboration to ensure that teaching and … Continue reading →

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A “Starbucks” classroom…

Posted on May 31, 2013 by graingered

We started with an inquiry question… “why aren’t Starbuck’s Coffee houses drive through only?” We discussed this question for quite some time… here’s what we came up with: They wouldn’t sell as much coffee (to which we asked why, and … Continue reading →

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The Seeds of Growth: Why Creativity is Important in Education

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Dave Secomb

Following on from @dwyerteacher’s recent post about the Principles of Creative Leadership, I thought I would post a recent article that I submitted for our school newsletter. Its heavily referenced from Ken Robinson’s work and I encourage all educators to … Continue reading →

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Three Levels of Inquiry

Posted on November 24, 2011 by whatedsaid

Year 5 students at my school are inquiring into how the growth and survival of plants are affected by environmental conditions. The world is helping them out! Level 1: The conversations on the 5B blog are evidence of the meaningful inquiry … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from my own inquiry…

Posted on October 21, 2011 by whatedsaid

A random tweet takes me to Smarthistory, a treasure trove of podcasts and screen-casts of conversations around works of art. I find myself drawn into an exploration of the site and totally lose track of time.  I share the site with … Continue reading →

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Dear Inquirer…

Posted on September 4, 2011 by whatedsaid

Dear Inquiry Teacher/Learner, This blog began like this, almost a year ago… Behind this door, is a brand new blog. The idea came from an interaction between Edna (@whatedsaid), an IB PYP teacher in Melbourne Australia and Tyler (@MrTRice_Science), a high school Science teacher … Continue reading →

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