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C21L Teaching and Learning: An Inquiry-based Approach
Moira Ekdahl, Learning ServicesMichele Farquharson, Kerrisdale Elementary
John Oliver / District Technology DayFebruary 2011
Sir Ken Robinson …
AASL: Standards for 21st C Learner in Action
All learners must be able to access high-quality information from diverse perspectives, make sense of it to draw their own conclusions or create new knowledge, and share their knowledge with others.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION MEANS:
• Principles of Equity are in place
• Print, digital, and other resources are accurate, current, and age-appropriate
• Meaningful instruction in the use of these resources is provided
• Freedom to read is valued
ACCESS TO INFORMATION MEANS …
• Flexible access is ensured
• Technologies as tools are provided, including:
– Software and adaptive hardware
– Instructional technology
ACCESS to Resources and Services
Real research and questioning can become lifelong tools to encourage independent thinking and to guide classroom inquiry at any time students are engaged in reading, viewing, or listening activities.
IMPACT, p22
The Points of Inquiry
Inquiry, driven by wonder, connection, discovery, creativity, critical thinking – supported by technology
BC IRPs
Developmental, benchmarked, referenced to authority
Immersed in new & emerging technologies
Grounded in traditional and new or multi-literacies
Designed backwards
Parallel language to reading and other initiatives
Meaningful, authentic, and balanced approach
BC Public K-12 System Today
• Bulleted ILOs
• Exams / FSAs
• Press to cover curriculum
• Test- and text-focus vs Inquiry / RBT
• Technology integration issues
• Google vs Databases
• Books on carts
Transitions
BUT:• Transitions: Elementary, secondary, adult learning, post-secondary, work...
• “What are they doing in ____ school?”
• No surprises here: "ever thus“
• Assumptions - tabula rasa
• Transitional Literacy / Articulation
Stages of Building a School-wide Plan
• Build support amongst stakeholders
• Do a readiness assessment
• Build a foundation for collaborative implementation
• Create the context for collaborative planning
• “Think Outside” the classroom
• Engage in the conversations
In the Face of Change, Will You?
• Be flexible• Assess student needs• Initiate collaboration• Fail• Ask for help• Celebrate successes• Use new tools, methods of communicating
…• Change roles
Change: A Process, Not an Event
Change is made by people, not institutions.It is personal and developmental in terms of feelings and abilitiesTeachers approach change differently:
• Innovators (8%)• Leaders (17%)• Early Majority (29%)• Late Majority (29%)• Resisters (17%)
Stages of Concern in the Face of Change:
0. Awareness – No thanks. Not for me.
1. Informational – Tell me more.
2. Personal – What will it mean for me?
3. Management – Where will I find the time?
4. Consequence – How will this work for my students?
5. Collaboration – How can we make this work?
6. Refocusing – Is there a better way?
VISION: FIRST THE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Effective school library and technology programs support teaching and learning by integrating local curriculum, resources, staff development, and assessment with:
• data-driven collaboration• literacy objectives• technology • information literacy skills• an inquiry or process approach
BC Public K-12 System
Future Possibilities?
• “Information Fluency”: Multiliteracies + Inquiry
• Re-design of Instruction and Spaces
Physical/Virtual Learning Commons
• 21st-Century Learning : Making the transition
Can we address the Challenges of Engagement and dodge the Risk of Irrelevance?
Just The Beginning…
LINKS
Vancouver TL StuffTL Special Blog: http://tlspecial.blogspot.com
TL Inquiry Wiki:http://schoollibraryprogram.pbworks.com
TL Inquiry – Video “School Libraries in Action”http://schoollibraryprogram.pbworks.com/w/page/15013262/Video-Project
BCTF / BCTLA LINKS:
Ekdahl,M., M. Farquharson, J. Robinson & L. Turner (2010) Points of Inquiry: A Framework for Information Literacy and the 21st Century Learner. Vancouver, BC: BCTF / BC Teacher-librarians’ Association.http://www.bctf.ca/bctla/pub/index.html#points (includes working dox)
Naylor, Charlie (2011) 21st C Learning – Widening the frame of focus and debate: A BCTF Research discussion paper. Vancouver, BC: BCTF Research.
http://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/Issues/21CL/21CL-DiscussionPaper.pdf
American Sources
Public Schools of North Carolina (2005) IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina
Media & Technology Programs. Raleigh, NC: NC Department of Public Instruction. http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Impact/docs/IMPACT.pdf
NYC School Library System (2010) Information Fluency Continuum: Benchmark Skills for Grades K-12 Assessments. NYC: NYC Department of Education http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/27A1E84E-65EB-4A54-80DF-51E28D34BF4F/0/InformationFluencyContinuum.pdf
Stripling, Barbara K. (2003) Curriculum Connections through the Library. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. (Google Books)
Stripling, Barbara. "Using Inquiry to Explode Myths about Learning and Libraries." CSLA Journal. Fall 2004. In EBSCO Academic Search Premier, accessed June 2, 2009, Vancouver School Board.
Media Links
Best Math Teacher Ever. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuwJawSoTmY&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Robinson, Ken. “Changing Educational Paradigms.” RSAnimate. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U