Inquiry Based Learning

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Inquiry Based Learning

• "a seeking for truth, information, or knowledge
  -- seeking information by questioning."

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From birth to death

• Individuals carry on the process of inquiry from
  the time they are born until they die.
• This is true even though they might not reflect
  upon the process.
• Infants begin to make sense of the world by
  inquiring.
• From birth, babies observe faces that come near,
  they grasp objects, they put things in their
  mouths, and they turn toward voices.

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• The process of inquiring begins with gathering
  information and data through applying the human
  senses
• seeing,
• hearing,
• touching,
• tasting, and
• smelling.

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Team 6AInquiry Based Project

• Podcasting
• What is it?
• How much will it cost?
• Activities in classroom?
• RSS Feed?
• Questionnaire

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An old adage states "Tell me and I forget, show
me and I remember, involve me and I understand."

• Well...we are doing just that!
• Research Project Podcasting
• Our Podcasting Research project began on Monday,
  February 9.

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What does podcasting do for kids?

• gives students voice, instead of just spitting
  out facts and answers and fills out a bubble
  sheet they are invited to share and direct their
  voice
• students have an audience
• gives students a mission
• gives them an ACTUAL experience, they are doing
  real-world work, solving real-world problems,
  builds confidence, takes kids in interesting
  directions where we want them to go

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Communication skills

• research facts
• organize ideas
• articulate points of view
• expressive communication
• analyze feedback
• improves listening skills - this is been an
  awesome experience. Students make an effort to
  listen and give feedback on presentations when
  their voice is recorded.

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What is Podcasting?

• podcasting is a way for people to selectively
  subscribe and download audio content over the
  Internet.
• Recording a lesson (visual and audio) and saving
  it
• Download to computer
• Put in on Contribute (web site program)

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• This content, whether video or audio, can then be
  automatically downloaded to a computer, handhelds
  or mobile device, like an iPod. Think of it as a
  radio show on demand, you can listen to whenever
  and wherever you want. Podcasting for education
  can be much more though. There is actually two
  sides to podcasting.

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Podcaster/ Content Producer

• The production or content delivery side of
  podcasting is actually the person or persons who
  create the actual podcast. This piece of
  podcasting can be easily done with a computer
  loaded with audio recording software like
  Audacity and a microphone.

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Podcast Subscriber /Consumer

• The consumer side of podcasting is the
  subscriber. This is the person who subscribes and
  listens to the podcast either from a web site or
  through a podcatcher like iTunes.

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The sky is the limit

• Delivering professional development for teachers
  along with PDF documents
• Record assignments, lessons, and lectures for
  students
• Delivering school/classroom announcements
• Student readings- poetry, creative writing, news
  stories
• Narrated books/text
• Podcast radio shows
• Podcast school's newspaper
• Roving Reporter
• Sound seeing Tour Round Robin Podcasting
• And more

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Traditional vs. Podcasting

• Opportunity to talk about subject/discussion
• Know what questions to ask
• Restate questions
• Authentic assessment
• Traditional textbookinternet/podcasting
• Being expressive
• Letting your voice be heard!

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TEAM 6A Podcasting

• To find our podcastsgo to
• www.rrps.net
• Lincoln Middle School
• Team 6A
• Ms. Smith
• Team 6A podcasting

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iTunes.com

• Go to iTunes.com
• Download iTunes 7.0
• Click on Podcasting
• And have a blast.

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Uses of Podcasting in the Classroom

• Students can get class notes and review
• Introduce new information
• Students get a chance to use their reading and
  presentation skills and publish online
• Students/Parents get updated info if they
  subscribe to your podcast
• RSS- people can subscribe and get new episodes
  automatically downloaded

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Math

• Step-by-step of concept
• Review concepts
• Show other ways to solve a problem
• Use SmartBoard graphs, charts, etc.
• Shows student work and steps they took to get the
  answer

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Language Arts

• Interview
• Record own stories, poetry and publish
• Organize information on graphic organizers
• Use reading strategies
• Digital Storytelling
• Podcast Drama
• Covers ALL STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS

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Science

• Current events
• Weather forecasts on announcements
• Unit reviews
• Introduction to new unit
• Teacher vs. student produced
• StudyCasts

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History

• Geography Quiz Where in the World
• StudyCasts
• Digital Family Tree
• National Geographic Podcast

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Digital Family Tree

• Students scan in pictures and take pictures of
  family artifacts and then combine them in video
  celebrating their family. Hopefully the friends
  and relatives of these children, friends and
  relatives who live all over the world, can see
  these students' work. Enjoy these student-created
  stories of ancestry, rich heritage, and
  connectedness.

