Jordan's+Notes

Jordan's Notes SIA "Skills" (pages 17-39)
 * "Although schools may define a body of knowledge for students to acquire during their educational experience, no learner wil be prepared for successful participation in school or society without also developing the skills of learning and the ability to adapt those skills to any context and for any reason, both academic and personal (p. 17)."
 * Inquiry is learning that requires students to ask and find answers not just find facts.
 * Elementary level benchmarks
 * SLIS should design a curriculum plan for teaching skills throughout the year that has been integrated with classroom curriculum (p. 18).
 * Elementary grades are importatn for building a foundation for future inquiry processes.

Workshop: Inquiry-Based Learning

Benefits of Inquiry
 * Students are able to see relationships across the curriculum and across grade levels.
 * Creative thinking and problem-solving skills

How Can I
 * Can be used with other techniques like multiple-intelligneces, cooperative, and collaborative learning.

What are Some Critical Skills for the Modern Workforce
 * Research possible causes of problems and isolate them
 * Brainstorm with other people for solutions
 * Use electronic data research skills
 * Write clearly to convey information and make recommendations
 * Compare data sets
 * Emphasis placed not on specific content information but on being able to continue learning

Big6 and Super3 Presentation Ideas : PowerPoint Rough Draft
 * [[file:The Big6 and Super3.ppt]]