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This presentation explores the integration of choice and inquiry learning in the classroom at Noosa Christian College. It emphasizes the importance of student agency in selecting how to learn and present their discoveries. By employing varied tools and technology, students can expand their creativity while also facing its limitations. Topics covered include historical contexts, project-based assignments, and the development of higher-order thinking skills through enhanced student engagement. The inquiry learning model encourages students to generate questions, collect and analyze data, and effectively communicate their findings.
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21st Century Learning Daniel Pink – Noosa Christian College
Topic Area • History • Other assorted areas • Classroom set up
Choices • 21st C classrooms consist of choice. • Where do I sit? • How do I learn • How can I present my discoveries? • Inquiry learning model supports choice • Generate question and Hypothesis • Collect data • Analyse data • Reach conclusions • Share information • ICT is only one choice of many • ICT can expand creativity but can also limit creativity
Tools • Varied tools – server (collect and drop) email • , Microsoft Office (creative tools), Titan pad, Lino it, wikispaces, Weebly. • Improvements – environment (world clock), online timer, Google Earth, airline sites. • AB Tutor • Taxonomy and Koalas – Home • Black Panther • Arthropods
Ideas that worked • Holiday planning • eygpt holiday Tara & Carlie • Holiday by Tyson and Brayden • Weebly/wikispaces • China – Speech • Egypt • assignmentegypt.mp4 • Science • Christian Perspectives • CP Alex.mp4 • English
Results • Higher Quality work? • Higher Order Thinking skills • Higher Interest Engagement • Better student to student conversations on task. More interesting assignments
Final Thoughts • Most important secret to success. • ICT? • Pedagogy? • Choice? • Interest in two parts.