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National Geographic Podcast

• Free audio and video podcasts from National
  Geographic now make it possible for students and
  teachers to experience an African safari, catch
  the weeks top science and nature news stories,
  and listen to interviews and songs of world music
  stars. Available for downloading to an iPod or
  MP3 player, the podcasts aim to inspire audiences
  to care about the planet by tapping into a wide
  range of newly produced and existing content from
  National Geographic.

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Chorus/Band

• Create music and publish
• Download concerts and songs learned to school
  website example
• http//www.awtreyms.blogs.com/vikingvoice/
• Use of software programs to record and then
  create your own music
• Audacity and
• Garageband

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Stanley Middle School Music Department

• Highlights of the Stanley Middle School Music
  Department educational experience. Stanley Middle
  School Music Director Bob Athayde and his
  community of professional musicians in California
  provide a rich environment for learning about
  music.Jazz Cafe 2006 Posted June 2006Dave
  Briccetti interviews Stanley Music Director Bob
  Athayde, Elementary Music Teacher Liz Brummel,
  parent Nathan Haese, Groove Merchants Band Leader
  Fred Randolph, parent John Aczon, Jazz Cafe
  organizer Sandy Goldberg and a piece by the Jazz
  Messengers.SmartMusic Studio Demo Posted
  October 2005David Hawley visits Stanley and
  demonstrates SmartMusic Studio. Jon Brummel and
  the Stanley Bands also play. Bob Athayde directs
  the event.Mike Zilber Quartet Posted
  September 2005Mike Zilber Quartet plays and
  discusses Jazz, at Stanley Middle School. Michael
  Zilber, saxes Susan Muscarella, piano John
  Shifflett, bass Tim Bulkley, drums. Bob Athayde
  and Susan Muscarella discuss The Jazz School.
• http//recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/schools/stanleymusi
  c.php

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Art

• PUBLISH student artwork
• Create an ONLINE Art show for your students
• Artist showcase
• Famous Artist Research Projects
• Art news
• Lesson share
• How to(video iPod)

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Middle School Art Teacher Podcast

• An educational podcast with a mix of lesson
  sharing, Tales From the Classroom, problem
  solving, news and more. Your host, Brian Rhea,
  teaches in Carrollton and lives in Coppell,
  Texas.

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Foreign Language

• Foreign Language Lesson Podcast Collection
• This is a collection of podcast sites where you
  can find different sites to learn many, many
  different languages.
• http//www.oculture.com/weblog/2006/10/itunes_lear
  n_fo.html

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Sound Seeing Tour

• Audio travel log Audio field trip
• Introduce viewer to a new place
• Teacher vs. student created
• Social Studies standard understanding place
• Planning select location, outline or sequence,
  size of groups, different roles, overall
  concepts,
• 1750 in Sound Seeing Tours

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Schools using Podcasts

• http//www.twhunter.org/

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Website on Podcasting

• http//www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/11/05/dan-sc
  hmidt-keynote-beyond4walls/
• http//www.intelligenic.com/blog/
• http//www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inq
  uiry/index.html
• http//technology.usd259.org/resources/Podcasting/
  index.htm

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New Mexico Standards and Benchmarks

• Language Arts into three strands
• Reading and Listening for Comprehension
• Writing and Speaking for Expression and
• Literature and Media

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New Mexico Standards and Benchmarks

• Mathematics into five strands
• Numbers and Operations
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Data Analysis and Probability

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New Mexico Standards and Benchmarks

• Science into three strands
• Strand I Scientific Thinking and Practice
• Strand II Content of Science
• Strand III Science and Society

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New Mexico Standards and Benchmarks

• Social Studies into four disciplinary strands
• History (New Mexico, United States, and World)
• Geography
• Government and Civics
• Economics

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New Mexico Standards and Benchmarks

• The point is
• Every content can be covered in podcasting.