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Meeting Agenda:  Module 8 - Essential Questions
Tuesday, November 29, 4 - 7:30

Essential Question: How can student questions guide inquiry?
 
 
Sign-in, Connectivity & Voices in the Air  (50)

 Photo:  Asking Questions . . .
http://resources.emints.org/modresources/activities/questioning/


Constructivism Online Module . . . Anyone need help completing it?

SmartBoard . . . sharing of ways being utilized.

Skype - The whole world can talk for free.
http://www.skype.com

Nice Net
http://www.nicenet.org
Class Key - SZ46520W39

Oracle Think.com
http://www.think.com/en_us/


eMINTS Survey (Evaluation)

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=377801476100

 
Importance of Asking Questions (20)
 
 “To what degree should student questions drive instruction? “
 
 “How can teachers use student questions to guide instruction and still
cover curriculum standards?”

Questioning Resources
http://www.ohchs.sad17.k12.me.us/~WesternMaine_emints/questioning.html
 
 Part I of “Questioning as Technology” by Jamie McKenzie
http://questioning.org/qtech.html

 “Wonder Boxes, Window Boxes and Window Shades” by Jamie McKenzie
http://questioning.org/may04/wonderboxes.html

 Concept to Classroom
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/

 Technology in the Classroom: Asking the Right Questions
http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/edtech/document.shtm?input=FOC-
000694-index
 Participant module, especially the Questions Driving Inquiry and Essential
Questions sections.
 

Fostering a Classroom Culture that Values Questions (20)

http://questioning.org/may04/serialquestioners.html

Bloom's Taxonomy Resources
http://www.ohchs.sad17.k12.me.us/~WesternMaine_emints/bloom.html

• What I am curious about is...
• What I do not yet understand is...
• I really want to find out about...
• The mysteries and puzzles that really intrigue me are...
• I really wonder why...
• What intrigues me is...
 
Encouraging Quality Peer Interaction

• I understand what (name) is saying but I wonder....
• Here’s my thought on that question (or thought)... What do you think?
• That’s an interesting perspective...I wonder...

 
Multiple Question Types  (20)
 
“Serial Questioners and Umble Pie”

http://questioning.org/may04/serialquestioners.html
 

Questioning Arc (20)

http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/workshops/artofquestioning.html


Defining Essential Questions (20)

 http://www.ohchs.sad17.k12.me.us/%7EWesternMaine_emints/essentialquestions.html

http://resources.emints.org/modresources/links/questions.shtml


Developing Essential Questions (20)

Assessing Student Understanding (20)

Assessment Resources
http://www.ohchs.sad17.k12.me.us/~WesternMaine_emints/assessment.html

Rubric Resources
http://www.ohchs.sad17.k12.me.us/~WesternMaine_emints/rubric.html

Closing (20)
 
Schedule rest of year.
 
Learning this evening?
 
Classroom visits and questions.





Send feedback to Jim Burke, MLTI/eMINTS Trainer/Mentor
JBurke@MaineLearns.org
Last updated:  November 26, 2005