Reflections on January 2009 ILT Workshop

Reflections on January 2009 ILT Workshop January 23, 2009

Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Conference Sessions.
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Yesterday it was my pleasure to spend the day with over 90 educators as we explored the role of enquiry and technology in the classroom. The librarian teachers, technology teachers, and gifted and talented teachers, worked in groups of six to prepare a presentation based on their findings around issues relating to images from the Boston Globe’s collection of 2008, the year in photographs. (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three)

Projects included the use of Blaberize, VoiceThread, Wikispaces, and many more. Even more impressive were the conversations at each table as the groups narrowed their focus, explored the issues, and grappled with how to best put together a brief 5 minute presentation on their findings. My favorite comment came after one presentation when a member of the group reflected that “the process is almost completely backwards from how they normally teach.” Instead of the typical approach of providing the topic and the resources, enquiry requires much more thinking on the part of the learner.

If you’d like to take a look at what the groups came up with for their presentations, they are all linked here:

http://iltworkshop.wikispaces.com

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